Bradley Cooper flying away from 'The Crow'

Relativity Media's remake of "The Crows" has hit another snag with star Bradley Cooper ("Limitless") flying the coop.

Bradley Cooper

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cooper, who joined the project in June, is leaving due to scheduling conflicts. The actor is instead set to film "Paradise Lost" in early 2012.

The Reporter continued that actors Channing Tatum ("G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra") and Mark Wahlberg ("The Departed") are possible replacements.

Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo ("28 Weeks Later"), "The Crow" adaptation will be a "gritty reboot of the gothic iconic character Eric Draven, who returns from the grave as The Crow on a mission to avenge his wife’s murder, so that his soul can finally rest."

Screenwriter Alex Tse ("Watchmen") is also attached.

Even before Cooper was confirmed back in June, the project had sparked a back-and-forth round of litigation between Relativity and The Weinstein Company.

Relativity and Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation will be teaming with Spain-based Apaches Entertainment on the production. "The Crow" is being produced by Edward R. Pressman, Jeff Most, Relativity’s CEO Ryan Kavanaugh, and Apaches’ Enrique López Lavigne and Belén Atienza. Relativity’s Tucker Tooley ("The Fighter") and Apaches’ Jesus de la Vega will serve as executive producers. José Ibáñez and Pressman Film Corporation’s Jon Katz will serve as co-producers.

DJ Cotrona, RZA taking the oath, joining 'G.I. Joe'

More Joes are answering the call to join director Jon M. Chu's "G.I. Joe" sequel, the latest being D.J. Cotrona and rapper RZA.

D.J. Cotrona

According to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision, Cotrona, who was most recently seen in the ABC police procedural "Detroit 1-8-7," will play Flint.

RZA, who has had roles in "Due Date," "Repo Men" and "Funny People," will play Blind Master, a past trainer of Snake Eyes and Jinx (Elodie Yung).

Although Channing Tatum's Duke is the only character confirmed to be returning from the 2009 original, actress Rachel Nichols, who played Scarlett, posted on her Twitter account that Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and Storm Shadow (Byung-hun Lee) would also be back.

RZA

Chu ("Justin Beiber: Never Say Never") takes over for Stephen Sommers, who directed and helped develop the story for "The Rise of Cobra." The sequel is set for a Aug. 10, 2012 release.

The sequel is rumored to be called "Cobra Strikes," but neither Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller or Christopher Eccleston set to return, I'm not sure how they'll pull it off unless they simply recast the characters of Cobra Commander and Destro.

As I've said before, "Rise of Cobra" was also a pretty fun action flick which went on to make $150 million domestically and another $152 million overseas. I don't really see how bringing in an almost entirely new cast is going to help them make more money.