‘The Crow’ remake suffered another blow when Mark Wahlberg confirmed he won’t be portraying the lead role of Eric Draven. The news comes after director Stephen Norrington also declined to move forward with the project. Also, the comic book community has not embraced the proposed film as much as the 1994 original. The Academy Award-nominated actor, who’s generating more Oscar buzz for his upcoming film ‘The Fighter,’ told Cinematical.com that “They talked to me about it and there was a director attached who I was a fan of, and he’s no longer doing it. We just thought about-’is there something cool to be done there?’ But we’re not committed to…

Stephen Norrington, the director of 1998′s “Blade” starring Wesley Snipes and 2003′s “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”, both adaptations of comic books, has signed on to write and direct a reinvention of “The Crow,” based on James O’Barr’s original comic, according to a report from Variety.com. “The Crow” was first adapted for the big screen in 1994, where it was directed by Alex Proyas. Rock musician Eric Draven is murdered trying to rescue his girlfriend from thugs, and returns from the dead one year later to exact vengeance with immortality and a mysterious crow to guide him. Though the original film is known as a cult and critical hit that…