John Cusack to play Edgar Allan Poe

So says the Hollywood Reporter:

John Cusack will portray Edgar Allan Poe in “The Raven,” a fictional thriller being directed by James McTeigue, the Wachowskis protege who last helmed “Ninja Assassin.”

Aaron Ruder and Glen Basner of FilmNation are producing.

The story is set in the last five days of Poe's life in which he is forced to partner with a detective in search of a serial killer who has kidnapped Poe's fiancé and has gone on a spree of murders that mimics the author's work.

Same old same old.