Sam Raimi and Roy Lee to Produce Remake of Ventriloquist Dummy Horror Movie 'Magic' for Lionsgate
Lionsgate will develop the 1978 cult horror classic "Magic" into a newly imagined film, produced by Sam Raimi and "Weapons" producer Roy Lee, the studio announced on Wednesday. Chris Hammond and Tim Sullivan, who have long championed the project and guided its development, will produce alongside Raimi and Lee. Raimi Productions' Zainab Azizi will also produce, and the executive producers are Paul Fishkin with Andrew Childs for Vertigo. The project will be written by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, who previously wrote Raimi Productions' upcoming survival horror . . .