Not too long ago we were telling you that John Cusack would be playing Edgar Allen Poe in the upcoming James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) directed film The Raven. Well, we have a first look thanks to Gawker, and Cusack certainly pulls it off.
The project sounds dark and fun, as it’s a fictionalized story of the last five mysterious days of Edgar Allen Poe’s life, following Poe as he joins the hunt for a serial killer whose murders are inspired by his own stories. The film has been described as a cross between Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story/poem The Raven and David Fincher‘s Se7en.





