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Introduction
Sam Raimi is an American filmmaker and producer. He is known for directing the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007) and the Evil Dead franchise (1981–present). He also directed the 1990 superhero film Darkman, the 1995 revisionist western The Quick and the Dead, the 1998 neo-noir crime-thriller A Simple Plan, the 2000 supernatural thriller film The Gift, the 2009 supernatural horror film Drag Me to Hell, and the 2013 Disney fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful.
Raimi’s films are known for their ostentatious and highly-dynamic visual style, inspired by comic books and slapstick comedy. Raimi has also produced several successful television series, including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess. He founded the production company Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost House Pictures in 2002. His latest film, the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, was released on May 6, 2022.
Early life
| Name | Sam Raimi |
| Net Worth | $60 million |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, Producer |
| Height | 1.75m |
| Age | 62 years |
Samuel M. Raimi was born on October 23, 1959 (age 62 years) in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States. He is the son of a Conservative Jewish family. His parents are merchants Celia Barbara Abrams and Leonard Ronald Raimi. His ancestors were Jewish immigrants from Russia and Hungary. His younger brother Ted is an actor, and his older brother Ivan is a screenwriter and physician.
Raimi’s older sister, Andrea Raimi Rubin, is a court reporter. Another older brother, Sander Raimi, died at 15 in an accidental drowning; Raimi has said that the trauma knitted the remaining family closer together and “colored everything he’s done for the rest of his life.” Raimi also mentioned that Sander first introduced him to Spider-Man, igniting his love for comics. Raimi graduated from Groves High School and later went on to attend Michigan State University, where he studied English but left after three semesters to film The Evil Dead.
Career
Sam Raimi became fascinated with making films when his father brought a movie camera home one day. He began to make Super 8 movies with his friend Bruce Campbell, whom he met in 1975. In college, he teamed up with his brother’s roommates Robert Tapert and Campbell to shoot Within the Woods (1978), a 32-minute horror film that raised $375,000, as well as his debut feature film Its Murder!.
Raimi also shot the seven-minute short film Clockwork (1978) during that time, starring Scott Spiegel (who had appeared in Within the Woods) and Cheryl Guttridge. Through family, friends, and a network of investors, Raimi was able to finance the production of the highly successful horror film The Evil Dead (1981) which became a cult hit and effectively launched Raimi’s career.
He began work on his third film Crimewave (1985), which he co-wrote with the then-unknown Coen brothers, shortly after. Intended as a live-action comic book, the film was unsuccessful, partly due to unwanted studio intervention. Raimi then returned to the horror genre with the seminal Evil Dead II (which added slapstick humor to the over-the-top horror, showcasing his love of the Three Stooges). With his brother Ivan Raimi (and crediting himself as Celia Abrams), Sam Raimi also wrote Easy Wheels (1989), which parodied the Outlaw biker film genre.
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A long-time comic book buff, Sam Raimi then attempted to adapt “The Shadow” into a movie, but was unable to secure the rights, so he created his own super-hero, Darkman (1990). The film was his first major studio picture, and was commercially successful, spawning two sequels. Through it, he was still able to secure funding for Evil Dead III, which was retitled Army of Darkness and turned away almost totally from horror towards fantasy and comedy elements. Army of Darkness, the final movie in the Evil Dead trilogy, commercially underperformed, yet on video became a cult classic.
Sam Raimi moved into other genres in the 1990s, directing such films as the western The Quick and the Dead (starring Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman), the critically acclaimed crime thriller A Simple Plan (1998) (starring Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton), and the romantic drama For Love of the Game (1999) (starring Kevin Costner).
Raimi achieved great critical and commercial success with the blockbuster Spider-Man (2002), which was adapted from the comic book series of the same name. The movie grossed over US$800 million worldwide, spawning two sequels: Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, both directed by Raimi and each grossing approximately $800 million. After the completion of the third Spider-Man film, he planned on producing two more sequels (although Sony Pictures planned three sequels) but could not find a satisfactory script.
In 2022, reflecting on Spider-Man 3, Sam Raimi told Rolling Stone: “It was a very painful experience for me. I wanted to make a Spider-Man movie to redeem myself for that. The aborted Spider-Man 4 — that was really what that was about. I wanted to go out on a high note. I didn’t want to just make another one that pretty much worked. I had a really high standard in my mind. And I didn’t think I could get that script to the level that I was hoping for by that start date.”
Sam Raimi frequently collaborates with Joel and Ethan Coen, beginning when Joel was one of the editors of Evil Dead. The Coens co-wrote Crimewave and The Hudsucker Proxy with Raimi in the mid-1980s (though Hudsucker was not produced for almost a decade). Raimi made cameo appearances in Miller’s Crossing, The Hudsucker Proxy, and with Joel Coen in Spies Like Us. The Coen brothers gave Raimi advice on shooting in snow for A Simple Plan, based on their experiences with Fargo.
