Magic is getting remade at Lionsgate.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) and Roy Lee (Weapons) are teaming up for a reimagining of the 1978 horror cult classic that featured Anthony Hopkins as a mentally unstable ventriloquist. Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, whose past horror credits include Freddy vs. Jason and the Friday the 13th remake, will write the script.
Richard Attenborough directed the original Magic, which starred Hopkins as Corky, a magician who reaches fame alongside his ventriloquist’s dummy, the obnoxious and wisecracking Fats. Faced with the prospect of signing a network deal for his own show, but afraid of revealing his fragile mental state, the magician takes off for the Catskills, where he tries to reconnect with a high school love, even as Fats begins to murderously take control of the situation. Never heard of Magic? Well, Sailor previously covered it in one of his past Tubi Treasures lists.
We’ll keep you posted once we learn more about this Magic remake.
