Sam Raimi Is Reunitmg With Send Help Writers to Direct a Remake of the 1978 Puppet Horror Movie Magic
The remake reunites Raimi with Mark Swift and Damian Shannon after their horror comedy "Send Help" grossed nearly $100 million worldwide.
- Lionsgate has tapped Sam Raimi to direct a remake of the 1978 puppet horror movie, Magic, elevating him from producer to director on the psychological thriller.
- Raimi joined the project last year as a producer for this reimagining of the original cult classic, which starred Anthony Hopkins as ventriloquist Corky Withers and his lively puppet, Fats.
- The director reunites with screenwriters Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, who penned Send Help and previously wrote the 2009 Friday The 13th remake and Freddy Vs. Jason.
- Adam Fogelson, chair of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, called Raimi the "dream director" for the project, stating his involvement "represents one of the truly great matches of director and material."
- While the studio has not yet announced a cast or release date, the original remains famous as a "terrifying love story," and fans await Raimi's vision for the adaptation.
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Sam Raimi Is Reunitmg With Send Help Writers to Direct a Remake of the 1978 Puppet Horror Movie Magic
Lionsgate has tapped Sam Raimi to direct a remake of the 1978 puppet horror movie, Magic, and some of the crew behind Send Help is coming with him.Deadline reports that the Evil Dead and Spider-Man filmmaker has signed on to reanimate a twisted cult classic for modern audiences after previously being attached only as a producer. The remake will reunite Raimi with writers Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, the scribes behind January's popular horror …
Sam Raimi to Remake Ventriloquist Dummy Horror Movie ‘Magic’ at Lionsgate
Sam Raimi will direct Lionsgate’s “Magic,” a modern adaptation of William Goldman’s novel of the same name, TheWrap has learned. It was previously announced that Raimi will produce the project alongside Roy Lee, producer of “It” and “Weapons.” “Sam is the dream director for this project—in fact, his coming aboard represents one of the truly great matches of director and material,” Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said in a s…
And for his next trick, Sam Raimi is (re)making Magic
With nothing up his sleeves and nothing under his hat, Sam Raimi, the mischievous filmmaker behind the Evil Dead and Spider-Man trilogies, is preparing to make some Magic. Per Deadline, Raimi’s Send Help follow-up will see the director remaking the 1978 psychological horror film Magic. The film Raimi will reunite with his Send Help screenwriters Mark Swift and Damian Shannon. The writing team that previously wrote Freddy Vs. Jason, the 2009 Frid…
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