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)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. Director SAM RAIMI has won a legal battle over the trademark of his THE EVIL DEAD franchise - he has banned bosses from a rival production company from releasing their own sequel to his classic horror trilogy.The filmmaker and his Renaissance Pictures partners sued Award Pictures executives in May (12) in a bid to block
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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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Forgiveness is on the minds of many characters in Spider-Man 3. They ponder if they're capable of offering it, worthy of receiving it - and whether, as the saying goes, it will ultimately prove divine. In that spirit, audiences may also need to forgive director and co-writer Sam Raimi for creating a bloated, uneven behemoth with his third installment in the hugely successful comic-book franchise.


Director Sam Raimi instructed his childhood friend and actor Bruce Campbell to impersonate their high school French teacher for his role in new movie Spider-Man 3.


SPIDER-MAN director SAM RAIMI has raised doubts over his involvement in a fourth installment of the web-slinging superhero, because he is "exhausted." The film’s stars, Tobey Maguire and Kirstin Dunst, have both recently (Apr07) voiced their interest in making another Spider-Man movie, but only if the show’s main cast and crew are all on board.And
Spider-Man 4 is beginning to look a little shaky - director Sam Raimi is looking to tackle literary epic The Hobbit instead. The moviemaker, who is the brains behind all three Spider-Man movies, has revealed he's in the running to replace Peter Jackson as the director of the Lord Of The Rings prequel.


SPIDER-MAN 4 is beginning to look a little shaky - director SAM RAIMI is looking to tackle literary epic THE HOBBIT.The moviemaker, who is the brains behind all three Spider-Man movies, has revealed he’s in the running to replace Peter Jackson as the director of the Lord Of The Rings prequel.And, if he does head
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced Spider-Man 3, directed by Sam Raimi, will have its U.S. Premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Spider-Man 3, a Columbia Pictures film which opens in theaters worldwide on May 4, will celebrate the first-ever star-studded gala premiere in Queens, Peter Parker's hometown.


Bitter former TV HERCULES KEVIN SORBO has lashed out at former pal SAM RAIMI for not signing him up for any of the SPIDER-MAN movies.The actor claims the director bears a grudge towards him because he once snubbed a film offer from him to make KULL THE CONQUEROR - and he’s upset Raimi has never
SPIDER-MAN director SAM RAIMI was oblivious to the blossoming romance between stars TOBEY MAGUIRE and KRISTEN DUNST when they started dating on the set of the first movie.The moviemaker took the couple out for a meal and was stunned when it suddenly dawned on him that they might be an item.He recalls, "I’m so dumb,