2000s Sam Raimi's unrealized projects

1 2000s

1.1 shadow
1.2 hobbit
1.3 evil dead 4
1.4 spider-man 4
1.5 world of warcraft

2000s
the shadow

on december 10, 2006, superhero hype reported raimi co-produce along producer michael uslan new film adaptation of shadow columbia pictures. on october 16, 2007, superhero hype reported raimi still planning shadow film along producing partner josh donen. however, in 2011, reported quentin tarantino apparently direct film without presence of raimi. @ end, on august 23, 2012, during q&a shadowfan, raimi announced didn t developed script film , decided abandon production.

the hobbit

on april 18, 2007, raimi stated open direct long time planned hobbit film adaptation planned since 1995. however, decided divide book in 3 films , on april 24, 2008, mexican film director guillermo del toro selected direct film , peter jackson selected produce it. films released in 2012, 2013, , 2014 directed jackson , written del toro.

evil dead 4

on may 3, 2007, raimi announced after completing spider-man 3 along brother ivan work on evil dead 4, sequel raimi s army of darkness , fourth installment in evil dead film series. on july 26, 2008, raimi stated ivan writing script evil dead 4. on march 26, 2009, raimi stayed ivan had finished evil dead 4 script. however, in january 2010, project cancelled due raimi s interest in make warcraft film , in 2011, bruce campbell revealed via reddit raimi working in oz great , powerful. franchise later rebooted in 2013 fede Álvarez director.

spider-man 4

around 2007, after release of spider-man 3, announced spider-man 4 in development , raimi direct it, while tobey maguire, kirsten dunst , other members of cast attached reprise roles. also, announced fourth spider-man film shot back-to-back spider-man 5, while spider-man 6 in development, raimi decided shot spider-man 4 @ moment. james vanderbilt write film , 2 planned sequels; although david koepp considered write it. also, on december 8, 2009, reported john malkovich slated portray vulture while anne hathaway slated portray black cat. also, years later, revealed bruce campbell slated portray mysterio. however, on january 11, 2010, officially reported sony pictures had cancelled production of spider-man 4 after raimi concluded not going able release film in time not exciting script. franchise later rebooted in 2012 marc webb director.

world of warcraft

on july 22, 2009, blizzard entertainment reported raimi hired direct film adaptation of popular video game warcraft entitled world of warcraft. however, on july 13, 2012, announced raimi not direct warcraft film because working on oz great , powerful , needed finish post-production. film released in 2016 warcraft , directed duncan jones.