The Evil Dead

Jane Levy to Star in Evil Dead Remake. Suburgatory star Jane Levy is in talks to play the female lead in the upcoming Evil Dead reboot. Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) has been cast as the male lead. The horror update is being produced by Sam Raimi, writer and director of the original The Evil Dead movies. Raimi and original producing partners Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell are passing the reins over to director Fede Alvarez. Diablo Cody is currently doing revisions on the latest draft written by Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues. In this retelling, five friends are holed up in a remote cabin where they discover a Book Of The Dead. A demonic force is unleashed possessing each until only one is left to fight for survival. See More

Sam Raimi Directing ‘The Shadow’?

Following the Spider-Man 4 debacle, all eyes were on World of Warcraft as Sam Raimi’s next potential gig behind the camera. But IESB are reporting that an inside source at Camp Raimi reckons the director may well opt for The Shadow, before galloping off to Azeroth.

All so much hearsay of course, but maybe, just maybe, there’s something in it. Raimi was already attached to The Shadow as a producer, and Warcraft isn’t yet written, while Siavash Farahanl handed in the second draft of his Shadow script in the second half of last year. See More

Spider-Man 4 swings onto IMAX screens 2011

IMAX Corporation and Columbia Pictures today announced that the highly-anticipated action-adventure ‘Spider-Man 4′, will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s worldwide release on May 5, 2011.

The fourth installment of the successful ‘Spider-Man’ franchise, based on the Marvel Comicbook character, will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience. The film will be distributed by Columbia Pictures domestically and by Sony Pictures Releasing International overseas. See More

Drag Me to Hell DVD, Blu-ray get Director’s Cut

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced the DVD and Blu-ray release of ‘Drag Me to Hell’ starring Alison Lohman (Beowulf, Matchstick Men), Justin Long (Live Free or Die Hard), Lorna Raver (“Eli Stone”), David Paymer (Ocean’s Thirteen), Adriana Barraza (Babel) and Dileep Rao (“Brothers and Sisters”). See More