Today we’ve got the first trailer for the thriller Locked, produced by Sam Raimi and starring Bill Skarsgård (Nosferatu, IT) and Anthony Hopkins, following the current trend of malevolent, unhinged rich boomers taking things into their own hands (Heretic, anyone?).
Ash Vs Evil Dead TV show is a go at Starz
The TV company behind the Spartacus show, owners of Manga and Anchor Bay, are bringing Bruce Campbell back along with the Evil Dead. The new show will be caleld Ash Vs The Evil Dead and is due for 2015, according to Laura Prudom at Variety. Sami Raimi will direct and Campbell will be playing Ash. […]
Noir live action TV series
Watch how I avoid making “Noir of the living dead” jokes as I reveal that Sam Raimi is involved in a Starz backed “Noir” live action. Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are co-producers; this is the Xena: Warrior Princess team, they are the same people who brought us Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Gods of […]
Day of the Triffids Director – Sam Raimi?
Reports out suggest that Mandate Pictures have won the rights to do a Day of the Triffids movie. It was a seven figure auction, reports claim. It’s easy to see why the movie would be in demand. Movies that reflect cultural concerns always do well and Triffids scream bio-engineering and revenge of Gaia all over. […]
Sam Raimi to helm The Shadow remake?
IESB writer Peter Georgiou’s been lucky enough to get his mitts on a second draft of a The Shadow script. You can tell he likes it. There are characters we’ll care about. There’s action. There’s nudity. There’s a risk it’ll be toned down in order to get a lower age rating and that may wreck […]
Raimi and McGuire now off Spiderman 4
The Sam Raimi-helmed 4th Spiderman film has been in trouble for a while, with reported conflicts between Raimi’s vision and Sony’s desire for more marketable characters. Well, according to a press release from Sony this morning, they’re looking to do a reboot of the successful franchise, without the director or previous star, Tobey McGuire…
John Malkovich to play The Vulture in Spider-Man 4
There’s a fight over the Spider-Man 4 script that’s threatening to derail the already late movie completely. Sam Raimi wants the villain to be The Vulture. The studio doesn’t think that’ll sell well enough. Raimi doesn’t want a repeat of Spider-Man 3 which was rather confusingly stuffed with villains. What we do know – if […]
