Last month, we brought you some paparazzi spy shots of John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe on the Budapest, Hungary set of the upcoming, James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) directed thriller, The Raven. The film that’s based on Poe’s classic poem, and is set in the final five ‘mysterious’ days of the author’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation.

Now we get our first official image from the film, featuring Cusack in full-on Edgar Allen Poe mode, with an actual Raven perched on his arm. Check it out below!

The Raven is slated to hit theaters in 2011.