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John Cusack's The Raven: Now THAT is a Movie Poster

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (27)

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So far, Comic Con has seen the debut of a number of movie posters, including ones for The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers and posters for two Steven Soderbergh movies that didn’t even warrant their own post. They have all been varying degrees of disappointing, but this one — for John Cusack’s The Raven — is striking.

The Raven stars Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe, and while I do dig the poster, I’m not as certain about the film, which seems to do for Poe what Robert Downey, Jr. did for Sherlock Holmes. It fictionalizes Poe and turns him into a hunter of serial killers, although with James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) and knowing that the movie takes places during the last week of Poe’s life, we might get something that’s not just stylized but acceptably Gothic.

And if you need more reason to unbuckle the belt on your enthusiasm, maybe this movie poster will provide it.

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His head isn't round enough.

Posted by: adam at July 22, 2011 12:05 AM

I like to think of it as eggplant shaped. With the top being the chin.

Posted by: Haystacks at July 22, 2011 12:07 AM

Gerald Scarfe?

Posted by: Protoguy at July 22, 2011 12:08 AM

Ralph Steadman?

Posted by: , at July 22, 2011 12:17 AM

That poster is so bold and audacious I can't believe it came out of Hollywood. Who knew anyone in Hollywood still had testicles?

Posted by: The Mutt at July 22, 2011 12:29 AM

Wait - so they used an ARTIST to design the cover, not just just some flunky with rudimentary Photoshop skills? That's unheard of!

Posted by: Edith at July 22, 2011 12:36 AM

..."which seems to do for Poe what Robert Downey, Jr. did for Sherlock Holmes. It fictionalizes Poe..."

The difference being, of course, that Poe was a real person and Sherlock Holmes was not.

Posted by: coryo at July 22, 2011 12:41 AM

I worship Poe's writing, and I'm damned good at performing them. I'd love to do a one-man-show. Problem is I look like Jack Reacher and Poe looked like John Cazale.

Posted by: The Mutt at July 22, 2011 12:53 AM

Frickin' awesome! Just change "Raven" to "Crow" and we're set! (I'm talking about the original, peeps. Don't freak out.)

Posted by: Four Eyes at July 22, 2011 1:34 AM

Thank you to The Mutt !

Cazale DOES look like Poe. My family is tired of me yelling this out whenever The Godfather is on the teevee.

Posted by: krix at July 22, 2011 2:56 AM

I like the poster. Hopefully this movie will break Cusack out of his rut. I feel like he's been sort of checked out for the last decade. As for the concept, I get the feeling the Poe would prefer a stylized gothic take on his life rather than a straight up biography, so I'm totally cool with it.

Posted by: Freller at July 22, 2011 6:45 AM

Definitely Steadman. And, coryo, DON'T YOU DARE SAY SHERLOCK HOLMES WAS NOT A REAL PERSON!!! I grew up reading those books and was CONVINCED he was!!

The poster is amazing and I am excited about the prospect for this. Saw John Astin do a 1-man show about Poe several years ago that was great, but this is a whole different level.

Posted by: dammitjanet at July 22, 2011 8:02 AM

Yeah, the poster definitely looks like Ralph Steadman's work.

Posted by: The Wanderer at July 22, 2011 8:12 AM

I don't think I've ever seen such an attractive movie poster (in a refreshing psycho-fusion sorta motif). Why are they making interesting movie posters?

Posted by: Stinky at July 22, 2011 8:36 AM

But, Sherlock Holmes was Douglas Reynholm's favorite historical character. Are YOU going to tell him he's fictional, coryo?

Posted by: Nimue at July 22, 2011 8:56 AM

...which seems to do for Poe what Robert Downey, Jr. did for Sherlock Holmes.

i like reimaginings myself and i thought Sherlock doing the Mickey O'Neill thing from Snatch was brilliant but in the new one we see him delivering karate chops to the neck which is a lil too outside the box for my taste.

i hope they'll stay within limits wit this one.

Posted by: haplo at July 22, 2011 10:44 AM

I'm excited, I love John Cusack, no matter how good or bad the role is, he always owns it!

Posted by: Laura at July 22, 2011 11:53 AM

I may have posted this before but it's worth repeating since we're sort of on topic. I grew up a couple of blocks away from an old rectory that Arthur Conan Doyle rented for a while and he was known to have done some writing there. When I was in my late teens the rectory gardens were sold to a developer. My friends and I formed a group to lobby for the new development to be called "Sherlock Homes".
Sadly we lost and to this day it is called Rectory Slopes.

Posted by: PaddyDog at July 22, 2011 2:05 PM

It was many and many a year ago,
In a city of by the sea,
That a thing there lived which you may know
Called Wood-Holly
And it wrecked so great a many thing
Like Poe for you and me.

... yeah. I just did that.

Posted by: Jessicator at July 22, 2011 4:46 PM

Oops on using "thing" twice.

Posted by: Jessicator at July 22, 2011 4:47 PM

"Quaintest thoughts and queerest fancies,
come to life and fade away.
What care I how time advances;
I am drinking ale today."
–Edgar Allan Poe

Posted by: The Mutt at July 22, 2011 9:30 PM

Quoth Pajiba: Yes, some more.

Posted by: , at July 23, 2011 1:59 AM

Strange. I'm pretty sure Breckin Meyer was supposed to play Poe. (And Adam Scott the young Abe Lincoln.)

Posted by: PiaPia at July 23, 2011 3:18 PM

I'm all for it except for the presence of John Cusack.... He has all the facial expressions of Droopy Dog and the "darkest" I could ever see him being was in "Better off Dead," where he half-assedly flirted with the general idea of death. Cusack is oddly inexplicable in this role, but hopefully he's in touch with that side of himself enough to pull it off. Poe was a lot more depressed and lovelorn than Lloyd Dobler ever dreamed of being.

Posted by: AMM at July 25, 2011 7:18 PM

Ever since I read that story in "Mirrorshades" (was it mirrorshades? I think so) I've wanted to see a fictionalized Edgar Allan Poe. And I trust John Cusack with the role. He's good, and if he tries to rein in the funny/earnest thing he seems to be so good at this could be a lot of fun. The poster certainly looks fantastic.

I just hope the movie has him carrying a pair of LeMat revolvers at some point. Grade A dakka.

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Posted by: Mcdonalds Coupons Online at August 15, 2011 12:32 AM

Never laugh at a live dragon.

Posted by: Chris at September 14, 2011 10:24 AM