Horror Sam Raimi Directing ‘Send Help’

[Pennywise]

Sam Raimi, Columbia Team for Horror Thriller (Exclusive)

The director is reteaming with his Spider-Man studio, Columbia Pictures, for an untitled horror project.

Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, who wrote 2009’s reboot of Friday the 13th, will write the script based on their original idea. Raimi will direct and produce via his Raimi Productions. The company’s Zainab Azizi will also produce.

Details are being kept far from shore but sources say the project is being described as “Misery meets Cast Away” in tone. Misery is the Stephen King novel that centered on an author who suffers a car accident and is then saved by his biggest fan, who turns out to be psychotically homicidal. Cast Away was the 2000 drama that starred Tom Hanks as a man struggling to survive after being stranded on a deserted island.

The project was due to hit buyers Wednesday and Thursday but once Columbia heard the pitch, it moved quickly and aggressively to take it off the table. Andrea Giannetti will oversee for the studio.

“I am thrilled to be reunited with Columbia Pictures and re-teaming with Sanford (Panitch, Sony’s motion pictures group president) and Ange (Giannetti),” said Raimi in a statement. “I have been a fan of Shannon and Swift and we have found the perfect adventure to share with the world.”

Misery meets Cast Away? Interesting!

 

[Arachnerd]

Concept sounds interesting, plus I'm in with whatever Sam Raimi is cooking.

 

[Ninjablade]

Glad to hear he’s going to direct something again. Concept sounds intriguing.

 

[Nardz937]

Hail to the king, baby.

Welcome back, Sam!

 

[Luigi]

I'm down. He's been away for far too long.

 

[Lasirius]

Last one since Drag Me to Hell, I'm hyped.

 

[NDX]

I'm game.

 

[Zantera]

I'll watch anything Raimi directs so I'm hyped!

 

[Pennywise]

Last one since Drag Me to Hell, I'm hyped.

10 years!!

 

[Doctor Jones]

It's been too long since he made a movie. I miss the guy. He's one of my favorite directors. I'm thrilled he's back.

 

[Lighthouse]

I can't believe it's been 6 years since Oz, The Great and Powerful.

 

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Sam Raimi's "Send Help" Story Details? - Dark Horizons

Fourteen years after his last true horror film with 2009’s “Drag Me to Hell,” filmmaking legend Sam Raimi is reportedly gearing up for his return to the genre with “Send Help” at Sony Pictures. The project was first announced back in October 2019 as an untitled horror project and dubbed a blend...

www.darkhorizons.com

 

[Luigi]

Bring it on.

 

[Captain Tired]

Raimi and horror is an unbeatable combination, so I'm excited.

 

[Arachnerd]

 

[Gothamsknight]

Yess!!!

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

If Raimi is directing I am down!

 

[Pennywise]

Not yet officially greenlighted by the studio, according to our sources, the film is described as a two-hander horror thriller set on an island, falling somewhere between Rob Reiner’s Stephen King adaptation Misery and Robert Zemeckis’ classic Castaway.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

I appreciate Shannon and Swift's enthusiasm for the genre and with Raimi at the helm, this could be something special.

 

[Drizzle]

A title change, huh?

 

[Arachnerd]

Finally.

 

[Pennywise]

A title change, huh?

Immediately what I thought of!

 

[Luigi]

Guess he ain't directing Avengers 5.

 

[Gothamsknight]

Sam Raimi + Horror = day 1

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

The only movie of his I didn't like was Drag Me To Hell. The movie cearly wants us to hate the main girl and yet she seems like she was being reasonable with her job. She didn't deserved to be cursed. Wasn't like she was being a jerk or anything.