If the synopsis of the film is any indicator, “The Raven” will have little to do with the poem by Edgar Allen Poe.  This is the third film from James McTeigue, who worked with the Warchowskis’ before directing on his own.

The trailer looks interesting (then again, they always do), though from what I have heard of Poe, ‘heroic’ isn’t necessarily a word that I would use to describe him.

Besides, I suspect that there will be no Bart Simpson-headed bird screaming “Nevermore,” so that’s something.