Sam Raimi Set to Direct Magic Remake With Script from Send Help Writers

Lionsgate has tapped Sam Raimi to nonstop a remake of the 1978 puppet fearfulness movie, Magic, and immoderate of the unit down Send Help is coming with him.

Deadline reports that the Evil Dead and Spider-Man filmmaker has signed connected to reanimate a twisted cult classical for modern audiences aft antecedently being attached lone arsenic a producer. The remake volition reunite Raimi with writers Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, the scribes down January's fashionable fearfulness comedy, Send Help.

"Sam is the imagination manager for this project—in fact, his coming aboard represents 1 of the genuinely large matches of manager and material," Adam Fogelson, seat of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said successful a statement. "The publication is fantastic, and we could not beryllium much excited to spot Sam’s absorption and originative imaginativeness instrumentality it to different level. We are perfectly thrilled helium has chosen to nonstop the film."

Sam Raimi. Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images.

The archetypal Magic premiered successful 1978 and starred Anthony Hopkins arsenic some a ventriloquist named Corky and his lively puppet, Fats. Directed by Richard Attenborough and written by William Goldman, 20th Century Fox sold the archetypal communicative arsenic a "terrifying emotion story" astir a doll that becomes anxious to flip the publication and summation power of its master.

Weapons and It shaper Roy Lee is connected committee the Magic remake arsenic a producer, too, arsenic are Chris Hammond and Tim Sullivan. Raimi Productions' Zainab Azizi, who besides antecedently produced Send Help, is back, arsenic well.

Vertigo's Andrew Childs, Nathan Kahane, and Paul Fishkin are attached arsenic enforcement producers. Lionsgate's Meredith Wieck and Pavan Kalidindi volition oversee the movie. The Magic remake's plot, cast, and merchandise day stay a enigma for now.

"That's right... we are moving the Send Help pack backmost for more," Shannon and Swift said successful a associated connection posted to their X/Twitter account. "MAGIC is happening and Sam is directing. Rejoice fearfulness fans, this is gonna beryllium insane."

While we hold for updates connected Magic, you tin work astir what we thought of Send Help successful our 9/10 review.

"Who wants to spell to a deserted land and ticker Sam Raimi enactment Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien done hell? Everybody? Great! Send Help is for you," we said upon the film's merchandise earlier this year.

Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images.

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