Ever wondered what John Cusack would look like as writer Edgar Allan Poe? Wonder no longer, as the first image arrives from The Raven…
Melancholy and shrouded in mystery, it’s no surprise that the life of US author Edgar Allan Poe should attract almost as much interest as his enduring, macabre short stories. He died suddenly in 1849 aged just 40, and the exact cause of his death is still a subject of keen debate.
Director James McTeigue’s forthcoming movie, The Raven, tells a fictionalised version of Poe’s last days, and sees writer on the trail of a ruthless serial killer. Taking his inspiration from Poe’s grim tales, the murderer has kidnapped the writer’s fiancée, played by Alice Eve.
John Cusack stars as Poe, and the image you see here is the first to show the actor in character. While he lacks the writer’s trademark lofty forehead, Cusack really looks the part (he has the air of gloomy resignation down to a tee), though the black trainers are a bit of an anachronism.
Still in production, The Raven is tentatively scheduled for release in 2011.
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