{"id":132024,"date":"2025-09-04T10:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/132024\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:49:10","slug":"sam-raimi-and-roy-lee-to-produce-remake-of-ventriloquist-dummy-horror-movie-magic-for-lionsgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/132024\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Raimi and Roy Lee to Produce Remake of Ventriloquist Dummy Horror Movie \u2018Magic\u2019 for Lionsgate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lionsgate will develop\u00a0the 1978 cult horror classic\u00a0\u201cMagic\u201d\u00a0into a newly imagined film, produced by Sam Raimi and \u201cWeapons\u201d producer Roy Lee, the studio announced on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Chris Hammond and Tim Sullivan, who have long championed the project and guided its development, will produce alongside Raimi and Lee. Raimi Productions\u2019 Zainab Azizi will also produce, and the executive producers are Paul Fishkin\u00a0with\u00a0Andrew Childs\u00a0for Vertigo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The project will be written by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, who previously wrote Raimi Productions\u2019 upcoming survival horror thriller\u00a0\u201cSend Help\u201d\u00a0for 20th Century Studios.<\/p>\n

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The original\u00a0\u201cMagic\u201d\u00a0starred Anthony Hopkins as Corky, a magician who reaches fame alongside his ventriloquist\u2019s dummy, the obnoxious and wisecracking Fats\u2014whom Corky cannot control. <\/p>\n

The film also starred Ann-Margret and Burgess Meredith and was directed by Richard Attenborough. The script was written by William Goldman, based on his novel. <\/p>\n

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The film made waves even before its release with its\u00a0terrifying TV ads<\/a>,\u00a0which declared, \u201cMagic is fun\u2014we\u2019re dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lionsgate, Hammond and Sullivan brought together the rights holders of the original film to pave the way for \u201cMagic\u2019s\u201d reimagining. Meredith Wieck and Pavan Kalidindi are overseeing the project for Lionsgate. <\/p>\n

Sullivan, a longtime film devotee, has championed the project from its inception and worked for years to bring William Goldman\u2019s story back to the screen.<\/p>\n

Raimi\u2019s next film will be\u00a0\u201cSend Help,\u201d starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O\u2019Brien. He is repped by CAA and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.<\/p>\n

Hammond, best known for the cult classic\u00a0\u201cShade\u201d\u00a0starring Jamie Foxx and Sylvester Stallone, is currently producing\u00a0\u201cReykjavik\u201d\u00a0with Jeff Daniels, Jared Harris, and J.K. Simmons; \u00a0his next film is the action-comedy\u00a0\u201cRunner\u201d\u00a0featuring Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson.<\/p>\n

Lionsgate recently announced that Lee will be producing\u00a0\u201cThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon,\u201d based on the novel by Stephen King. His next films for the studio are the King adaptation\u00a0\u201cThe Long Walk,\u201d in theaters\u00a0Sept. 12, and\u00a0\u201cThe Strangers\u2013Chapter 2,\u201d which releases in theaters\u00a0on Sept. 26.<\/p>\n

Swift and Shannon are repped by UTA and\u00a0McKuin Frankel Whitehead.<\/p>\n

The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> first reported the news.<\/p>\n

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