Corin Hardy Will Direct ‘Hell Bent’; He Might Return To ‘The Crow’ Remake
Last year, itwas rumoreddirectorCorin Hardywas going to drop out ofThe Crow. Then itwas saidHardy would shoot the remake this year.And then, following Relativity Media’slegal woes,The Hallowdirector finally exited the project. In another turn of events, Hardy might return toThe Crow, but as we wait to see if that’ll come to pass, he’s signed up to directHell Bent, which is described as “The Dirty Dozengoes to hell.”
Below, learn more about the Corin Hardy project and the troubled remake ofThe Crow.
Deadlinewrites thatHell Bentis a priority project for Paramount. Written byMike Finch,Lorenzo di Bonaventura(Transformers) andMark Vahradian(Red) are producing the action film. The script is currently undergoing revisions, but casting will soon begin. The story follows a group of mercenaries. After being murdered in jail, as they’re lead into hell a priest offers them a job: kill Satan before he raises hell on Earth. The project — whichEscape Planand1408directorMikael Håfströmwas once involved with — is budgeted around $60 million.
Deadline adds that Hardy could come back toThe Crow. His return is far from a done deal, though, since there are still problems to be worked out. Hardy’s version ofThe CrowinvolvedJack Huston, who quit the project.Andrea Riseborough(Bloodline) was alsoin negotiationsto play the villain, Top Dollar, but after Relativity ran into some trouble, it’s unclear whether she’s still involved.
Hardy was a fan ofJames O’Barr’s graphic novel andAlex Proyas' adaptation, but he wanted to go back to the original source material for inspiration, as he toldDen of Geek:
I probably wouldn’t get involved if it was about remaking the movie. I don’t like the idea of remaking movies. There are certain movies you’re able to remake because they were a great idea but not done to a high standard, but I think The Crow is a really special movie. But the graphic novel is an iconic piece of work by James O’Barr, and that was as inspiring as the movie they made. So I’ve gone back to that and found a lot more depth and details. My version is authentically replicating that.
Hardy, likeJuan Carlos Fresnadillo(28 Weeks Later) andStephen Norrington(Blade) before him, parted ways with the project, but not by choice. After filing for bankruptcy, Relativity hiredDana Brunettias its new president of production. The decision was to start from scratch withThe Crow, so Hardy was let go. This was another one of the many blows the remake has taken over the years.
