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EXCLUSIVE: Sam Raimi has been group by Lionsgate to nonstop Magic, nan 1978 caller that Richard Attenborough directed and William Goldman scripted from his novel. Anthony Hopkins starred a ventriloquist who finds himself controlled by his malicious puppet astatine a clip he has a chance to find happiness pinch a rekindled romance. Hopkins turned successful a circuit de unit creepy capacity that presaged his Oscar winning activity in The Silence of nan Lambs years later.
Raimi, creator of the Evil Dead franchise and head of nan landmark Spider-Man films, will nonstop Lionsgate’s Magic. He was already aboard to nutrient nan task alongside Roy Lee, shaper of It and Weapons. Chris Hammond and Tim Sullivan, who person agelong championed nan task will nutrient alongside Raimi and Lee. Raimi Productions’ Zainab Azizi will besides produce. Nathan Kahane and Paul Fishkin will executive nutrient alongside Andrew Childs for Vertigo.
The task is written by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, reuniting pinch Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi from Send Help for 20th Century Studios.
Meredith Wieck and Pavan Kalidindi are overseeing nan task for Lionsgate.
“Sam is nan dream head for this project—in fact, his coming aboard represents 1 of nan genuinely awesome matches of head and material,” Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said. “The book is fantastic, and we could not beryllium much excited to spot Sam’s guidance and imaginative imagination return it to different level. We are perfectly thrilled he has chosen to nonstop nan film.”
Sam Raimi astir recently directed nan hit Send Help, starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien which he produced pinch Zainab Azizi, which topped nan container agency for 2 weeks earlier this twelvemonth and grossed astir $100 cardinal worldwide. He is represented by CAA and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
