Bill Skarsgård to Star in "The Crow" Reboot

A new version of the classic supernatural thriller movie "The Crow" is in development.

"It" star Bill Skarsgård and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter FKA twigs will star in a "modern reimagining" of the movie.

It will be directed by Rupert Sanders from a script penned by Oscar-nominated writer Zach Baylin.

The movie is currently in preproduction and is scheduled to begin full production in June with shooting taking place in Prague and Munich.

"The Crow" began life in 1989 as a superhero comic book series created by James O'Barr.

It is centered around Eric, a man who is killed along with his fiancée by a gang of criminals after the couple's car breaks down. A year later, he ws resurrected by a spectral crow, allowing him set out on a path of revenge against those who did them wrong.

The comic received its first adaptation in 1994. The movie gained a level of infamy due to the on-set death of star Brandon Lee.

The movie spawned three more movies, "The Crow: City of Angels" (1996), "The Crow: Salvation" (2000), and "The Crow: Wicked Prayer" (2005) as well as TV series called "The Crow: Stairway to Heaven" (1998).

The reboot has been stuck in development for a while now, with multiple people joining and leaving the project over the years.

Blade director Stephen Norrington was once attached to the project before departing, with F. Javier Gutiérrez and Luke Evans attached to a different version of the reboot as director and star, respectively, before both also exiting the project.

The last time the project surfaced was in 2017 after director Corin Hardy was given the reigns. The project also had Jason Momoa set to star, but both men left in 2018 after a financial dispute with the producers.