So The New CROW Could Be Played By...Who?

Merrick here...
THIS piece at Bloody Disgusting says that The Powers That Be have at least offered the role of the the main character in their re-adaptation of James O'Barr's THE CROW to... ...Mark Wahlberg. No word on whether he'll accept, and just because he's been offered the role doesn't automatically mean he'll accept. Still, it's a bit of an odd choice given that (apparently still attached?) director Stephen Norrington (BLADE, LXG) is working from a presumably hard-edged script by Nick Cave - and Wahlberg doesn't exactly scream tortured, vengeful spirit. I guess they figured if he could survive breeze and trees he could potentially cheat death itself?
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