The Next DISTRICT 9? Sam Raimi’s Rampaging Yetis

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The Next DISTRICT 9? Sam Raimi’s Rampaging Yetis

Posted on 24 September 2009 by Brent Hartinger, Editor

Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has signed on to produce Rampage, a movie about Yetis that terrorize a remote town. The film would be directed by Corin Hardy, a music video director, in an association akin to Peter Jackson’s producing the relatively unknown Neil Blomkamp’s District 9.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Genre auteurs are increasingly taking on projects from young directors and shepherding them through the indie and studio system as both producers and mentors.” The newspaper also cites Guillermo del Toro’s having championed Juan Antonio Bayona and other Spanish newcomers.

Before shooting the actual movie, the plans call for Hardy to produce a short “teaser” film while the script is being developed.

As a director, Raimi will soon shoot Super-Man 4 and a film version of World of Warcraft. As a producer, he has a large number of fantasy-themed films in the works, including Monkey’s Paw, a remake of the original The Evil Dead, Evil Dead IV, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and Jack the Giant Killer.

Before last year’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, film adaptations of the Yeti legend were rare.

A scene from Tomb of the Dragon Emperor