THE RAVEN finds Luke Evans (TAMARA DREWE) and Alice Eve (SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE) in talks to join the cast, reports the Hollywood Reporter. John Cusack plays Edgar Allen Poe who teams with a detective (Evans) to hunt down a serial killer who has taken the writer's fiancé (Eve). Evans would replace Jeremy Renner who left the project to do MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4.

James McTeigue is the director. Travor Macy, Marc Evans and Aaron Ryder are the producers.