Wednesday, March 19

• Raimi to re-launch Clancy's Jack Ryan franchise

  After a brief return to his genre roots for the upcoming horror flick Drag Me to Hell, Sam Raimi is set to return to the mainstream once again, this time to take on Tom Clancy's legendary CIA analyst/reluctant hero Jack Ryan. Variety reports that the Spider-Man helmer is in negotiations to relaunch the action franchise that exploded out of the gate with 1990's The Hunt for Red October and ended - rather ignominiously - with 2002's The Sum of All Fears after receiving the Ben Affleck Kiss of Death. According to Variety, Raimi and studio backer Paramount are eyeing a summer 2010 release for the first new Jack Ryan flick.

  The question before us now is: Who should play Jack Ryan? We nominate Ryan Gosling. Discuss.

  Source: Variety

  
  

  Posted 03/19/2008 by Thomas

  Ben Affleck | Ryan Gosling | Sam Raimi | Drag Me to Hell

Tuesday, March 4

• Lohman taking Page's place in Hell

  Alison Lohman, last seen in Beowulf as the Nordic monster-slayer's jailbait wife, has signed on to star in Drag Me to Hell, the first post-Spider-Man project from director Sam Raimi. According to Variety, Lohman will take the place of Juno's Ellen Page, who departed the supernatural thriller just a few days ago because of those ever-pesky "scheduling issues."

  Drag Me to Hell represents Raimi's return to the genre that made him famous after taking a lengthy detour to make the three Spider-Man movies, which I'm told were somewhat successful. The script was co-written by Sam and his brother Ivan.

  Source: Variety

  
  

  Posted 03/04/2008 by Thomas

  Ellen Page | Sam Raimi | Alison Lohman | Drag Me to Hell

Wednesday, October 17

• Raimi discusses his vision for Grudge 3

  Though Sam Raimi the director is currently unemployed, having just completed his DVD duties for Spider-Man 3, Sam Raimi the producer is quite the busy man, overseeing several high-profile projects under his Ghost House Pictures banner.

  One such project, The Grudge 3, is currently in the scriptwriting phase. In an exclusive interview yesterday with ReelzChannel.com, Raimi talked about what he'd like to see in a third Grudge movie:

  "I'd like some new mysteries to be created around Kayako and Toshio. I don't think the audience just wants to see them come out and terrorize people. I think we want to know more about the secret dark histories those two had. Who were they as people and what magic were they involved in? I want to get into the good stuff behind their lives and the curse -- the stuff behind the curse."

  
  

  Posted 10/17/2007 by Thomas

  Sam Raimi | The Grudge 2 | The Grudge | Spider-Man 3