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Tom Cruise and Sam Raimi are in the process of creating a movie adaptation of Sleeper with Warner Bros., in which Cruise may star and Brad Inglesby is writing the screenplay.
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He had asked Raimi if he would direct a theatrical adaptation of the Stephen King ( written under his Richard Bachman pseudonym ) novel Thinner.
Raimi is slated to direct a film adaptation of The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett.
Prior to directing the Spider-Man films, Raimi lobbied to direct Batman Forever when Tim Burton was ousted from the director's chair, but was rejected in favor of Joel Schumacher, whose reputation at the time outshone Raimi's.
Raimi is set to direct Oz: The Great and Powerful, a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, which will be released in 2013 by Walt Disney Pictures.
Although he didn't direct the movie, he made a cameo appearance as a doctor in the Sam Raimi movie Darkman, starring Liam Neeson ( Landis is one of the doctors examining Neeson after he was burned in the building.
Sam Raimi was hired to direct because Stone was impressed with his work on Army of Darkness ( 1993 ).
The actress told the producers that if Raimi did not direct the film, she would not star in it.
Universal Pictures was nervous on having Woo direct a feature, and sent in director Sam Raimi to look over the film's production and to take Woo's place as director if he were to fail.
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Army of Darkness, also titled Bruce Campbell vs Army of Darkness, Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness or just Evil Dead III, is a 1992 American comedy horror film directed by Sam Raimi.
The film was written by Sam Raimi and his brother Ivan, produced by Robert Tapert, and stars Bruce Campbell and Embeth Davidtz.
Initially, Raimi invited Scott Spiegel to co-write Army of Darkness because he had done a good job on Evil Dead II, but he was busy on rewrites for the Clint Eastwood film The Rookie.
After the good experience of writing the screenplay for a film called Easy Wheels, Sam and his brother Ivan Raimi decided to co-write the film together.
However, the film's ambitious scope and its extensive effects work forced Campbell, Raimi and producer Rob Tapert to put up $ 1 million of their collective salaries to shoot a new ending and not film a scene where a possessed woman pushes down some giant pillars.
Visual effects supervisor William Mesa showed Raimi storyboards he had from Victor Fleming's film Joan of Arc that depicted huge battle scenes and he picked out 25 shots to use in Army of Darkness.
LoDuca sat down with Raimi and they went over the entire film, scene by scene.
In addition, Raimi needed $ 3 million to finish his movie, but Universal was not willing to give him the money and delayed its release because they were upset that De Laurentiis would not give them the rights to the Hannibal Lecter character so that they could film a sequel to Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs.
Campbell and Raimi collaborated on a 30-minute Super 8 version of the first Evil Dead film, titled Within the Woods, which was initially used to attract investors.
The Evil Dead ( sometimes shortened to just Evil Dead, and originally titled Book of the Dead ) is a 1981 American horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, and Betsy Baker.
Work on a script for a further film has started although it was announced on July 13, 2011 that Raimi and Campbell would now shift focus to a remake of the original film.
Raimi has since stated he regrets putting it in the film.
With the approval of both Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, a musical version of the film was staged, enjoying a successful workshop in Toronto and performances at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal in 2004.
Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Rob Tapert would produce the film.
Evil Dead II ( referred to in publicity materials as Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn ) is a 1987 American horror comedy film directed by Sam Raimi.
The film was written by Raimi and Scott Spiegel, produced by Rob Tapert and starring Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams.
Watchers praised Raimi for the direction and Campbell for his role in the film.
After the release of The Evil Dead, Raimi moved on to Crimewave, a cross between a crime film and a comedy produced by Raimi and Joel and Ethan Coen.
Spiegel and Raimi wrote most of the film in their house in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, where they were living with the aforementioned Coen brothers, as well as actors Frances McDormand, Kathy Bates, and Holly Hunter ( Hunter was the primary inspiration for the Bobby Jo character ).
The film's production was not nearly as chaotic or strange as the production of the original, largely because of Raimi, Tapert and Campbell's additional film making experience.
Empire magazine praised the film saying " the gaudily gory, virtuoso, hyper-kinetic horror sequel / remake uses every trick in the cinematic book " and confirms that " Bruce Campbell and Raimi are gods " and Caryn James of The New York Times called it " genuine, if bizarre, proof of Sam Raimi's talent and developing skill.
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The Coen brothers gave Raimi advice on shooting in snow for A Simple Plan, based on their experiences with Fargo.
Blizzard Entertainment announced on July 22, 2009 that Sam Raimi will be directing a film based on the Warcraft universe.
In 2008, it was announced at Comic-Con in San Diego that Raimi would be executive producing a new syndicated TV series called Legend of the Seeker, based on Terry Goodkind's best-selling The Sword of Truth fantasy series.
In January 2006, reports emerged that director Sam Raimi had signed up to make a movie based on this novel with a script by Pamela Pettler, the writer of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.
" A film based on the novel, directed by Sam Raimi, was released in 1998 ; according to the Times, the novel is so dark that the film ending was adjusted to soften the ending.
The Gift is a 2000 American film directed by Sam Raimi, written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson and based on the alleged psychic experiences of Thornton's mother.
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It is based on a short story Raimi wrote that paid homage to Universal's horror films of the 1930s.
The process of developing his treatment into a screenplay was difficult with Raimi hiring ex-Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer based on his work on Navy SEALs.
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A few years later, Campbell and Raimi got together with family and friends and began work on The Evil Dead.
The limited edition Blu-ray with a newly restored picture was released on August 31, 2010 in the United States, featuring two discs with audio commentary with writer / director Sam Raimi, producer Robert Tapert and star Bruce Campbell.
After Crimewave was released to little audience or critical acclaim, Raimi and Tapert, knowing that another flop would further stall their already lagging careers, took Shapiro up on his offer.
Raimi contacted his old friend Scott Spiegel, who had collaborated with Campbell and others on the Super-8 films they had produced during their childhood in Michigan.
Raimi was forced to wear a full-body, latex costume, crouch in a small hole in the floor acting as a " cellar ", or on one day, both.
At the film's wrap party, the crew held a talent contest, where Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell sang The Byrds ' " Eight Miles High ", with Nicotero on guitar.
Having initially signed on for three Spider-Man films, she revealed that she would do a fourth, but only if Raimi and Maguire also returned.
However at Comic-Con International 2012, Raimi stated that he was no longer involved in the project, saying “ Actually, they don ’ t have me directing World of Warcraft anymore because when I took the Oz job, they had to move on to another director.
On October 16, 2007, Raimi stated that: " I don't have any news on ' The Shadow ' at this time, except that the company that I have with Josh Donen, my producing partner, we've got the rights to ' The Shadow.
In the Making The Amazing documentary on the Spider-Man 2 DVD, both Tobey Maguire and Bruce Campbell jokingly describe Raimi's penchant for " abusing " actors: In order to get realistic closeups of a character getting hit by debris, Raimi usually stands just off-camera throwing items, swinging tree branches, etc., at the actor who is at the center of the shot.
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On October 16, 2007, Raimi stated that: " I don't have any news on ' The Shadow ' at this time, except that the company that I have with Josh Donen, my producing partner, we've got the rights to ' The Shadow.
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