Raimi worked in front of the camera in The Stand as a dimwitted hitman, John Carpenter’s Body Bags as a murdered gas station attendant, and Indian Summer in what is perhaps his biggest role as a bumbling assistant to Alan Arkin. The film was written by his childhood friend, writer-director Mike Binder, and shot at the camp that they both attended when they were younger. Sam Raimi also produced the entire English-language The Grudge franchise, based on the original Japanese films.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Raimi had expressed an interest in directing a film version of The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In 2008, Guillermo del Toro was selected as the director, with Peter Jackson as the executive producer. Raimi may direct By Any Means Necessary, the next film based on the “Jack Ryan” CIA character created by Tom Clancy for Paramount Pictures. Disney also approached him to direct W.I.T.C.H.: The Movie, based on the popular comic.
Blizzard Entertainment announced on July 22, 2009, that Sam Raimi would be directing a film adaptation of the Warcraft video game series, but at Comic-Con International 2012, it was revealed that he would not be the director. On September 23, 2009, he became the producer for the British supernatural thriller Refuge, which is directed by Corin Hardy and published by Mandate Pictures.
Other works
Sam Raimi will produce the remake of the Danish thriller The Substitute, which will be directed by Scott Derrickson under his new label Spooky Pictures. Raimi produced with his company Ghost House Pictures the British thriller flick Burst 3D, directed by Neil Marshall. Raimi directed Oz the Great and Powerful, which was released on March 8, 2013, by Walt Disney Pictures and grossed $493 million worldwide.
Raimi said he would not be directing the planned sequel. On December 11, 2006, the website SuperHero Hype reported that director Sam Raimi and Michael Uslan would co-produce a new film version of The Shadow for Columbia Pictures. On October 16, 2007, Raimi stated that: “I don’t have any news on The Shadow at this time, except that the company that I have with Josh Donen, my producing partner, we’ve got the rights to The Shadow. I love the character very much and we’re trying to work on a story that’ll do justice to the character.”
Sam Raimi along with Bruce Campbell and Rob Tapert, produced the remake of Raimi’s The Evil Dead. First-time feature filmmaker Fede Álvarez wrote and directed, and Diablo Cody was also brought in to revise/rewrite the script. Raimi confirmed plans to write Evil Dead 4 with his brother; it was later specified that this film would be Army of Darkness 2. Alvarez revealed that Raimi would direct the sequel to Army of Darkness.
However, in a 2014 interview, Bruce Campbell announced that Army of Darkness 2 is not happening, saying “It’s all internet b.s. There’s no reality whatsoever. These random comments slip out of either my mouth or Sam Raimi’s mouth, next thing you know, we’re making a sequel.” On February 26, 2016, it was confirmed that Raimi is attached to direct the upcoming film World War 3 for Warner Bros. The film will be based on a possible future inspired by the book The Next 100 Years by George Friedman.
On February 16, 2017, it was reported that Sam Raimi will be directing a thriller about the Bermuda Triangle for Skydance Media, with the script being written by Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard. By January 29, 2018, Raimi was set to direct the first in the movie adaptations of Patrick Rothfuss’s Kingkiller Chronicle series, The Name of the Wind, with Rothfuss and Lin-Manuel Miranda serving as executive producers.
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On February 5, 2020, it was announced that Sam Raimi was in talks with Marvel Studios to direct Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Raimi confirmed his involvement in April 2020. This marks Raimi’s return to the superhero film genre after more than 15 years following Spider-Man 3 in 2007 and his first feature film directorial effort since 2013’s Oz the Great and Powerful.
Sam Raimi has worked in television in addition to the film, producing such series as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess, both featuring his younger brother Ted Raimi and long-time friend Bruce Campbell, American Gothic, Cleopatra 2525, M.A.N.T.I.S., 13: Fear Is Real, Young Hercules, and Jack of All Trades.
Raimi executive produced a syndicated TV series in 2008 called Legend of the Seeker, based on Terry Goodkind’s best-selling The Sword of Truth fantasy series. He also executive produced the Starz original television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned. He directed the pilot episode of Ash vs Evil Dead for Starz.
Wife
Sam Raimi is married to Gillian Greene, they had their wedding in 1993. His wife is the daughter of actor Lorne Greene. Raimi and his wife Gillian Greene have five children, three of whom (daughter Emma Rose Raimi and sons Lorne Raimi and Henry Raimi) appeared as extras in Drag Me to Hell, and in Spider-Man 3 during the movie’s final battle.
Sam Raimi net worth
How much is Sam Raimi worth? Sam Raimi net worth is estimated at around $60 million. His main source of income is from his career as a film and television producer. Raimi successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars. He is one of the richest and influential films and television producers in the United States.