Straight from Comic-Con we have the first poster for The Raven, the James McTeigue film starring John Cusack as Edgar Alan Poe. The film has definitely been drawing some major buzz. I’m liking the simplistic design of this poster, and if this isn’t by Ralph Steadman (the illustrator most famous for working with Hunter S. Thompson) he should at least be given some bucks for inspiration. We also have some photos from the film below featuring Cusack with co-stars Luke Evans and Alice Eve, which will be followed by the film’s synopsis.
The film’s synopsis makes me think this will end up a lot like Guy Ritchie‘s Sherlock Holmes movies, which is not exactly a bad thing! Check it out:
In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack, Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, Immortals) to hunt down a mad serial killer who’s using Poe’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin), the film also stars Alice Eve (Sex and the City 2), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster).
When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper—part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story.
Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe’s writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author’s help in stopping the attacks. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murderer’s next victim, the stakes become even higher and the inventor of the detective story calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before it’s too late.”
The Raven is set for a March 9, 2012 release.
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