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* FollowTheLeader: This was one of a number of darker and highly stylized comic based films to be made after the big success of Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Batman}}''.

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* FollowTheLeader: This was one of a number of darker and highly stylized comic based films to be made after the big success of Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Batman}}''.Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989''.
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* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Funboy's actor Creator/MichaelMassee, who accidentally shot and killed Creator/BrandonLee, was so devastated and thoroughly convinced that Lee's death was his fault that he took a year off from acting to cope. Even then, Massee said that it continued to haunt him until the day he died.
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** As a result of Lee's death, and Paramount Pictures writing the project off as a result, Miramax finished production of the film via reshot sequences that used a stand-in for Lee. The FX studio Dream Quest Images (which was already trying to make effects for the entire film on a budget of $15,000) was forced to jury-rig handheld footage of Lee shot earlier in production to finish several effects shots.

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** As a result of Lee's death, and Paramount Pictures writing the project off as a result, Miramax finished production of the film via reshot sequences that used a stand-in for Lee. The FX studio Dream Quest Images Creator/DreamQuestImages (which was already trying to make effects for the entire film on a budget of $15,000) was forced to jury-rig handheld footage of Lee shot earlier in production to finish several effects shots.
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* DevelopmentHell: A complete reboot has been in the works since 2008, and passed between studios, actors, directors and even distributors. Several times it's gotten to the point of a filming start date being announced before someone along the chain drops out. Current status: On, with Sony distributing, Corin Hardy directing and apparently Jason Momoa starring.

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* DevelopmentHell: A complete reboot has been in the works since 2008, and passed between studios, actors, directors and even distributors. Several times it's gotten to the point of a filming start date being announced before someone along the chain drops out. Current status: On, with Sony distributing, In mid-2018, director Corin Hardy directing and apparently Jason Momoa starring.actor Creator/JasonMomoa left the project.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: ''City Of Angels'' was hit by this pretty hard, 20 minutes worth of character development and important plot points were edited from the film, the only way to see the full version is on Pay Per View or bootleg.



** Music/IggyPop was asked to play Funboy in the first movie, but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts - The comic book version of the character was modeled after him to begin with. Instead, he played Curve in ''Film/TheCrowCityOfAngels''.

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** Music/IggyPop was asked to play Funboy in the first movie, Funboy, but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts - The comic book version of the character was modeled after him to begin with. Instead, he played Curve in ''Film/TheCrowCityOfAngels''.



** James O'Barr originally wanted Creator/JohnnyDepp to play Eric.
** Creator/RiverPhoenix and Creator/ChristianSlater both turned down the role of Eric.

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** James O'Barr originally wanted Creator/JohnnyDepp to play Eric.
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Eric. Creator/RiverPhoenix and Creator/ChristianSlater both turned down the role of Eric.role.
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!!General trivia
* TheWikiRule: [[http://thecrow.wikia.com/wiki/The_Crow_Wiki The Crow Wiki]].
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** After the death of Creator/BrandonLee in the movie, James O'Barr said in an interview that writing the comic had been a vicious, self-destructive process and not at all cathartic, and that, combined with Brandon's death during shooting the film, made him "wish I had never made the goddamned thing," and wouldn't be able to come to terms with it until much later

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** After the death of Creator/BrandonLee in the movie, James O'Barr said in an interview that writing the comic had been a vicious, self-destructive process and not at all cathartic, and that, combined with Brandon's death during shooting the film, made him "wish I had never made the goddamned thing," and wouldn't be able to come to terms with it until much laterlater.
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* DevelopmentHell: A complete reboot has been in the works since 2008, and passed between studios, actors, directors and even distributors. Several times it's gotten to the point of a filming start date being announced before someone along the chain drops out. Current status: On, with Sony distributing, Corin Hardy directing and apparently Jason Momoa starring.
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Source: Schow's "Raving and Drooling" column titled "For Brandon," in the June 1994 issue of Fangoria magazine.


