Deadline is reporting that James Wan’s Atomic Monster is teaming with Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures for a feature film adaptation of The Burden, a horror short written and directed by Dutch filmmaker Nico van den Brink. The Burden follows “a young woman visiting her boyfriend’s family home, where she learns about […]
Evil Dead II with film producer and director Mike Mendez – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #35
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film director and producer Mike Mendez discusses the splatter classic Evil Dead II… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, horror filmmaker Mike Mendez pops by to discuss his […]
First trailer for alligator horror movie Crawl is here!
Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) is back this summer with Crawl, a film produced by Sam Raimi that has the craziest and most exciting premise we’ve heard in a while. Kaya Scodelario (The Maze Runner) finds herself trapped inside a flooded house during a hurricane… and must now fight both the rising […]
Willem Dafoe reflects on his Green Goblin role in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man
Although Blade and X-Men paved the way, it wasn’t until 2002’s Spider-Man that the modern wave of superhero movies really exploded onto the scene, with director Sam Raimi delivering a monster box office hit for Sony, and a comic book movie which really managed to capture the tone of its source material. During an interview […]
Sam Raimi to produce feature adaptation of horror short Behind
Sam Raimi’s Ghosthouse Pictures is teaming with Lionsgate for Behind, a female-fronted horror which is based upon the award-winning short of the same name from filmmaker Angel Gomez. Behind follows “a woman going through a divorce who fears she may lose her baby daughter and, when a mysterious lady at a party tells her that […]
A Beginner’s Guide To Sam Raimi
Tom Jolliffe continues our series of beginner’s guides to directors with a look at Sam Raimi… After a recent re-watching of the two films which brought Sam Raimi to fame (the first two Evil Dead films) I felt compelled to provide a beginner’s guide on the man. Raimi remains a director who has become a […]
Sam Raimi to produce James Herbert adaptation Shrine, but won’t direct The Kingkiller Chronicle?
According to Deadline, Sam Raimi is set to produce an adaptation of the James Herbert horror novel Shrine, which has Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenwriter on Beauty and the Beast and The Huntsman: Winter’s War) attached to write and direct. Published in 1983, Shrine follows “a disgraced journalist who discovers a series of seemingly divine miracles in […]
Sam Raimi originally didn’t want Stan Lee to cameo in Spider-Man
Sam Raimi, director of the Toby Maguire led Spider-Man, has revealed that he originally didn’t want Stan Lee to cameo in the film. With Stan Lee’s recent passing, many people who had worked with him in the past have been sharing stories and memories. Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man was a huge moment for Marvel on the […]
Maze Runner’s Kaya Scodelario in talks for horror film Crawl
The Maze Runner trilogy star Kaya Scodelario has entered talks to join Paramount’s horror film Crawl. The film comes from director Alexandre Aja (Horns) with Sam Raimi producing alongside Craig J. Flores. Scodelario will play a “young woman who, while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house […]
Alexandre Aja and Sam Raimi team for horror-thriller Crawl
Paramount Pictures is looking to replicate the success of A Quiet Place with another low-budget horror-thriller, with the studio fast-tracking Crawl from director Alexandre Aja (Piranha 3D, Horns) and producers Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Spider-Man) and Craig Flores (Fathers and Daughters, 300: Rise of an Empire). Originally penned by Shawn and Michael Rasmussen, with rewrites […]