Sam Raimi to the rescue of "The Shadow"!

Richard Tereba Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 04:13 PM EST

I'm a really big Shadow fan, first exposed in high school through the Bantam book series. Loved the look of the Balwin Shadow, the rest was just so-so. Think Bruce Campbell would be perfect for the shadow...portrays that "fringe of sanity element" really well.

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Alan Mitchell Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 10:14 AM EST

Imagine Basil Rathbone with Vincent Price's mocking tones and you will get why the Shadow as played by Alec Baldwin was such a missed opportunity. Imagine creepy horror combined with the Sopranos and The Godfather and you will see why Russel Mulcahy's Shadow was so off-key, tonally. If you're gonna make it work, it's gotta be scary, bloody and Gritty (in that Frank Miller Sin City way) and brilliantly written. But you have to get the lead actor right. Adrian Brody from Peter Jackson's King Kong anybody? And if Raimi's not going to direct it then somebody of the calibre of Tarantino.

Mad Max Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 02:02 AM EST

Just so you know..The Shadow was in two different versions. A radio version,with "The ability to cloud men's minds and a pulp version,no clouding just a fist up side your head or a 45 calibur to everywhere else! The problem with Alec Baldwin's movie was they could no blend to two versions together seamlessly and the movie was inconsistent! But it was better than nothing! And less hate for The Phantom the only thing missing from it was more action,how can you not like a movie with a catfight between original Buffy and Lady Catherine!

RandyBKC Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 10:37 AM EST

Siavash Farahani? Never heard of him (or her). But then I still long for the day when the credits after the movie was done (if they bothered with them) only lasted a couple of seconds and not as long as the movie itself!
But then I also like the Alec Baldwin version of 'The Shadow'.

paxamoret Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 09:44 AM EST

I love anything Sam Raimi does, and I think he's a perfect choice for the Shadow movie, (but I too really hope he does the Tiffany Aching movie first, because I'm pretty sure we would get to see Bruce Campbell as a 6-inch tall blue pixie). And The Phantom is actually a great adventure movie -- for kids.

Stephanie Travitsky Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 10:57 AM EST

Pratchett is fantastic. I am hoping that somewhere along the line I hope that Terry Gilliam will do the Discworld series as a movie. I heard that he was supposed to do Good Omens, but what happened to the project?

Bevvy Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 10:41 AM EST

The Shadow sounds like an exciting project, but I thought Raimi was going to do The Wee Free Men, the first of the Tiffany Aching novels by Terry Practhett next. sigh.

brandonk Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 01:18 AM EST

I remember liking Alec Baldwin's "The Shadow," although it's been a while since I saw it. "The Phantom," meh.

Epsato Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:16 PM EST

To elaborate, I meant to say the crappy movie was the Phanton, which was pretty disapointing on many levels. Darkman and the Shadow are both pretty good flicks.

Matt Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 10:10 PM EST

Why in the world did you have to bash Radioland Murders? I've seen that movie about 50 times and it still makes me laugh. Of course, no one else I've made watch it enjoys it nearly as much as I do... but seriously, it's a great movie.

Jane Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 08:34 PM EST

Baldwin's Shadow was awesome, if only for the line, "Oh. That knife." The movie was fun, the adctors did a great job trying to play period, and the movie wasn't trying to be art- it was trying to be fun. And it was, so don't hate.

ejsteeler Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 07:01 PM EST

Aw, how can you hate on The Shadow?? I just recently rewatched the movie on HBO and remembered how much I enjoyed it. Twisted bits of humor, Alec Baldwin, Ian McKellan, an angry, screeching knife -- what's not to like?
I'll be glad to see another take on the material, but let's not completely trash this one!

stephanie travitsky Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 05:45 PM EST

ramini is terrific, but one of the problems that the first attempt faced was that the shadow was a radio serial. today's people are spoiled, and would not know what a radio serial was.

Rich Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 05:31 PM EST

Hey, Treat Williams was pretty good in The Phantom! And it was the first big U.S. screen exposure for CZ Jones! Show some respect, pipsqueak!

Ep Sato Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 05:28 PM EST

As a geeked out fanboy, I love Raimi's work, and hope he'll be able to involve Bruce Campbell in this project in some way or another. A redone shadow might work, as years of Saturday afternoon action tv (Xena and Hercules were frequently guest directed by Raimi) and the Spider Man movies have well honed Raimi's talents as a director.

And Gilbert, mega props for helping me remember one of the worst comicbook movies ever made, save for maybe "Howard the Duck" (the comic was great, the movie was a golden rasberry winner for "worst movie of the year").