Tag: Oz the Great and Powerful

  • Sam Raimi in Talks to Direct ‘Doctor Strange 2’ (Exclusive)

    Sam Raimi in Talks to Direct ‘Doctor Strange 2’ (Exclusive)

    Sam Raimi, who helped launch the modern superhero movie with 2002’s “Spider-Man,” is in talks to direct “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” for Marvel Studios, Variety has learned.Raimi replaces original director Scott Derrickson, who Variety reported on Jan. 9 had officially departed the project due to creative differences. Derrickson will remain as an…

  • Sam Raimi to Produce Horror Movie ‘Shrine’ for Screen Gems

    Sam Raimi to Produce Horror Movie ‘Shrine’ for Screen Gems

    It has been five years since the great Sam Raimi directed a movie, and that movie was Oz the Great and Powerful, which I didn’t even bother to see, to be honest. To be even more honest, I didn’t much care for his two films before Oz — Drag Me to Hell and Spider-Man 3…

  • Will Tom Hardy’s Venom be the darkest ever Marvel movie?

    Will Tom Hardy’s Venom be the darkest ever Marvel movie?

    The trailer for Sony’s first step into its new movie universe hints at a visceral grisliness very different to the Avengers’ smiling saviours• Sign up for Film Today and get our film team’s highlights of the dayA penny for the thoughts of Sam Raimi, director of the original Spider-Man movies, should he have happened to…