Edward R. Pressman

Watchmen and Ninja Scroll writer to pen new big-budget Crow movie

Relativity Media president Tucker Tooley, and Edward R. Pressman, producer behind the cult classic The Crow franchise, announced today they have attached Watchmen scripter Alex Tse to write their reinvention of The Crow, the 1994 critically acclaimed sensation based on the comic book series and comic strip by James O’Barr. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo ….

28 Weeks Later director to helm remake of The Crow

Relativity Media’s Tucker Tooley and Edward R. Pressman, the producer behind The Crow franchise, announced today they have closed a deal for 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo to direct a “re-invention” of The Crow, the 1994 cult hit based on the comic book series and comic strip by James O’Barr. Relativity and Pressman ….

Mutant Chronicles to get On Demand release before it hits theaters

Magnet Releasing announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to the sci-fi/action epic, Mutant Chronicles. With an ensemble cast including Thomas Jane (The Mist), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Devon Aoki (Sin City) and John Malkovich, Mutant Chronicles boasts incredible special effects and riveting, action-packed battle sequences in a painstakingly crafted post-apocalyptic landscape. An Edward R. ….

Forest Whitaker to direct and star in Louis Armstrong biopic

Variety reports that Forest Whitaker will direct and star in the film What a Wonderful World, a biopic on musician Louis Armstrong. Paris-based Legende, the company behind La Vie en rose, is producing the film, alongside Edward R. Pressman, and Oscar Cohen, executive of the Armstrong estate and the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. Ron Bass ….