Alex Proyas, director of The Crow, has maintained over the years that the iconic film starring Brandon Lee, should not get a reboot out of respect for the late actor who was killed on set at only the age of 28 by a prop gun. Now three decades later, a reboot of The Crow from Lionsgate, starring Bill Skarsgård is set to be released on June 7th of this year.

Proyas aired his concerns on the matter again in a Facebook post he made on Monday saying, “I really don’t get any joy from seeing negativity about any fellow filmmakers work. And I’m certain the cast and crew really had all good intentions, as we all do on any film. So it pains me to say any more on this topic, but I think the fan’s response speaks volumes….THE CROW is not just a movie. Brandon Lee died making it, and it was finished as a testament to his lost brilliance, and tragic loss. It is his legacy. That’s how it should remain.”

The director of the reboot, Rupert Sanders, previously talked to Vanity Fair about his handling of the film as a tribute to Lee: “Brandon was an original voice and I think he will always be synonymous with The Crow, and I hope he’s proud of what we’ve done and how we’ve brought the story back again. His soul is very much alive in this film. There’s a real fragility and beauty to his version of the Crow, and I think Bill feels like he is a successor to that.”