THE RAVEN: John Cusack is E.A. Poe in Coming Soon Forum

0 Points

Forum Jump

THE RAVEN: John Cusack is E.A. Poe

Author	Comment
Dr Acula	THE RAVEN: John Cusack is E.A. Poe	Lead	[-]
Aug 27 10 3:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	According to AICN: John Cusack To Play Poe In THE RAVEN!! Merrick here... John Cusack's Twitter feed (HERE) indicates he'll soon play Edgar Allen Poe in THE RAVEN. officiali- will play edgar allen poe in fall-a-film called the raven, send any poe- gold - my way as i begin this journey into the abyss While Cusack does not explicity state that he's appearing in a revisionist Poe tale from director James McTeigue (V FOR BENDETTA, NINJA ASSASSIN), we've known said project has been ramping up for a while now - so it's a reasonably safe extrapolation. Late last year, McTeigue explained his RAVEN thusly to ComingSoon: "There's basically a serial killer loose in 1850's Baltimore and he's using Poe's stories as his methodology, so then he leaves clues at each murder and says it's up to Poe to find him before he kills (again)." [EDIT] 'This is my version of 1850's Baltimore,' because the Poe film is a fictionalized account, his last five days. It's not real."
	Remove this ad
will		#1	[-]
Aug 27 10 4:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	John Cusack does not strike me as good casting for Poe. The premise sounds okay, but what does it have to do with THE RAVEN?
DocZilla		#2	[-]
Aug 27 10 10:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah, and maybe Cusack will learn to spell the man's full name correctly (and that goes for AICN, too) by the time this comes out. I guess it's still Edgar A-L-L-A-N Poe, isn't it?
Monsterpal		#3	[-]
Aug 28 10 2:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think so, Doc, unless he's come back from the dead to change it in court for some reason. Will, I agree that this doesn't really have a lot to do with Poe, but neither did the two earlier films of the same title, so we shall see if it's anything to write home about. I think Cusack does look a little like Eddy, now that I think about it. Put a mustache on him and there's a resemblance. Remember when Sylvester Stallone planned to play Poe in a biopic? That would have been a laff-riot.
Monsterpal		#4	[-]
Aug 28 10 2:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Oh, one more point. It would have been tough for Poe to solve a mystery in Baltimore in the 1850s, since he died in 1849! Sounds like the story needs a little work.
Mark Redfield		#5	[-]
Aug 29 10 9:45 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Monsterpal wrote: Remember when Sylvester Stallone planned to play Poe in a biopic? That would have been a laff-riot. Actually, Stallone, who's been dreaming of his Poe project for years (actually decades), never intended to play Poe. His script, by all accounts, is a biography, and the last time finance was dangled in front of him as a carrot to make more commercial films (like sequels to Rocky or Rambo), Robert Downey Jrs name was bandied about. That was a few years ago. The Poe world has been a-buzz since Cusack's tweet yesterday. I got a call from two Poe museum scholar/directors by mid-day alone and a bunch of emails. The scant info about THE RAVEN has many of them questioning these quotes of director McTiegue saying that the film takes place in the 1850s, as Poe fans know the poet died in October of 1849. Public Relations 101 with the fan base would dictate that they start to get their facts straight, even with a work of fiction based on some fact (like the fact that Poe was a real person and preferred to be called Edgar Poe or E. A. Poe). Edgar Allen Poe was a plumber in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. James Allen McTiegue's THE RAVEN (shooting late this fall in Serbia) may go through a title change, as another THE RAVEN, a science fiction picture from Ricardo de Montreuil (and based on his short film of the same name from 2010) starring Mark Wahlberg, will also go into production soon. A 2013 release date was set for Montreuil's film. Montreuil's film has nothing to do with Poe, Allen or Allan... Mark Redfield Visit www.redfieldarts.com <
davlghry		#6	[-]
Aug 29 10 10:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I guess this means Cusack won't be able to wear his standard Hawaiian shirt and black t-shirt.
Dr Acula		#7	[-]
