‘The Crow’ hits in theatres tomorrow, but early reactions of the 1994 reboot have hit the web, and producer Molly Hassell is quite surprised by the reception.

Bill Skarsgård stars as the lead (Eric Draven/Crow) in the graphic novel adaptation by director Rupert Sanders. The film releases exactly 30 years after the iconic 1994 original starring Brandon Lee.

“It should make people proud,” Hassell said to The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m surprised it hasn’t made the original filmmakers more proud, because it’s a step in a different direction, but it’s a necessary step to deal with the age-old themes of love and loss.”

Synopsis: Soulmates Eric Draven and Shelly Webster are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Draven returns to seek bloody revenge against the killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.

Co-screenwriter of the remake, William Schneider, says; “We didn’t want to go the same route, because we felt like that did a disservice to the film. Instead, we wanted to chart our own course almost as a way to sort of celebrate it and say, ‘Hey, we found a new way into the story, and we want them both to exist with their own voices, with their own set of fans.’ I hope everyone walks away from this film just reinvested in the people they love and care about. Because yes, it’s about grief, it’s about loss, but it’s also about sacrifice and what you’re willing to do for the person you love.”

2024s ‘The Crow’ has been met with enormous controversy. Tragically, Brandon Lee was killed on-set of the original 1994 film when prop gun containing a live-round struck him during one of the last days of production. For this reason, fans of the 90s cult film have been vocal about not wanting a remake — even thirty years later.

Director of the 2024 pic Rupert Sanders told Vanity Fair that the reimagining will “honor” the original film’s legacy. This didn’t stop original Crow director (1994) Alex Proyas from vocalizing his contempt about the remake:

“I really don’t get any joy from seeing negativity about any fellow filmmakers work. And I’m certain the cast and crew really had all good intentions, as we all do on any film,” Proyas said on social media. “So it pains me to say any more on this topic, but I think the fan’s response speaks volumes. ‘The Crow’ is not just a movie. Brandon Lee died making it, and it was finished as a testament to his lost brilliance and tragic loss. It is his legacy. That’s how it should remain.”

A previously attached screenwriter of another ‘The Crow’ iteration, Cliff Dorfman, shared his harsh opinions on Sanders’ 2024 flick (a tweet that has since been removed):