** Eric Mabius, who would go on to play the lead role in ''Film/TheCrowSalvation'', auditioned for the role of Funboy.

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** Eric Mabius, who would go on to play the lead role in ''Film/TheCrowSalvation'', auditioned for the role of Funboy.Funboy.
** According to screenwriter David J. Schow, who hung out with Brandon Lee before and during filming, Brandon thought Sir Peter Ustinov was a perfect fit to play Gideon, the sleazy pawnbroker (an idea he got after watching ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' late one night).
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* OrphanedReference:
** The reason Eric wears tape on his body is because of a deleted scene where Funboy attacks him with a razor. The Skull Cowboy (who ended up being cut from the film) later explained that draining the morphine from Darla weakened his healing factor.
** Skank is later seen with a bandage on his arm and limping. This is the result of a deleted scene where two kids rob the store he went to get smokes and road beers and shot him in the arm and leg.
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* HeReallyCanAct: Brandon Lee, holy shit. Most of his movies prior to this play him as a skilled martial artist, yet with a laid back comedic personality. ''The Crow'', on the other hand, shows him PlayingAgainstType as the deeply hurt and revenge-driven Eric Dravem and not only is it successful, '''it is scary'''. The fact that he died in the making of this movie makes his performance more haunting.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: While based on a comic from 1989, the film is very much a product of TheNineties, with the industrial-gothic soundtrack and visual style, the trenchcoats, the round-lensed glasses worn by Grange, the preponderance of shoulder-length hair, etc.
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* FollowTheLeader: This was one of a number of darker and highly stylized comic based films to be made after the big success of Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Batman}}''.
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** After the death of Creator/BrandonLee in the movie, James O'Barr said in an interview that writing the comic had been a vicious, self-destructive process and not at all cathartic, and that, combined with Brandon's death during shooting the film, made him "wish I had never made the goddamned thing."

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** After the death of Creator/BrandonLee in the movie, James O'Barr said in an interview that writing the comic had been a vicious, self-destructive process and not at all cathartic, and that, combined with Brandon's death during shooting the film, made him "wish I had never made the goddamned thing."thing," and wouldn't be able to come to terms with it until much later



* OldShame: James O'Barr has said that he regrets writing the comic now, both due to what he now feels is a glorification of revenge, as well as the death of Creator/BrandonLee due to the movie adaption.

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* OldShame: James O'Barr has said that he regrets writing regretted the comic now, both due to what he now feels is a glorification of revenge, as well as the death of Creator/BrandonLee due to the movie adaption. He only spoke positively of it many years later.
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* HeReallyCanAct: Brandon Lee, holy shit. Most of his movies prior to this play him as a skilled martial artist, yet with a laid back comedic personality. ''The Crow'', on the other hand, shows him PlayingAgainstType as the deeply hurt and revenge-driven Eric Dravem and not only is it successful, '''it is scary'''. The fact that he died in the making of this movie makes his performance more haunting.

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** [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] was asked to play Funboy in the first movie, but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts - The comic book version of the character was modeled after him to begin with. Instead, he played Curve in ''Film/TheCrowCityOfAngels''.

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** [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] Music/IggyPop was asked to play Funboy in the first movie, but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts - The comic book version of the character was modeled after him to begin with. Instead, he played Curve in ''Film/TheCrowCityOfAngels''.


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** Brandon Lee and Alex Proyas wanted the film to be in black and white like the comic, but the studio refused.
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* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Funboy's actor Creator/MichaelMassee, who accidentally shot and killed Creator/BrandonLee, was so devastated at causing Lee's death (which was in no way his fault) that he took a year off to recuperate. According to a 2005 interview, he still has nightmares about it.

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* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Funboy's actor Creator/MichaelMassee, who accidentally shot and killed Creator/BrandonLee, was so devastated at causing and thoroughly convinced that Lee's death (which was in no way his fault) fault that he took a year off from acting to recuperate. According cope. Even then, Massee said that it continued to a 2005 interview, haunt him until the day he still has nightmares about it.died.
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** Creator/CameronDiaz was offered the role of Shelly, but turned it down because she didn't like the script.

