Rachel McAdams is considering a role in Sam Raimi’s upcoming horror thriller Send Help, after the pair collaborated on Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness in 2022.
The Notebook actress, who made her Broadway debut earlier this year, is only in the negotiation stage and has not officially taken on a role in the film, sources said. Deadline on Saturday.
Raimi will not only step behind the camera to direct the film, but will also produce the project.
Send Help is expected to be released in theaters, although a release date has not yet been revealed.
The film is also based on an original screenplay written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift.
Rachel McAdams, 45, is considering a role in Sam Raimi’s upcoming horror thriller Send Help, after the pair collaborated on Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness in 2022.
According to Deadline, the upcoming film has been described as a “two-part horror thriller set on an island” and is “somewhere between Rob Reiner’s Stephen King adaptation Misery and Robert Zemeckis’ classic Castaway.”
Sam is no stranger to the horror thriller genre and directed films such as The Evil Dead (1981) and two sequels.
In 1992, he directed the horror comedy called Army Of Darkness and also worked on Drag Me To Hell in 2009.
Raimi also directed Spider-Man (2002) and its two sequels, primarily starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco.
And in 2022, the filmmaker returned to the superhero universe and directed the sequel Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness.
McAdams, 45, notably reprized the role of Dr. Christine Palmer, which she had played in the first Doctor Strange film (2016).
Rachel previously spoke about working with Raimi and told him Collider In a previous interview, ‘I love Sam very much. “He is a great professional, but also very humble and collaborative.”
‘He’s the nicest man. It’s always the ones who make horror movies that are so enjoyable. It’s so strange.’
Sam is no stranger to the horror thriller genre and directed films such as The Evil Dead (1981) and two sequels.
Rachel previously spoke about working with Raimi, telling Collider in a previous interview: “I love Sam so much.” He is a great professional, but also very humble and collaborative’; seen in May in New York
The About Time actress added: “Like Wes Craven, same thing.” Well, he is a very soft-spoken person. And then they just exercise it all on the screen, which is the best place to do it…’
And while he talks to Variety In 2022, the star opened up about his reasoning for returning to the world of Doctor Strange, explaining, “Well, I mean, starting to work with Sam.”
And I said, “Sam, I’m pregnant. Is that okay?” But, of course, he can’t say it’s not,” he added humorously. “He said, ‘This is great. Let’s do it.’
‘And I have many interesting ideas for Christine and her evolution. “He guided me through the entire trip and sounded so fun and thoughtful and I was excited to come back.”
McAdams has also dabbled in the horror-thriller genre in the past, starring in the horror mystery Red Eye in 2005. The film also starred Cillian Murphy and Brian Cox.
Rachel has been keeping busy throughout 2024 and made her Broadway debut in the play Mary Jane in April.
The mother of two was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance.
Mary Jane initially premiered in 2017 at the Yale Repertory Theater and made its Broadway debut with McAdams in the title role. The work officially concluded in June.
During an interview with Broadway.comThe actress spoke about the difference between working in a play and in a film or television.
‘Yes, it is very different from making films or television. The training my brain goes through to learn all these lines and then not just throw them away, you know? she explained.
And while speaking to Variety in 2022, the star opened up about his reasoning for returning to the world of Doctor Strange, explaining: ‘Well, I mean, starting to work with Sam’; seen in 2017 in Burbank
The mother of two was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance; seen in May in New York
“In film and television, you learn a page, throw it in the trash and never see it again until, maybe, reshooting it a year later.”
Rachel added humorously: ‘I love coming to work in my pajamas and staying with him. In film and television, you may appear in your pajamas, but you’re not going to stay that way.’
“So, as you know, just not thinking about hair and makeup, and really getting into the nitty-gritty and the nitty-gritty every day…” the star continued.
And in June, she made a glamorous appearance at the 77th Annual Tony Awards in New York, and was accompanied by her father Lance McAdams and mother Sandra McAdams during the festivities.