September 8th, 2008 by GHP
Tobey Maguire to return for fourth and fifth installments
Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi are looking to spin more webs for Sony’s Columbia Pictures.
The actor and helmer are said to be close to locking in a deal to return for the fourth and fifth installments of the studio’s top-grossing “Spider-Man” franchise, with Laura Ziskin [...]
July 3rd, 2008 by GHP
Ted Raimi (Spider-Man 3), the actor brother of Legend of the Seeker executive producer Sam Raimi, will guest-star in an upcoming episode of the syndicated fantasy series.
Ted Raimi will appear in the series’ fourth installment, “Bounty,” as Sebastian, a mapmaker skilled in the lost art of cartogromancy, the making of enchanted maps.
Executive producers also announced [...]
June 1st, 2008 by GHP
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Director preps syndicated fantasy series
Once upon a time, way back in the mid-1990s, there were elves, spaceships — even dragons if the budget was big enough. And a magical kingdom called syndicated television was ruled by fantasy fare like “Xena: Warrior Princess,” “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” and sci-fi shows like “Andromeda.”
Less than a decade [...]
May 27th, 2008 by GHP
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Raimi, Tapert, Donen exec producing the hourlong series
Starz is bringing “Spartacus” to life on the small screen, greenlighting a 13-episode series from executive producers Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Joshua Donen.
Steven S. DeKnight (”Smallville”) has signed on as head writer and showrunner of the hourlong series, set in the brutal world of gladiators, said Starz [...]