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** Creator/CameronDiaz was offered the role of Shelly, but turned it down because she didn't like the script.script.
** Eric Mabius, who would go on to play the lead role in ''Film/TheCrowSalvation'', auditioned for the role of Funboy.
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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: A definitive "special edition" of the comic was released in 2011. It features a new foreword by O'Barr and new or previously unseen artwork that O'Barr intended to include in the original release but couldn't due to the constraints of the format, in which page numbers had to be multiples of 16. The additions include but are not limited to:
** An extra page in Gideon's pawnshop, in which Eric advises young rookie cop Albrecht to reconcile with his estranged wife
** A flashback sequence of Eric and Shelly dancing together
** A flashback sequence called 'An August Noel' which O'Barr says was so autobiographical in nature that it was simply too painful to include it the first time around
** A penultimate sequence called 'Sparklehorse', in which Eric [[spoiler:mercy-kills the horse in the barbed wire from the earlier 'Shattered in the Head' sequence, symbolising his final acceptance of the fact he wasn't able to help Shelly]] and has a discussion with the crow that very explicitly lays out that he's been trapped by his anger at himself as at the gang who attacked him and Shelly that night. The sequence takes place between Eric killing T-Bird and the final sequence of Eric at Shelly's grave.
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* FakeShemp: Used to fill in for the late Creator/BrandonLee.

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* CreatorCameo: James O'Barr is one of the looters who rob Gideon's in the first movie. (Long blonde hair, carrying a small tv.)



* ExecutiveMeddling: City Of Angels was hit by this pretty hard, 20 minutes worth of character development and important plot points were edited from the film, the only way to see the full version is on Pay Per View or bootleg.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: City ''City Of Angels Angels'' was hit by this pretty hard, 20 minutes worth of character development and important plot points were edited from the film, the only way to see the full version is on Pay Per View or bootleg.



* WagTheDirector: A positive example. Creator/BrandonLee requested that one Asian character from the comic who tries to steal Eric's powers be removed from the script, as he felt it was a stereotype.

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* WagTheDirector: A positive example. Creator/BrandonLee requested that one Asian character from the comic who tries to steal Eric's powers powers, be removed from the script, as he felt it was a stereotype.
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** Two other sequels were in development, one being ''The Crow 2037'', a futuristic dark gothic fanatsy to be written and directed by Creator/RobZombie; and ''Lazarus: A Tale of The Crow'' which took place in the world of gangsta rap and was set to star Music/{{DMX}} and Music/{{Eminem}}. Neither film failed to materialize and were actually attempted to be spun off into stand alone films separate from the franchise before those plans stalled as well.

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** Two other sequels were in development, one being ''The Crow 2037'', a futuristic dark gothic fanatsy to be written and directed by Creator/RobZombie; Music/RobZombie; and ''Lazarus: A Tale of The Crow'' which took place in the world of gangsta rap and was set to star Music/{{DMX}} and Music/{{Eminem}}. Neither film failed to materialize and were actually attempted to be spun off into stand alone films separate from the franchise before those plans stalled as well.

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** After the death of Brandon Lee in the movie, James O'Barr said in an interview that writing the comic had been a vicious, self-destructive process and not at all cathartic, and that, combined with Brandon's death during shooting the film, made him "wish I had never made the goddamned thing."
* OldShame: O'Barr has said that he regrets writing the comic now, both due to what he now feels is a glorification of revenge, as well as the death of Brandon Lee due to the movie adaption.
** Sadly, aside from Sundown, it's one of his few works that most persons find awesome.

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** After the death of Brandon Lee Creator/BrandonLee in the movie, James O'Barr said in an interview that writing the comic had been a vicious, self-destructive process and not at all cathartic, and that, combined with Brandon's death during shooting the film, made him "wish I had never made the goddamned thing."
* OldShame: James O'Barr has said that he regrets writing the comic now, both due to what he now feels is a glorification of revenge, as well as the death of Brandon Lee Creator/BrandonLee due to the movie adaption.
** Sadly, aside from Sundown, it's one of his few works that most persons people find awesome.



