{"id":722274,"date":"2026-01-26T17:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/722274\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:19:11","slug":"sam-raimis-next-darkman-gets-two-directors-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/722274\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Raimi\u2019s Next &#8216;Darkman&#8217; Gets Two Directors [Exclusive]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Liam-Neeson-as-Peyton-WestlakeDa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sam Raimi\u2019s Next 'Darkman' Puts Two New Faces on the Franchise [Exclusive]\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>I truly believe you can speak something into existence, and that\u2019s exactly what has happened with the directors of the Netflix hit Don\u2019t Move, which was produced by\u00a0<strong>Sam Raimi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>DREAD CENTRAL has learned exclusively that Don\u2019t Move directors\u00a0<strong>Brian Netto<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Adam Schindler<\/strong> have indeed been developing the next <strong>Darkman<\/strong> for Raimi and Ghost House Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Raimi first worked with the duo on the Quibi series \u201c50 States of Fright,\u201d\u00a0which led to Ghost House producing Don\u2019t Move, a thrilling psychological horror film in which a\u00a0seasoned killer injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent, and she must run, fight, and hide before her body shuts down.<\/p>\n<p>The saga began in 2024, when Netto and Schindler told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/dont-move-directors-netflix-hit-gamble-1236057335\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>\u00a0that their dream project was to bring a new\u00a0Darkman to life. Raimi wrote and directed the 1990 superhero thriller that starred <strong>Liam Neeson<\/strong> as a brilliant scientist left for dead who returns to exact revenge on the people who burned him alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re talking Sam-related, it\u2019s\u00a0Darkman,\u201d Schindler said back in 2024. \u201cWe talked about\u00a0Darkman\u00a0[with him]. We\u2019ve got a love and an affinity for\u00a0Darkman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netto added, \u201cDarkman\u00a0was my favorite film for a good portion of my life. It was\u00a0the\u00a0movie, so\u00a0Darkman\u00a0would be really interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raimi tips his hat to this scoop in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/movieweb.com\/sam-raimi-confirms-superhero-movie-darkman-sequel-in-development-exclusive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Movieweb<\/a>: \u201cGhost House Pictures, the company I work with, is trying to make it [Darkman] right now,\u201d Raimi told the site while touring Send Help, in theaters this Friday. \u201cWe have a script and two great directors, but we still have some difficulties with the financing. It always happens the same in the movie business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/news\/554889\/dont-move-duo-directing-every-house-is-haunted-for-sam-raimi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netto and Schindler are also directing Every House Is Haunted <\/a>for Raimi and Ghost House, which was announced just last week.<\/p>\n<p>Darkman\u00a0was followed by two sequels,\u00a0Darkman II: The Return of Durant\u00a0(1995) and\u00a0Darkman III: Die Darkman Die\u00a0(1996). <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 30 years since Darkman saw the light of day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/adam-schindler-2\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Schindler<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/brian-netto-2\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Netto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/brian-netto-and-adam-schindler\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Netto\u00a0and\u00a0Adam Schindler<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/darkman-2\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darkman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/featured-post\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Featured Post<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/tag\/sam-raimi-2\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Raimi<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories\">Categorized: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I truly believe you can speak something into existence, and that\u2019s exactly what has happened with the directors&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3935],"tags":[215496,215497,215498,215499,77,215500,3943,135168,16,15],"class_list":["post-722274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-adam-schindler","tag-brian-netto","tag-brian-netto-and-adam-schindler","tag-darkman","tag-entertainment","tag-featured-post","tag-movies","tag-sam-raimi","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115962548425358423","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}