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Quentin Tarantino to Direct The Shadow?

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 9:39AM - By

The Shadow Comic 4 8 10 kc Quentin Tarantino to Direct The Shadow?

Once again Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s professional paths are crossing. Monday we reported that Rodriguez was in talks to direct the superhero movie Deadpool and now there’s word (via Pajiba) that Tarantino wants to take on The Shadow. The last time we heard anything about the project Sam Raimi was attached but we guess that’s no longer the case. If Tarantino comes on board will The Shadow be dropping F-bombs and slicing villain’s neck’s from ear to ear?

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Fox Picks Up Sam Raimi’s The Shadow

Thursday, March 4, 2010 9:08AM - By

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It looks like we’re going to get another big screen adaptation of The Shadow in our lifetime thanks to the people over at 20th Century Fox. According to Latino Review, the studio has picked up the rights to Sam Raimi’s version of the vintage character that Sony was previously rumored to produce, but after the Spider-Man debacle are we really surprised they didn’t follow through?

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Raimi and Uslan are Bringing Back ‘The Shadow’

Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:15AM - By

shadowbg Raimi and Uslan are Bringing Back The Shadow

Remember when Alec Baldwin made an attempt at being a superhero in the 1994 comic adaptation The Shadow? Well, he’s back, The Shadow I mean, not Baldwin. There were rumors that Spiderman director Sam Raimi was bringing the pulp comic hero back to life for the new millennium, and it looks as if it’s true. Raimi will produce a new film version of The Shadow, alongside Michael Uslan. According to FirstShowing, both men have decided to change a few things about the traditional set up of the main character, instead of the Shadow, we may have the Shadow(s).

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