* TheCastShowoff: The final fight makes good use of Brandon Lee's Kung Fu skills.

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* TheCastShowoff: The final fight makes good use of Brandon Lee's Creator/BrandonLee's Kung Fu skills.



* DeletedRole: Scenes featuring Michael Berryman as the Skull Cowboy were cut.



* FatalMethodActing: Brandon Lee's famous and accidental death on the set of the first film.
* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Funboy's actor Creator/MichaelMassee, who accidentally shot and killed Brandon Lee, was so devastated at causing Lee's death (which was in no way his fault) that he took a year off to recuperate. According to a 2005 interview, he still has nightmares about it.

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* FakeShemp: Used to fill in for the late Creator/BrandonLee.
* FatalMethodActing: Brandon Lee's Creator/BrandonLee's famous and accidental death on the set of the first film.
* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Funboy's actor Creator/MichaelMassee, who accidentally shot and killed Brandon Lee, Creator/BrandonLee, was so devastated at causing Lee's death (which was in no way his fault) that he took a year off to recuperate. According to a 2005 interview, he still has nightmares about it.it.
* TroubledProduction: The film had an incredibly troubled shoot, so much so it would have been an infamous example of this trope before its defining behind-the-scenes accident:
** Series creator James O'Barr's first meeting with Paramount executives led to him discovering that they wanted to make the film a musical starring Music/MichaelJackson, and when he laughed thinking it was a joke, they told him they were absolutely serious. Later on, they refused director Creator/AlexProyas' request to shoot the film entirely in black and white.
** With eight days of filming left, Creator/BrandonLee was accidentally shot and killed due to a prop gun that discharged a piece of blank cartridge that was left in the barrel. The resulting shot punctured Lee's chest and impacted his spine, and he eventually died from serious blood loss. The footage showing Lee being shot was destroyed, and the incident caused so much anguish for supporting actor Michael Massee (who pulled the trigger on the gun, and was cleared of any wrongdoing in the incident) that he took a year off from his career to recuperate.
** As a result of Lee's death, and Paramount Pictures writing the project off as a result, Miramax finished production of the film via reshot sequences that used a stand-in for Lee. The FX studio Dream Quest Images (which was already trying to make effects for the entire film on a budget of $15,000) was forced to jury-rig handheld footage of Lee shot earlier in production to finish several effects shots.
** There were several more accidents that befell the production crew, leading to a widespread belief that the film was cursed. A carpenter suffered serious burns on his upper body during the first day of filming. A manual worker had a screwdriver get embedded in his hand. An equipment truck burst into flames. A stuntman broke several ribs after falling through a roof, a rigger was horribly electrocuted, a disgruntled set sculptor went beserk and drove his car through the props room destroying it and a hurricane destroyed several of the sets. Just prior to his fatal shooting, Lee cut himself on a piece of breakaway glass (which isn't supposed to be sharp).
** A lot of the trouble was due to cost-and-corner-cutting; one of the crew recalled "they were trying to make a 30 million dollar movie for 18 million dollars". The film was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, because North Carolina was a "right-to-work" state. This allowed the producers to get away with pay, conditions, and, crucially, production schedules that would have been nuked by unionized Hollywood. They began filming at night outdoors, but the aforementioned hurricane destroyed the sets, so they moved the production indoors - without changing the schedule, as switching a production from nights to days requires a 24-hour turnaround, time the harried production team didn't have. Moreover, it was still so cold that the camera rails had to be de-iced during filming by riggers with blowtorches hiding out of shot.
** On top of all of this, cocaine abuse was rampant on set, according to Empire magazine, with cameramen shooting whilst high, crew going into the toilets to snort between shots, and people cutting around looking like the Got Milk? ads. One crewmember recalls hearing the sound of a sneeze on the set one day, and an annoyed Creator/BrandonLee quipping "someone just lost $50".
** Everything eventually got so bad that one of the neighbouring productions in the EUE studios began taking bets on mishaps...until a fire destroyed several of their sets as well.
* WagTheDirector: A positive example. Creator/BrandonLee requested that one Asian character from the comic who tries to steal Eric's powers be removed from the script, as he felt it was a stereotype.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Winston]] has to deal with a ghost without his proton pack.
** Looks like [[Film/{{Hackers}} Nikon]] decided to take a break from hacking.
** Top Dollar is veteran character actor Michael Wincott, whom you might remember form ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'', ''Film/StrangeDays'', ''Film/TheDoors'', ''Film/RomeoIsBleeding'' or ''Film/SeraphimFalls'', among others.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Top Dollar is [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} The Prophet of Truth]] [[TheOtherDarrin (in Halo 2 anyway)]].



