The series needed a little time to rest after a string of edgelord sequels that starred folks like Vincent Perez, Eric Mabius, and Edward Furlong, but in recent years there have been many rumblings of a resurrection. In 2014, Corin Hardy signed on as director with Luke Evans locked in to star. Evans bowed out shortly thereafter and was replaced by Jack Huston (“Boardwalk Empire”). This version of the movie got far enough to cast the great Andrea Riseborough (“Mandy”) as its villain before it, too, fell apart in early 2016.

Hardy was pulled back in by Jason Momoa, who signed on for what they promised would be an R-rated adaptation that would honor the original source material. By 2018, “The Crow” reboot was once again dead as both Mamoa and Hardy departed the project, which stalled out seeking its $40 million budget and a glut of creative differences between the filmmaker and producer, the late Samuel Hadida (“Silent Hill”).

Those are just the notable close calls! Over the last ten years, everybody from Rob Zombie and Bradley Cooper to Tom Hiddleston and Channing Tatum has been rumored to be involved in a reboot.