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Actor Ryan Reynolds (1976)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/09/18/drag_me_to_hell_on_dvd_aamp_blu_ray_octo_14 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EST Entertainment News 138066@http://www.starpulse.com/news Celebrated director Sam Raimi returns to the horror genre with a vengeance with the critically acclaimed Drag Me To Hell, starring Alison Lohman , Justin Long, Lorna Raver, David Paymer,

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"Resistance is futile" this October as Spike TV presents the fourth annual "Scream," the first and only global event of its kind to honor the best in sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic genres. Taping on Saturday, October 17

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/07/22/sam_raimi_signs_on_to_direct_world_of_wa_1 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:20:24 EST Entertainment News 131257@http://www.starpulse.com/news Sam Raimi, director of the Evil Dead and Spider-Man series, has agreed to direct the live-action film adaptation of World of Warcraft.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/15/this_week_s_movie_buzz_see_it_rent_it_or_19 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:02:41 EST Entertainment News 126492@http://www.starpulse.com/news I finally got around to seeing "Terminator Salvation," and I must admit I wasn't terribly impressed. Overall the film was better than "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,"

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/09/kirsten_dunst_signs_up_for_spider_man_4_ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:28:22 EST Entertainment News 125650@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spider-Man has netted his leading lady - director Sam Raimi has persuaded Kirsten Dunst to sign up for the fourth installment of the web-slinging superhero franchise.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/28/opening_may_29_drag_me_to_hell_ Thu, 28 May 2009 13:17:00 EST Entertainment News 124305@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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 Pictures / Premiere Photos / Video / More

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/26/this_week_s_movie_buzz_see_it_rent_it_or_13 Tue, 26 May 2009 08:57:29 EST Entertainment News 123891@http://www.starpulse.com/news This week is probably the least exciting of the summer movie season so far because we don't have an epic blockbuster premiering. There are three movies coming out,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/21/sam_raimi_has_demonic_relapse_with_drag_ Thu, 21 May 2009 12:35:40 EST Entertainment News 123503@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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,"

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/01/summer_movie_preview Fri, 01 May 2009 10:06:41 EST Entertainment News 120783@http://www.starpulse.com/news Since the dawn of the American cinematic blockbuster in the late 1970s and early 1980s, moviegoers have eagerly waited for May - the unofficial beginning of summertime. This summer is no different.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/31/xena_heads_back_to_ancient_rome Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:46:21 EST Entertainment News 116215@http://www.starpulse.com/news Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless is heading back to ancient times to play a Roman slave owner.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/02/craig_horner_talks_legend_of_the_seeker_ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:50:21 EST Entertainment News 112006@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/10/top_10_date_movies_that_aren_t_romantic_ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:19:45 EST Entertainment News 110075@http://www.starpulse.com/news Every Valentine's Day the same question is heard all over the country: "What am I going to do for my sweetie?" Too often guys are stuck watching the typical romantic comedy

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/11/legend_of_the_seeker_a_girl_a_guy_a_wiza Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:01:07 EST Entertainment News 103265@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - On "Legend of the Seeker," the heroes do the work for you. Chiseled woodsman Richard Cypher and his even prettier protectress Kahlan Amnell stay on the run,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/27/a_history_of_violence_great_britain_s_vi Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:43:01 EST Entertainment News 101791@http://www.starpulse.com/news In the mid-1980s while American mothers panicked over the influence rock music had on the nation's youth, the mothers of Great Britain panicked over an entirely different matter.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/23/sam_raimi_hints_at_double_helping_of_spi Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:30:00 EST Entertainment News 101680@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/23/celebrity_birthdays_october_83 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 97790@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/03/ellen_page_no_longer_in_hell_ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:54:27 EST Entertainment News 79760@http://www.starpulse.com/news Juno star Ellen Page has escaped from hell after pulling out of Sam Raimi's latest horror movie citing scheduling conflicts. Filming on Drag Me To Hell was due to begin on March 17th in an effort to beat the potential Screen Actors Guild strike later this year, but shooting on the project was delayed until a later date, forcing 21-year-old Page to withdraw from the film altogether.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/23/celebrity_birthdays_october_54 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 64326@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/17/sam_raimi_backs_away_from_the_next_lord_ Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:41:08 EST Entertainment News 64165@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/17/spider_man_to_return_for_a_different_fou Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:56:45 EST Entertainment News 64111@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/17/film_review_30_days_of_night_has_soft_bi Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:27:35 EST Entertainment News 64050@http://www.starpulse.com/news With the very cool idea behind the graphic novel ''30 Days of Night'' - vampires tramping up to Barrow, Alaska, for a monthlong feeding frenzy during winter's prolonged darkness - it was virtually assured that Hollywood would turn it into a movie.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/12/the_hobbit_producer_wants_peter_jackson_ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:00:31 EST Entertainment News 55519@http://www.starpulse.com/news Lord of the Rings executive producer Bob Shaye insists director Peter Jackson will be involved in The Hobbit. The pair famously fell out over the profits of the fantasy trilogy, but Shaye believes the filmmaker should have input on the prequel.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/26/sam_raimi_is_unsure_about_his_spider_man Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:40:42 EST Entertainment News 48948@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/07/spider_man_director_sam_raimi_creating_a Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:42:05 EST Entertainment News 45877@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - ''Spider-Man'' director Sam Raimi will help create original Internet shows for FEARnet, a horror and thriller Web site and video-on-demand provider.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/07/kirsten_dunst_has_crazy_ideas_for_spider_4 Mon, 07 May 2007 13:37:49 EST Entertainment News 41272@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spider-Man star Kirsten Dunst is keen to get started on the fourth installment of the cartoon superhero - and already has a radical storyline of her own planned out. Both Dunst and her co-star Tobey Maguire have expressed their interest in making another Spider-Man movie with director Sam Raimi, but only if the script is right.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/07/sony_signs_for_three_more_spider_man_mov Mon, 07 May 2007 10:47:17 EST Entertainment News 41183@http://www.starpulse.com/news Webbed superhero Spider-Man will appear in at least three more movies, Sony Pictures has confirmed. The studio's chief executive Michael Lynton said after the box office success of the latest release Spider-Man 3, there is a huge audience waiting to see the story continue.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/07/evil_spider_man_gave_director_sam_raimi_ Mon, 07 May 2007 08:52:06 EST Entertainment News 41131@http://www.starpulse.com/news 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.

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