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Sam Raimi originally didn’t want Stan Lee to cameo in Spider-Man

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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

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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

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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 […]

The Problem With Fan Expectations

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Henry Bevan on the problem with fan expectations… I love Spider-Man. Spider-Man 2 is my favourite superhero film, I was addicted to 1990s TV show. Tobey Maguire is an underrated actor. But, I didn’t like Spider-Man: Homecoming, at first. I hated how Peter’s quest to be a hero relegated the supporting characters and I felt […]

The 4 Spider-Man Storylines We Need In the MCU

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Ben Robins on the 4 Spider-Man storylines we need in the MCU… With this month’s Spider-Man: Homecoming marking the third big screen incarnation of the famous wall-crawler in the 21st century alone, you’d think we’d be hard-pressed by this stage to find storylines that hadn’t already been adapted at least somewhere down the line. We’ve […]

Robert Zemeckis, Matthew Vaughn and Sam Raimi top shortlist to direct The Flash

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Warner Bros. hasn’t had the best of luck with directors on its Ezra Miller-headline Flash movie, with Seth Grahame-Smith and Rick Famuyiwa both departing the project due to creative differences. However, it looks like the studio may be closing in on another filmmaker to steer the Scarlet Speedster’s solo outing. The Wrap is reporting that Robert Zemeckis […]

Sam Raimi and Marc Webb reportedly pass on The Flash, Kevin Smith throws his baseball cap into the ring

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Last night it was reported that Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future), Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class) and Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) top Warner Bros.’ shortlist for the director’s chair on the DC solo movie The Flash, but it seems we may be able to scratch one of those names from the list. According to EW, […]

Fede Alvarez is working on a Don’t Breathe sequel

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Fede Alvarez delivered a solid critical and commercial success earlier this year with the home-invasion thriller Don’t Breathe, and now the filmmaker has revealed to Cinema Blend that despite being initially reluctant to the idea of a follow-up, he now has a great idea for a sequel. “Don’t Breathe 2 is something we definitely want […]

The One Thing Spider-Man: Homecoming Needs To Do To Be Great

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Henry Bevan on Spider-Man: Homecoming and what it needs to do to be great… In Spider-Man 2 Peter Parker’s (Tobey Maguire) childhood home is facing foreclosure but Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) insists on giving him her last 20 bucks, only for his landlord to snatch it a way. Peter is broke and Spider-Man keeps him that […]