‘Elric’ and ‘Raven’ – new projects on the horizon for Michael Sheen?
July 26th, 2010 12:21 | 
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Michael Sheen took a few minutes to talk to Fear.net while at Comic-Con this weekend.
It seems that he has been working on a future project with New Moon director, Chris Weitz about the Michael Moorcock character, Elric. Weitz told Elric artist, John Picacio, that he is developing a movie about the famed sword-and-sorcery character.
Elric, an albinistic anti-hero, is a legendary character from the world of graphic novels and fantasy comics and has been around since the early 70s.
Michael also mentioned that he will be playing the macabre gothic fiction writer, Edgar Allen Poe, in a film about the last few months of his life. The project is currently called ‘The Raven’, named after one of his most famous tales ‘The Raven‘.
You can read the article at Fear.net
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Tags: Comic-Con 2010, Elric, Michael Sheen, Poe, The Raven
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oh dearest Madnad you make me happy again…Really I can’t imagine Michael as an albinistic…Instead I think will be awesome his Edgar Allan Poe, obviosly with such an immense actor!!!! LoveXX
Elric is an unusual character and not widely known. I read my first Elric novel about 15 years ago and have been a fan since. It is an aquired taste, but I think Michael will be brilliant – and I know he is a fan as he mentioned this on twitter only a few weeks ago.
I must agree with you though, that the news he will be in Poe related project makes my heart sing. I have loved Poe since I was a young teen.