Magic: Sam Raimi to Direct Remake of Ventriloquist Horror Film

Magic, a 1978 horror film about an evil puppet starring beloved actor Anthony Hopkins, is going to be remade by legendary director Sam Raimi according to producer Roy Lee.

Lee recently appeared on the podcast Post Mortem with Mick Garris and broke the news, saying “I’ve only worked with [Sam Raimi] as a producer on films… actually… the first time I’m gonna work with him as a director is on a remake of Magic.

Which is something that we’re working on now.

The Anthony Hopkins movie.

We’re just actually hearing the final versions of the different takes from writers next week.”

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