AVATAR’S surge

All Time Domestic Figures (07.01.01)

12. Spider-Man $373,585, 825
13. The Passion of the Christ $370,782,930
14. Avatar $367,536,685.
15. Jurassic Park $357,067,947
16. LOTR: Two Towers
$341,786,758

Oscar Picks

BEST PICTURE

Public Enemies
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Up
A Serious Man
Broken Embraces
Funny People
In The Loop

BEST DIRECTOR

Mann (Public Enemies)
Reitman (Up in the Air)
Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Bigelow (Hurt Locker)
Coens (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTOR

Clooney (Up in the Air)
Freeman (Invictus)
Depp
(Public Enemies)
Rockwell (
Moon)
Stuhlberg (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTRESS

Mulligan (An Education)
Cruz (Broken Embraces)
Ronan (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Capaldi (In the Loop)
Molina (An Education)
Gandolfini (In the Loop)
Tucci (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Farmiga (Up in the Air)
Weisz (Lovely Bones)
Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)

Sam-Raimi

manpre.jpg

CLOVERFIELD actress says DRAG ME TO HELL!

You probably won't know her from Adam but Jessica Lucas is the third cast in Sam Raimi's long awaited return to horror!

 
sam-raimi-20040629013246811.jpg

Has Sam Raimi ditched SPIDEY for JACK RYAN!?!

Paramount are in talks with Raimi to direct and spearhead a franchise reboot of the Tom Clancy-created C.I.A. character which will probably rule him out of the next SPIDER-MAN movie!

 
monster-zoo-poster.png

Sam Raimi likes MONSTER ZOO!

Upcoming graphic novel from the creator of EARTHWORM JIM is picked up by Paramount for Raimi to produce, and possibly direct.

 
breakup05220630.jpg

Yup. Justin Long’s going to HELL!

John McClane's sidekick will play the boyfriend of the "cursed recipient" Alison Lohman in Sam Raimi's return to horror!

 
alison-lohman-photograph-c12147060.jpeg

Sam Raimi has chosen his new Ellen Page!

MATCHSTICK MEN'S Alison Lohman replaces the Oscar nominee in DRAG ME TO HELL!

 
hayden_panettiere300.jpg

Official word is “scheduling conflicts” forced Page to drop DRAG ME TO HELL

Looks like Sam Raimi's new horror movie has gone through a name change from 'Dragged to Hell' to 'Drag Me to Hell'. I think I preferred the first title - sounds just a little creepier.

 
ellen-page.jpg

Ellen Page becomes a coward and refuses to get DRAGGED TO HELL

Sadly one of the most interesting film partnerships formed this year has dismantled with the popular rumor being that Ellen Page has gotten "Post-Oscar cold…

 
Ellen Page

JUNO gives up her baby and is punished by being DRAGGED TO HELL!!!!

Wow, Variety actually have a big casting news on a weekend...I wonder if the writer was making double time? Sam Raimi will direct his first…

 
spider-man-3-black-costume.jpg

DEBATE: SPIDER-MAN 4 villains should be?

The overblown SPIDER-MAN franchise needs a new direction entirely if you ask me and whether that means a new director, a new set of talent…

 
wizards-first-rule.jpg

Sam Raimi’s devleoping a new fantasy t.v. series

Xena and Hercules producers Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are setting up a new syndicated t.v. show titled Wizard's First Rule, based on the first of Terry Goodkind's best selling fantasy books "The Sword of Truth".