Aug 29 10 11:16 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I wonder if it is related to the historical mystery Nevermore that came out a few years ago, with Poe teaming up with Davey Crockett to solve murders?
Mark Redfield		#8	[-]
Aug 29 10 11:19 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	davlghry wrote: I guess this means Cusack won't be able to wear his standard Hawaiian shirt and black t-shirt. I wouldn't rule it out this soon. Hope spring eternal. Mark Redfield Visit www.redfieldarts.com <
Mark Redfield		#9	[-]
Aug 29 10 11:30 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dr Acula wrote: I wonder if it is related to the historical mystery Nevermore that came out a few years ago, with Poe teaming up with Davey Crockett to solve murders? Based on everything I've tracked in the last few years, no, it isn't based on that book. It's an original script that uses a familiar trope: historic character mixes it with fictional crime/murder. There's another Nevermore novel that features Houdini...and another new Nevermore play that opens in January, 2011 in LA about Poe (NOT the Jeff Combs one-man play Nevermore that's still touring around the country). I think there should be an international moratorium on using the words "nevermore" and "raven" when titling a work based on or using Poe. Just sayin'. (With apologies to Stuart Gordon and Combs). Mark Redfield Visit www.redfieldarts.com <
davlghry		#10	[-]
Aug 29 10 1:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dr Acula wrote: I wonder if it is related to the historical mystery Nevermore that came out a few years ago, with Poe teaming up with Davey Crockett to solve murders? That's nothing. In an issue of THE ATOM back in the 60's, Poe teamed up with the Tiny Titan to solve a mystery in 1849 Baltimore. (Actually, "teamed up" probably isn't accurate because I don't think Poe was aware that a six inch superhero from the 20th Century was helping him.)
	Remove this ad
Monsterpal		#11	[-]
Aug 29 10 1:28 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Maybe the script is set in a world where Poe didn't die in 1849.
Monsterpal		#12	[-]
Aug 29 10 1:28 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Maybe the script is set in a world where Poe didn't die in 1849. (I can say that again.)
SteveZodiak		#13	[-]
Sep 1 10 11:33 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	... Why do I have to waste my time outwitting morons? Last Edited By: SteveZodiak Sep 1 10 1:30 PM. Edited 1 times.
DocZilla		#14	[-]
Sep 1 10 5:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	...and visions of Cusak(sic) Allen(sic) Poe in his underground steampunk CSI lab dance in my head...
Psychonolfi		#15	[-]
Sep 2 10 5:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Can't stand him or his politics! How does he still have a career? *Humans are such easy prey!*
Wich2		#16	[-]
Sep 2 10 7:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	His very substantial Chops, perhaps?
Scoundrel		#17	[-]
Sep 2 10 8:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	" Can't stand him or his politics! How does he still have a career?" Ditto " His very substantial Chops, perhaps?" You've got to be kidding.... I'd just as soon see Jim Carrey play Hamlet. What a slap at Poe's memory How Vomitable.
Wich2		#18	[-]
Sep 2 10 8:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Not kidding at all, Scoundrel. He's been good in just about everything I've seen him in - and has been cast with, and held his own against, many very good actors. Surely no more a slap at EAP than Robert Walker Jr. was.
Psychonolfi		#19	[-]
Sep 2 10 10:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He is great at playing the same mundane teenager in angst for 20 some odd years. No oscars for 2012! Someone should slap his silly ass. Ed Norton is a better choice for Poe. Chops....no...... hamburger..yes *Humans are such easy prey!*
oldmanster		#20	[-]
Sep 3 10 5:14 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Agree with Craig re Cusack. He's a fine actor, and 2012 shouldn't be held against him. He'd probably make a good EA Poe. There have been much stranger casting decisions than this. ... Reed
	Remove this ad

<< Previous Topic Next Topic >>

Add Reply

Yuku free message boards

THE RAVEN: John Cusack is E.A. Poe

THE RAVEN: John Cusack is E.A. Poe

John Cusack To Play Poe In THE RAVEN!!