I will be seeing The Raven this afternoon and to this point I have only heard a few rumblings as to its quality and those rumblings I don’t think Relativity wants me to repeat here, which should give you some kind of sign as to what I’ve heard. That said, I’m a fan of director James McTeigue in that I liked V for vendetta, though I did absolutely loathe Ninja Assassin. So where will The Raven fall? Somewhere in the middle?
As for the reason behind this post, Relativity sent over the following video which they are calling “Murderous Visions” and the plurality of the title tells me we can expect more. The gist of the video is to pair footage from the upcoming film with “A Tell Tale Heart,” the Edgar Allan Poe story of Marie Roget. In this case we see the film’s co-star Alice Eve who plays Emily Hamilton in the film, buried alive as the story is read.
The Raven is set to hit theaters on April 27, which does mean the fact Relativity is screening it this early that maybe there is something to it. I’ll know soon enough.
The Raven stars John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Brendan Gleeson and you can get further details, pictures and trailers by clicking here. Seriously, just click, I’m not making this stuff up… ACTUAL PICTURES!