** Creator/CameronDiaz was offered the role of Shelly, but turned it down because she didn't like the script.

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* ''Trivia/TheCrowCityOfAngels''
* ''Trivia/TheCrowWickedPrayer''



** Holy hell, [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Trini!]] ''This'' is the [[PutOnABus Peace Conference]]?



** [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] and [[Music/{{Bjork}} Björk]] in the second film.
** ''Wicked Prayer'' has David Boreanaz as the villain and shares much of its production crew with, of all things, ''Film/SixStringSamurai''.

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* TheCastShowoff: The final fight makes good use of Brandon Lee's Kung Fu skills.




!!The TV series
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A TV movie was planned to end the series and wrap up the loose ends, but it never materialized.
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** Creator/CameronDiax was offered the role of Shelly, but turned it down because she didn't like the script.

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* OldShame: O'Barr has said that he regrets Writing the comic now, both due to what he now feels is a glorification of revenge, as well as the death of Brandon Lee due to the movie adaption.

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* OldShame: O'Barr has said that he regrets Writing writing the comic now, both due to what he now feels is a glorification of revenge, as well as the death of Brandon Lee due to the movie adaption.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] was asked to play Funboy in the first movie, but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts - The comic book version of the character was modeled after him to begin with. Instead, he played Curve in ''Film/TheCrowCityOfAngels''.

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[[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] was asked to play Funboy in the first movie, but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts - The comic book version of the character was modeled after him to begin with. Instead, he played Curve in ''Film/TheCrowCityOfAngels''.




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** James O'Barr originally wanted Creator/JohnnyDepp to play Eric.
** Creator/RiverPhoenix and Creator/ChristianSlater both turned down the role of Eric.
** Creator/CameronDiax was offered the role of Shelly, but turned it down because she didn't like the script.
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** Two other sequels were in development, one being ''The Crow 2037'', a futuristic dark gothic fanatsy to be written and directed by Creator/RobZombie; and ''Lazarus: A Tale of The Crow'' which took place in the world of gangsta rap and was set to star Music/DMX and Music/Eminem. Neither film failed to materialize and were actually attempted to be spun off into stand alone films separate from the franchise before those plans stalled as well.

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** Two other sequels were in development, one being ''The Crow 2037'', a futuristic dark gothic fanatsy to be written and directed by Creator/RobZombie; and ''Lazarus: A Tale of The Crow'' which took place in the world of gangsta rap and was set to star Music/DMX Music/{{DMX}} and Music/Eminem.Music/{{Eminem}}. Neither film failed to materialize and were actually attempted to be spun off into stand alone films separate from the franchise before those plans stalled as well.
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** Two other sequels were in development, one being ''The Crow 2037'', a futuristic dark gothic fanatsy to be written and directed by Creator/RobZombie; and ''Lazarus: A Tale of The Crow'' which took place in the world of gangsta rap and was set to star Creator/DMX and Creator/Eminem. Neither film failed to materialize and were actually attempted to be spun off into stand alone films separate from the franchise before those plans stalled as well.

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** Two other sequels were in development, one being ''The Crow 2037'', a futuristic dark gothic fanatsy to be written and directed by Creator/RobZombie; and ''Lazarus: A Tale of The Crow'' which took place in the world of gangsta rap and was set to star Creator/DMX Music/DMX and Creator/Eminem.Music/Eminem. Neither film failed to materialize and were actually attempted to be spun off into stand alone films separate from the franchise before those plans stalled as well.

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