Nickname:	Sam Raimi / R.O.C. Sandstorm / Alan Smithee Jr. / Sammy
Known for:	Army of Darkness, Spider-Man, The Evil Dead
Birth name:	Samuel Marshall Raimi
Birthday:	23 October 1959, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Height:	5' 11" (1.80 m)

Evil Dead director Sam Raimi takes the helm for this spook-a-blast shocker about an ambitious L.A. loan officer who incurs the wrath of a malevolent gypsy... Continue summary

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AFP - "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi has returned to horror with "Drag Me To Hell" but says its bank clerk heroine has a lot in common with the nerdy superhero student of his blockbusters.
CANNES, France (AP) - Sam Raimi has gone from superheroes back to the supernatural. The director of the "Spider-Man" blockbusters returns to his "Evil Dead" horror roots with "Drag Me to Hell,"


CANNES, France (AP) - Sam Raimi has gone from superheroes back to the supernatural. The director of the "Spider-Man" blockbusters returns to his "Evil Dead" horror roots with "Drag Me to Hell,"


In the mid 1990's, Sam Raimi (yes, that Sam Raimi) brought us the silly-but-fun TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. The show was later outdone


Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has hinted the fourth and fifth installments of the hit movie franchise could be shot simultaneously. A fourth Spider-Man movie is due for release in 2011 with original superhero star Tobey Maguire


Happy Birthday to actor Ryan Reynolds (1976), Spider-Man director Sam Raimi (1959), song-parodying accordian player Weird Al Yankovic (1959), "honky tonk" Country music artist Dwight Yoakam (1956), Lust, Caution director Ang Lee (1954),


Actor Tobey Macguire will team up with director Sam Raimi once again for the fourth and fifth installments of the hugely successful 'Spider-Man' franchise, according to Hollywood Reporter.  "The studio never considered any other actor. Tobey was our only choice and the only person we've discussed the role with," Columbia Pictures (Sony) studio spokesman Steve Elzer tells the industry publication. In an effort to cut costs, Columbia may shoot the films back-to-back starting in fall 2009, Elzer is quoted as saying. "Spider-Man" is the studio's most successful movie franchise, with the first three films grossing $2.5 billion worldwide. Laura Ziskin, who will produce with Avi Arad, had said she would like to aim for a May 2011 release for "Spider-Man 4," nine years after the original movie's debut, the Hollywood Reporter says.

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Reuters - Sam Raimi, the director of Sony's "Spider-Man" films, is going Disney for the first time.
Happy Birthday to actor Ryan Reynolds (1976), pitcher Al Leiter (1965), NFL quarterback Doug Flutie (1962), Spider-Man director Sam Raimi (1959), song-parodying accordian player Weird Al Yankovic (1959), "honky tonk" Country music artist Dwight Yoakam (1956), director Ang Lee (1954),


Filmmaker Sam Raimi has offered to back out of plans to direct the next Lord Of The Rings movie, so Peter Jackson can take charge of the fantasy prequel. Jackson is currently battling with New Line studios over alleged unpaid royalties from the first three movies. Jackson has been banned from directing The Hobbit until the dispute is resolved, which prompted Raimi to express his interest in taking over the fantasy franchise.


SPIDER-MAN is returning for a fourth installment of the superhero franchise, but without director SAM RAIMI in the director’s chair Raimi directed the first three movies and wrote 2007’s Spider-Man 3 - but the filmmaker is stepping back to let someone else create their own vision for the web-slinging adventure.He tells MTV.com, "Right now, a
Filmmaker SAM RAIMI has offered to back out of plans to direct the next LORD OF THE RINGS movie, so PETER JACKSON take charge of the fantasy prequel.Jackson is currently battling with New Line studios over alleged unpaid royalties from the first three movies. Jackson has been banned from directing The Hobbit until the dispute
Spider-Man director Sam Raimi is unsure about superhero franchise' future - insisting he does not what his "future holds yet". Despite this year's release of Spider-Man 3 setting the box-office alight, it's rumored Raimi will not be back for the fourth installment if actors Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst do not return.


SPIDER-MAN director SAM RAIMI is unsure about superhero franchise’ future insisting he does not what his "future holds yet".Despite this year’s (07) release of Spider-Man 3 setting the box-office alight, it’s rumoured Raimi will not be back for the fourth installment if actors Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst do not return.He tells MTV News, "Sony
Spider-Man director Sam Raimi will help create original Internet shows for FEARnet, a horror and thriller Web site and video-on-demand provider.
SPIDER-MAN star TOBEY MAGUIRE and director SAM RAIMI suffered sleepless nights while they made the film franchise’s third movie - because the cartoon superhero’s evil side upset their consciences.Raimi reveals he felt terrible about turning Spider-Man into a vengeful villain in some of the scenes in Spider-Man 3, where Maguire’s web-slinging character’s red and blue
Movie director Sam Raimi is planning to make another sequel to his cult horror classic The Evil Dead. Raimi made the first ultra low-budget Evil Dead film in the early '80s. The movie has so far spawned two sequels, Evil Dead 2 in 1987 and 1992's Army Of Darkness.


Movie director SAM RAIMI is planning to make another sequel to his cult horror classic THE EVIL DEAD.Raimi made the first ultra low-budget Evil Dead film in the early ’80s. The movie has so far spawned two sequels, Evil Dead II in 1987 and 1992’s Army Of Darkness.And now Raimi, who is now one of
Your friendly neighborhood web-slinger is back, only this time his sunny outlook has become partially overcast in the third chapter of director Sam Raimi's Spider-Man saga. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and James Franco return to reprise their roles from the previous two installments, with Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, and Bryce Dallas Howard... Continue Summary

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