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Director Stephen Norrington has told Comics2Film exclusively that he has departed The Crow reboot. The filmmaker said that he had liked the take on the material that he and screenwriter Nick Cave had come up with, but that a well-known actor had gotten interested in starring in the movie. The star had not liked Cave's take on the material and had asked for a new writer to be brought onboard and a new direction taken.

"As I had gotten involved explicitly as a writer-director my exit was inevitable," Norrington told the site. "I was bummed. I had developed a genuinely authentic take that respected the source material while moving beyond it, and Nick Cave came in and added more depth. I think the fans would have been pleasantly surprised."

Norrington chose not to reveal the identity of the star in question. Before you think that the director is speaking about Mark Wahlberg being the mystery actor not named, what Norrington said next to C2F suggests that the star that deep-sixed his vision of The Crow isn't Wahlberg at all but someone that's not been mentioned in the rumors.

"I will say I think Wahlberg could be cool if they take a gritty blue-collar approach," Norrington said about the rumor that surfaced this week that Walhberg was interested in playing The Crow. "He's a truthful actor. I think he could really ground the supernatural stuff."