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New trailer for serial killer mystery 'The Raven'

By Anthony Pearson Oct 7, 2011, 17:44 GMT

In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack, Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, Immortals) to hunt down a mad serial killer who\'s using Poe\'s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin), the film also stars Alice Eve (Sex and the City 2), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen ...more

We have added the new trailer for Relativity Media and director James McTeigue's (V for Vendetta) upcoming serial killer mystery, "The Raven."

The film is a fictionalized account of the last days of writer Edgar Allan Poe's life, during a which a mysterious serial killer is copying the murders from Poe's writings.

John Cusack plays the role of Edgar Alan Poe in "The Raven." It also stars Luke Evans (soon to be seen in The Hobbit), Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Pam Ferris, Brendan Coyle, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Kevin McNally, Dave Legeno and Sam Hazeldine.

Watch the trailer for "The Raven" below;



"The Raven" is released across the US from March 9th, 2012. A UK release date is to be announced.

In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack, Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, Immortals) to hunt down a mad serial killer who's using Poe's own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin), the film also stars Alice Eve (Sex and the City 2), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster).

When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper—part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story.

Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe's writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author's help in stopping the attacks. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murderer’s next victim, the stakes become even higher and the inventor of the detective story calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before it's too late.