{"id":441008,"date":"2026-01-27T16:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/441008\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:03:12","slug":"raimi-confirms-new-darkman-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/441008\/","title":{"rendered":"Raimi Confirms New &#8220;Darkman&#8221; In The Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sam-raimi-confirms-new-darkman-in-the-works.jpg\" data-caption=\"20th Century Studios\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sam-raimi-confirms-new-darkman-in-the-works.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"sam-raimi-confirms-new-darkman-in-the-works\"\/><\/a>20th Century Studios<\/p>\n<p>A new \u201cDarkman\u201d reboot is in the works with filmmakers Brian Netto and Adam Schindler (\u201cDon\u2019t Move\u201d) set to direct according to the original 1990 film\u2019s director Sam Raimi.<\/p>\n<p>Raimi is currently out promoting his survival horror\/dark comedy \u201cSend Help\u201d opening this week and was asked by Movieweb about any plans to revive Darkman.  He said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, Ghost House Pictures, the company I work with, is trying to make the sequel right now. We\u2019ve got a screenplay and two great directors, but we\u2019re still having a little difficulty with the financing. It\u2019s always the same in the movie business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/news\/555543\/sam-raimis-next-darkman-puts-two-new-faces-on-the-franchise-exclusive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dread Central<\/a> subsequently confirmed the names of the directors.  Raimi first worked with the pair on Quibi\u2019s \u201c50 States of Fright\u201d before he produced the Netflix film \u201cDon\u2019t Move\u201d which they helmed.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the pair told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/dont-move-directors-netflix-hit-gamble-1236057335\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">THR<\/a> that a new Darkman was their dream project.  The pair were recently announced as directing \u201cEvery House Is Haunted\u201d at Raimi\u2019s Ghost House label.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Neeson starred in the original film about a scientist developing a \u2018synthetic skin\u2019 for burn victims.  He\u2019s attacked, disfigured, and left for dead by a ruthless mobster and corrupt developer. <\/p>\n<p>An experimental treatment gives Westlake super-human strength and resilience, with the side-effect of rendering him mentally unstable and borderline psychotic.  He seeks revenge on those who disfigured him, using his synthetic skin to disguise himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20th Century Studios A new \u201cDarkman\u201d reboot is in the works with filmmakers Brian Netto and Adam Schindler&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":["post-441008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}