Overview
- Lionsgate set Sam Raimi to direct Magic on Friday, confirming a modern adaptation of William Goldman’s novel.
- Mark Swift and Damian Shannon wrote the script, reuniting with Raimi after this year’s box-office hit Send Help.
- Raimi will produce with Roy Lee, Chris Hammond, Tim Sullivan and Zainab Azizi, with Nathan Kahane, Paul Fishkin and Andrew Childs serving as executive producers for Vertigo.
- Meredith Wieck and Pavan Kalidindi are overseeing the project for Lionsgate, and no casting or release date has been announced.
- The new film revisits the 1978 story about a ventriloquist and his menacing dummy, first brought to the screen by director Richard Attenborough with Anthony Hopkins in the lead.