Sam Raimi News

James Cromwell is currently starring in Grand Horizons on Broadway. Yesterday, February 27, he was honored with a portrait at Sardi's!

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming 'Doctor Strange' sequel for Marvel, called 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,' is getting a new writer. Michael Waldron, the head writer of Marvel's upcoming Disney+ series Loki, has been tapped to work on the film.

Variety reports that 'Spider-Man' director Sam Raimi is in talks to direct the upcoming 'Doctor Strange' sequel for Marvel.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Justin Long will host competition series 'Shop Class' on Disney Plus.

Grand Horizons is now in previews on Broadway!  Grand Horizons will play a strictly limited 10-week engagement, and officially open on January 23, 2020 at The Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street).

Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, President and Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced Ben McKenzie (Ben) will complete the cast of Bess Wohl's GRAND HORIZONS. The production will mark his Broadway debut.

Gunpowder & Sky, a fast growing independent global entertainment company, announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to filmmaker Neasa Hardiman's critically-acclaimed Irish sci-fi/thriller SEA FEVER following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Gunpowder & Sky will release the film theatrically in the U.S. in early 2020 through its sci-fi label, DUST.

Good Theater continues its 18th season with the East Coast premiere of the psychological thriller BOXES by Jule Selbo. The production opens November 6th and plays through December 1st, 2019 at Good Theater's home, the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland.  For tickets and information, please call the Box Office at (207) 835-0895 or visit www.goodtheater.com.

There's blood on my program. At first, I thought it was a printing design, but upon further inspection, I realized that, yes, I have blood stains on my program. Normally, I would be concerned, but given that the first three rows at the Moonlight Players Theatre have been designated 'Splatter Zone,' I didn't think much more of it from the safety of my seventh-row seat. Having played out to sold out crowds in its first and second weeks, Moonlight Players' EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL will end its run this coming post-Halloween weekend. But fear not, Deadites, for you can also catch Ash Williams and his boomstick on a special Halloween performance as well. The hugely-popular Off-Broadway musical condenses Sam Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy into a two-act musical that celebrates the films' subversive comedy take on 1980s gore. And it does so with a gusto and a panache that knows just how ridiculous and trope-heavy the source material is.

Producer Sam Raimi brings us a twisted new take of the horror classic THE GRUDGE.

Deadline reports that Sam Raimi will direct a new horror film for Columbia Pictures.

Variety reports that actor Willem Dafoe has joined the cast of Guillermo del Toro's 'Nightmare Alley.'

Quibi, Gunpowder & Sky's new horror brand, ALTER, that explores the human condition through warped perspectives, along with DIGA Studios and POD 3 announced today that Rachel Brosnahan, Travis Fimmel, Christina Ricci, Jacob Batalon, Ming-Na Wen, Taissa Farmiga, Asa Butterfield, John Marshall Jones and Ron Livingston will each star in an episode of the upcoming horror anthology series, “50 States of Fright.” The first season of “50 States of Fright” will explore stories based on urban legends from Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon and Washington taking viewers deeper into the horrors that lurk just beneath the surface of our country.

Witness Downriver Actors Guild - Theatre on the Edge as they bring back to the stage Evil Dead: the Musical to life for two blood-soaked weekends. The musical, based on the Sam Raimi Evil Dead trilogy, combines all three movies into an unforgettable night of chainsaws, demons, and plenty of laughs.

Evil Dead the Musical returns to Out of Box Theatre after a sell-out run for the last three years.  The dynamic team of Zip Rampy as director and Annie Cook as music director lead the way with new and returning cast members. And as always, there will be something new to experience as director Rampy and his cast come prepared each year with evil up their sleeves. 

Evil Dead: The Musical returns for its tenth and final season in Detroit beginning September 26th at the City Theatre. The hilarious and bloody tradition is packed full of talented local cast members - new and returning - all ready to bring the musical version of Sam Raimi's 80's cult classic film to life. Returning cast members include David Schoen as Jake and Garrett Michael Harris as Ash. Evil Dead: The Musical is the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway to an abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. Why don't we let the director, Greg Grobis, tell you more about the 'splatter comedy of camp and blood' as he describes the show in our interview with him below...

After James Corden asked Billy Porter about acting in his first sex scene, Kirsten Dunst recalled her first kiss, which many think was with Brad Pitt in 'Interview with a Vampire.' Turns out, Kirsten's experience was on a school field trip in a dark elevator. Watch the video below!

Deadline reports that actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan will lead an adaptation of James Herbert's 'Shrine,' a horror novel. Evan Spiliotopoulos will directing.

Variety reports that Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz will star opposite Liam Hemsworth in a series at new short form content company Quibi. 

Not one for not shying away from the edgier types of shows, Some Theatre Company is bringing, Evil Dead the Musical back to the stage!