Producer Sam "Spider-Man" Raimi, continues developing with producer Michael Uslan, a big screen adaptation of the pulp magazine hero "The Shadow" for 2oth Century Fox, with Josh Donen of Buckaroo Entertainment co-producing from a screenplay by Siavash Farahani.According to reports, Fox wants David Slade ("Hard Candy") to direct.
Raimi will not direct "The Shadow, as the character has too many visual similarities to his 1990 feature "Darkman" starring Liam Neeson.
"The Shadow" has been featured in comic books, comic strips, television, video games and seven motion pictures.
The character debuted in 1930 as the mysterious narrator of Street & Smith's radio show "Detective Story Hour". By 1931, the narrator became the star of Street & Smith's "The Shadow Magazine" and by 1937 was a crime-fighter on radio, imbued with 'the power to cloud men's minds'.
In the pulps the character wore a slouch hat and black, crimson-lined cloak with an upturned collar, using skills at concealing himself through powers of hypnotism.
His first identity was aviator 'Kent Allard', a World War I flying ace/spy who fought for the French as 'The Dark Eagle'.
After the war, Allard faked his death in the South American jungles, arriving in New York City to adopt numerous identities including that of 'Lamont Cranston', a "wealthy young man about town." Other disguises included businessman 'Henry Arnaud', gentleman 'Isaac Twambley' and 'Fritz', a janitor who worked at Police Headquarters...
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Shadow"...
"The Shadow" has been featured in comic books, comic strips, television, video games and seven motion pictures.
The character debuted in 1930 as the mysterious narrator of Street & Smith's radio show "Detective Story Hour". By 1931, the narrator became the star of Street & Smith's "The Shadow Magazine" and by 1937 was a crime-fighter on radio, imbued with 'the power to cloud men's minds'.
In the pulps the character wore a slouch hat and black, crimson-lined cloak with an upturned collar, using skills at concealing himself through powers of hypnotism.
His first identity was aviator 'Kent Allard', a World War I flying ace/spy who fought for the French as 'The Dark Eagle'.
After the war, Allard faked his death in the South American jungles, arriving in New York City to adopt numerous identities including that of 'Lamont Cranston', a "wealthy young man about town." Other disguises included businessman 'Henry Arnaud', gentleman 'Isaac Twambley' and 'Fritz', a janitor who worked at Police Headquarters... 
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Shadow"...
