{"id":74297,"date":"2025-10-14T16:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/74297\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:44:09","slug":"first-images-from-sam-raimis-horror-thriller-send-help-feature-rachel-mcadams-and-dylan-obrien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/74297\/","title":{"rendered":"First images from Sam Raimi’s horror thriller Send Help feature Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last October, we heard that Rachel McAdams was in talks to reteam with\u00a0Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness\u00a0director Sam Raimi on the 20th Century Studios horror thriller\u00a0Send Help, which Raimi would be producing and directing. McAdams was quickly joined in the cast by Dylan O\u2019Brien (The Maze Runner), Chris Pang (Interior Chinatown), and Dennis Haysbert (24). Filming began in early February, putting the film on track for a\u00a0January 30th, 2026\u00a0theatrical release \u2013 and now, the first images have dropped online! You can check them out at the bottom of this article, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2007, it was rumored that Sam Raimi would be producing a fantasy film with a screenplay written by\u00a0Freddy vs. Jason<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Friday the 13th\u00a02009 writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. That didn\u2019t pan out, but a decade later Raimi considered directing a Bermuda Triangle project that once had Shannon and Swift working on the script. Again, that didn\u2019t pan out, with Scott Derrickson and more recently\u00a0Marc Webb<\/a>\u00a0picking up the project after Raimi dropped it. In 2019, it was announced that Raimi would be directing an untitled island horror thriller, working from a script by Shannon and Swift. Then the pandemic hit and Raimi went on to direct\u00a0Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness\u2026 but\u00a0now he has circled back to the island horror thriller,\u00a0and\u00a0A Quiet Place\u00a0writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods have done a rewrite of the script. They\u00a0previously worked with Raimi on the Adam Driver dinosaur movie\u00a065\u00a0and the anthology series\u00a050 States of Fright. They also wrote and executive produced the Stephen King adaptation\u00a0The Boogeyman\u00a0for 20th Century Studios.<\/p>\n

Raimi is producing\u00a0Send Help\u00a0alongside Zainab Azizi, the President of his company Raimi Productions.<\/p>\n

When\u00a0Send Help\u00a0was first announced, it was said to be like \u201cMisery\u00a0meets\u00a0Cast Away\u201d in tone. That\u2019s still the description being given, as Deadline mentioned, \u201cthe film is described as a two-hander horror thriller set on an island, falling somewhere between Rob Reiner\u2019s Stephen King adaptation\u00a0Misery and Robert Zemeckis\u2019 classic\u00a0Castaway.\u201d They report that the film is\u00a0a survival horror thriller about two colleagues who become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it\u2019s a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.<\/p>\n

Film scooper Daniel Richtman recently\u00a0revealed<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0Send Help\u00a0has the following logline:\u00a0Comedy-adventure horror about a female put-upon employee and her jerk boss. On a business flight together with their company, the plane crashes on an island and only those two make it. She has serious survival skills which means she\u2019s his only hope.\u00a0Richtman also shared character details:\u00a0LINDA: Smartest person in the room, but no one takes her seriously. Actor can\u2019t be overly comedic, has to be believable in serious office setting. Eyed Sandra Bullock.\u00a0BRADLEY: LINDA\u2019S misogynistic boss.<\/p>\n

Raimi told Entertainment Weekly he was drawn to this project because \u201cI found the two lead characters, Linda and Bradley, to be complex, human, and constantly at odds with each other in often conflicting situations. The pitch was outrageous and original, all the while tracking these two in their conflict as their power dynamic changed dramatically. I knew right away that I wanted to direct this picture. \u2026 What I really love about this story is that it\u2019s an underdog tale at its core. Not only is it about survival on a deserted island, but it\u2019s also a story of female empowerment and transformation. Watching a once-powerful boss find himself dependent on someone he underestimated is satisfying. Our story is universal! We need to encourage our society to treat people with respect and kindness, regardless of status. It\u2019s especially rewarding to see our heroine, Linda, come into her own in such an unexpected environment.\u201c<\/p>\n

I\u2019m there to see anything Sam Raimi makes, so I\u2019m looking forward to checking out Send Help. Are you interested in this movie? Take a look at the images, then let us know by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n

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