Update: Two more images were released over the weekend, and you can see them in the gallery below. We've seen another shot or two, semi-official [1] and not at all official [2], of John Cusack in costume as Edgar Allan Poe in James McTeigue's film The Raven. Now this is the first for-real official shot of the character, and the only downside is that it looks like the other shots. Still, The Raven has settled on a March 9, 2012 release date (and evidently decided to keep the title [3] The Raven), and I'm very interested to see more from the movie in which Poe ends up looking for a killer whose methods seem tied to the author's work. We'll see some footage at Comic Con when Relativity presents the film in Hall H on Friday July 22, but for now you can see the full image after the break. In the gritty thriller, Edgar Allen Poe joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) 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), the film also stars Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. Here's the full shot. Click to enlarge. [4] And USA Today [5] dropped these two pics, which both show off a little Luke Evans: [6] [1] http://www.slashfilm.com/image-john-cusack-edgar-allan-poe-the-raven/ [2] http://www.slashfilm.com/john-cusack-edgar-allen-poe-the-raven/ [3] http://www.slashfilm.com/edgar-allan-poe-thriller-the-raven-loses-title-gains-release-date/ [4] http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/cusack-poe-raven.jpg [5] http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2011-06-26-the-raven-john-cusack_n.htm?csp=34life&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-LifeTopStories+%28Life+-+Top+Stories%29 [6] http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/cusack-poe-raven.jpg

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