Because The Crow Just Wasn't Smarmy Enough: Bradley Cooper in Talks to Star in Crow Reboot

This version of The Crow takes place in Vegas after a bachelor party goes terribly wrong. 

So, it sounds like The Crow reboot is starting to gain some serious traction again. According to Deadline, Bradley Cooper is in early negotiations to star in the Relativity Media reinvention of the dark revenge tale based on the James O’Barr comic book series. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, of 28 Weeks Later fame, has already been attached to direct.

Really? I mean, I love Bradley Cooper, but I just don’t see this one. Before we get into any of that, let me first say I’m not the biggest fan of remaking The Crow. I think the first one nailed it and that Brandon Lee was perfect for the role. Throw in Lee’s tragic death by way of an accident with a prop gun during filming and I feel like you’re going places you shouldn’t by doing this one. I'm not really doubting this has the potential to be good, I’m just saying I probably wouldn’t do it.

But, back to Cooper. The project seemed to be fading fast when Mark Wahlberg declined the role sometime back, but Cooper’s involvement certainly changes all of that. Now, I actually happen to think Bradley Cooper can actually act, but The Crow is the definition of a dark and brooding character. That isn’t exactly the type of role the man is known for. But, in Cooper's defense, there have been many times where a seemingly miscast actor absolutely knocked it out of the park. I remember there being a lot of doubters, myself included, when Heath Ledger was cast as The Joker. We were all eating our words when that first Dark Knight teaser came out. I'm definitely not saying Cooper's going to have a Ledgeresque performance, just that sometimes you never really know until you see the finished project.