For the needed combination of action, whimsy, drama, and true magic, I think I prefer Guillermo del Toro to sub for Jackson in directing these films. Wonder why he wasn't considered, or was he?
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Raimi Helming Hell, Then Hobbit > > Spider-Man director Sam Raimi will return to his genre roots to helm > Drag Me to Hell, a supernatural thriller he wrote with his brother, Ivan > Raimi, Variety reported. > > After Drag Me to Hell, Raimi is expected to helm the Hobbit films for > New Line and MGM now that Peter Jackson, who will executive-produce the > movies, has made it clear he won't direct them, the trade paper reported. > > Hell, a morality tale about the unwitting recipient of a supernatural > curse, will go into production early next year. It will be financed > through Ghost House, a joint venture Raimi and Rob Tapert formed several > years ago with Mandate Pictures. > > Raimi and Tapert will produce with Grant Curtis, and Josh Donen will > executive-produce with Mandate's Nathan Kahane and Joe Drake. > > Tapert said the Raimis wrote the script well before the formation of > Ghost House. It was originally written under the title The Curse and > completed right after the siblings collaborated on 1992's Army of > Darkness, which Sam Raimi directed. > > http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=46618 > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
