The Raven (2011 film)
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The Raven is an upcoming thriller film directed by James McTeigue
, based on a screenplay by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare. It is due for release on March 9, 2012.
to solve a series of murders based on his stories.
. Jeremy Renner
was originally going to star in the film but he dropped out so that he could star in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Ewan Mcgregor
was also in talks for a role, but he also dropped out. On 28 August 2010 it was confirmed that John Cusack
will play Edgar Allan Poe
in the film. Joaquin Phoenix
was also approached to star at one point.
The first images from the set were revealed on November 15, 2010. A trailer for the film was released online 7 October 2011. This date is significant because it also marks the anniversary of Poe's death at age 40 in 1849.
James McTeigue
James McTeigue is an Australian film director. He has been an assistant director on many films, including No Escape , the Matrix trilogy and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones , and made his directorial debut in the 2006 film V for Vendetta.Born on Sydney's North Shore, he grew up in...
, based on a screenplay by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare. It is due for release on March 9, 2012.
Plot
A serial killer challenges Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
to solve a series of murders based on his stories.
Cast
- John CusackJohn CusackJohn Paul Cusack is an American film actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Journey of Natty Gann, Say Anything..., Grosse Point Blank, The Thin Red Line, Stand by Me, Con Air, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, Serendipity, Runaway Jury, The Ice Harvest,...
as Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective... - Alice EveAlice EveAlice Sophia Eve is an English actress. She is known for her lead in She's Out of My League and also appeared in Sex and the City 2. She will also star in the up-coming The Decoy Bride and Men in Black III.- Early life :...
as Virginia Eliza Clemm PoeVirginia Eliza Clemm PoeVirginia Eliza Clemm Poe was the wife of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The couple were first cousins and married when Virginia Clemm was 13 and Poe was 27... - Oliver Jackson-Cohen as PC Cantrell
- Luke EvansLuke Evans (actor)Luke Evans is a Welsh theatre and film actor. He is known to theatregoers for his stage roles in Rent, Miss Saigon Small Change and Piaf, and to filmgoers for his roles in The Three Musketeers, Clash of the Titans, and Tamara Drewe.-Early life:Luke Evans was born and raised in Aberbargoed, a small...
as Inspector Emmett Fields - Kevin McNallyKevin McNallyKevin McNally is an English actor who has worked in theatre and radio extensively as well as in film and television.-Life and career:...
- Sam Hazeldine as Ivan
- Pam FerrisPam FerrisPamela Ann "Pam" Ferris is a German-born Welsh actress. She is best known for her starring roles on television as Ma Larkin in The Darling Buds of May, as Laura Thyme in Rosemary & Thyme, and for playing Miss Trunchbull in the movie Matilda...
as Mrs. Bradley - Sergej TrifunovićSergej TrifunovicSergej Trifunović is a popular Bosnian Serb movie actor.-Biography:...
- Ian VirgoIan VirgoIan Frederick Virgo is an American-British actor.Virgo was born in Glendale, California and moved to Caldicot, Wales in 1987, so has dual American and British nationality. He has appeared in Band of Brothers, Black Hawk Down, Casualty, Rise of the Footsoldier and EastEnders, playing Wayne...
- Brendan CoyleBrendan Coyle-Early life and family:Coyle was born in Corby, Northamptonshire, to an Irish father and Scottish mother; his parents moved to Corby from Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Coyle holds Irish and British citizenship. He is the great nephew of football manager Sir Matt Busby...
as Reagan - M. Emmet WalshM. Emmet WalshMichael Emmet Walsh is an American actor who has appeared in over 100 film and television productions.-Life and career:Walsh was born in Ogdensburg, New York, the son of Agnes Kathrine and Harry Maurice Walsh, Sr., a customs agent...
as Geselbracht
Production
The filming began on November 9, 2010 in Belgrade and BudapestBudapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Lee Renner is a two-time Academy-Award-nominated American actor and musician. Renner appeared in films throughout the 2000s, mostly in supporting roles. He came to prominence in films such as Dahmer , S.W.A.T. , Neo Ned , 28 Weeks Later and The Hurt Locker...
was originally going to star in the film but he dropped out so that he could star in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Ewan Mcgregor
Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...
was also in talks for a role, but he also dropped out. On 28 August 2010 it was confirmed that John Cusack
John Cusack
John Paul Cusack is an American film actor and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Journey of Natty Gann, Say Anything..., Grosse Point Blank, The Thin Red Line, Stand by Me, Con Air, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, Serendipity, Runaway Jury, The Ice Harvest,...
will play Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
in the film. Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix , formerly credited as Leaf Phoenix, is an American film actor. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and his family returned to the continental United States four years later...
was also approached to star at one point.
The first images from the set were revealed on November 15, 2010. A trailer for the film was released online 7 October 2011. This date is significant because it also marks the anniversary of Poe's death at age 40 in 1849.