Sam Raimi's unrealized projects
During his long career, American film director and producer Sam Raimi has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction.
In the late 1980s, Raimi was initially attached to The Guardian, based on the 1987 book The Nanny by Dan Greenburg, but left in order to direct Darkman instead.
According to screenwriter Stephen Volk, he and Raimi developed it as an "Omen-esque" horror film with set-pieces bordering on parody, but when William Friedkin replaced him, the script was rewritten from scratch.
[2] A film based on the Thor property was released years later in 2011 and directed by Kenneth Branagh, as the fourth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe under Paramount Pictures.
According to the 2001 book, "The Evil Dead Companion", Raimi was at one point either attached or had turned down an offer to direct an adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel, Dracula, based on a screenplay by Kevin Jarre.
[7] In April 1995, Variety indicated that Raimi had signed on to Morgan Creek's project The Damocles Network, scripted by John Pogue about a surveillance expert who discovers a high-tech government assassination conspiracy and becomes a target himself.
[8] In December 1995, it was reported that Raimi had been in talks to direct a film version of the 1966 series The Green Hornet, with George Clooney attached to star as the title character, and Jason Scott Lee as Kato.
[9] In 1997, TriStar Pictures purchased James Shanta's spec script Crossroaders, with Raimi attached to direct and Neal H. Moritz producing.
[27][28] However, on January 11, 2010, it was officially reported that Sony Pictures had cancelled the production of Spider-Man 4 after Raimi concluded that he was not going to be able to release the film in time with a not so exciting script.
On July 19, 2010, Deadline announced that DreamWorks will develop the adaptation of M. Zachary Sherman's Earp: Saints For Sinners with Raimi directing and producing the project with David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Radical Studios' Barry Levine, with Matt Cirulnick writing the script.
On June 26, 2014, it was reported that Raimi would produce and supervise development of a script for an adaptation of Jake Tapper's book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor.
[38] In October 2014, Deadline Hollywood reported that Raimi was in talks to direct the adaptation of Matthew Quick's book Love May Fail for Columbia Pictures from a Mike White script.
[40] On January 22, 2016, Deadline Hollywood reported that Raimi was in talks to direct Sony's remake of A Prophet, with Neal H. Moritz and Tobe Jaffe producing, and Dennis Lehane writing the script.
On February 16, 2017, it was reported that Raimi will be directing a thriller about the Bermuda Triangle for Skydance Media, with the script being written by Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard.
Screenwriter Patrick O'Neill (Knight and Day), was hired to write the script; Raimi will act as producer along with Mike Richardson and Josh Donen.
[49] On December 10, 2006, SuperHero Hype reported that Raimi would co-produce along producer Michael Uslan a new film adaptation of The Shadow for Columbia Pictures.
On December 18, 2006, it was announced that Raimi had formed a television unit of his production company Ghost House Pictures, and one of the first projects was a miniseries adaptation of the Dean Koontz novel The Taking.
In February 2009, an American remake of the Spanish film Anguish was announced to be produced by Raimi and Rob Tapert through Ghost House Pictures and Roy Lee and Doug Davison through Vertigo Entertainment.
In October 2009, Brad Miska announced that Scott Derrickson will direct the American remake of The Substitute and co-wrote the script with Paul Harris Boardman and Raimi producing the project for Columbia Pictures.
On May 5, 2010, Bryan Bertino announced that he would write and direct a film based on the Internet urban legend This Man, and Raimi and Tappert would produce through Ghost House Pictures.
On September 28, 2010, Deadline reported that ABC, Raimi and Robert Zotnowski will produce the Dee Johnson series about a top LA female prosecutor.
On September 28, 2010, Deadline reported that Fox, Raimi and Robert Zotnowski will produce the Brian K. Vaughan series Smokers, a drama about a documentary crew following working class heroes who exterminate alien threats in deep space.
On September 28, 2010, Deadline reported that CBS, Raimi and Robert Zotnowski will produce the Andrew Lipsitz series Lanchester, about a Scotland Yard detective who joins the LAPD.
On September 29, 2010, Vulture reported that Warner Bros, Raimi and Bill Block will produce the Andrew Marlowe script EDF,[62] and hired Danny Strong for rewrites in December 2010.
On 20 October 2010, Deadline reported that Mandate Pictures, Don Murphy, Mark Gordon and Raimi's Ghost House banner will produce the adaptation of John Wyndham's novel The Day of the Triffids.
[70] In March 2012, Starz CEO Chris Albrecht commented that production has been put on hiatus as he states in an interview, "We're in a bit of holding pattern with Noir.
[73] On 23 May 2011, Deadline reported that RT Features and Raimi's Ghost House Pictures will produce the Peter Ackroyd's novel The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein, with David Auburn writing the script.
In November 2012, Deadline reported that Good Universe and Raimi's Ghost House will produce the adaptation of Susan Ee's book Angelfall.
In a post on Tumblr Grillo-Marxuach made the statement that they will be "fully exploring a relationship that could only be shown subtextually in first-run syndication in the 1990s,"[94] which several websites such as The Guardian[95] and Newsweek[96] have taken it to mean "Xena will be an out and proud lesbian.
[102] On June 3, 2016, it was confirmed that Raimi is attached to produce and possibly direct the film Stormfall for Warner Bros, and is looking for writers to pen the script.
