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Sam Raimi Almost Made a ‘Thor’ Movie in the 90s But Fox Thought Superhero Movies Wouldn’t Sell
In fairness, they never could’ve known what was coming.
Sharing his memories of Stan Lee with THR this week, horror master Sam Raimi revealed something mighty interesting: in the early ’90s, Raimi pitched Lee on bringing Thor to the big screen, long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe was even remotely a thing. This was in 1991, but Raimi says that Fox ultimately killed the project before it really went anywhere.
“After I did Darkman, Stan Lee called me and was like, ‘Hey, kid, I liked your movie.’ He took me out to lunch and said we should work together,” Raimi recalled. “I said I’d like to make a movie about Thor. We worked together writing treatments and took it to Fox and pitched it. And they said, ‘Absolutely no. Comic books don’t make good movies.’ This was in 1991.”
Of course, it was less than 10 years later that Sam Raimi and Marvel ended up working together on Spider-Man, with Raimi directing a trilogy of films centered on the web-slinger.
A partnership that was fated to be, you could say.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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