Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Plot:
When Dr. Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens the door to the multiverse, including an alternate version of himself, humanity is under threat too great for the combined forces of Strange, Wong, and Wanda Maximoff.
When Dr. Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens the door to the multiverse, including an alternate version of himself, humanity is under threat too great for the combined forces of Strange, Wong, and Wanda Maximoff.
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born and raised in London, England. His parents, Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch), are both actors. He is a grandson of submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, and a great-grandson of diplomat Henry Arnold Cumberbatch CMG. Cumberbatch attended Brambletye School and Harrow School. Whilst at Harrow, he had an arts scholarship and painted large oil canvases. It's also where he began acting. After he finished school, he took a year off to volunteer as an English teacher in a Tibetan monastery in Darjeeling, India. On his return, he studied drama at Manchester University. He continued his training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art graduating with an M.A. in Classical Acting. By the time he had completed his studies, he already had an agent.
Cumberbatch has worked in theatre, television, film and radio. His breakthrough on the big screen came in 2004 when he portrayed Stephen Hawking in the television movie Hawking (2004). In 2010, he became a household name as Sherlock Holmes on the British television series Sherlock (2010). In 2011, he appeared in two Oscar-nominated films - War Horse (2011) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). He followed this with acclaimed roles in the science fiction film Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), the Oscar-winning drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Fifth Estate (2013) and August: Osage County (2013). In 2014, he portrayed Alan Turing in The Imitation Game (2014) which earned him a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Cumberbatch was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2015 Birthday Honours for his services to the performing arts and to charity.
Cumberbatch's engagement to theatre and opera director Sophie Hunter, whom he has known for 17 years, was announced in the "Forthcoming Marriages" section of The Times newspaper on November 5, 2014. On February 14, 2015, the couple married at the 12th century Church of St. Peter and St. Paul on the Isle of Wight followed by a reception at Mottistone Manor. They have three sons, Christopher Carlton (born 2015), Hal Auden (born 2017), and Finn (born 2019).Dr. Stephen Strange- Actress
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Elizabeth Chase "Lizzie" Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Silent House (2011), Liberal Arts (2012), Godzilla (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Captain America: Civil War (2016). For her role in the critically-acclaimed Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), she was nominated for numerous awards, including the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She is the younger sister of actresses and fashion designers Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen.
Olsen was born in Sherman Oaks, California to Jarnette "Jarnie", a personal manager, and David "Dave" Olsen, a real estate developer and mortgage banker. She is the younger sister of twins Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, who became famous as TV and movie stars at an early age. Her oldest brother is named Trent Olsen, and she has two younger half-siblings. In 1996, Olsen's parents divorced. The Olsens have Norwegian and English ancestry.
As a child, Olsen received ballet and singing lessons. She began acting at age 4, and by 11 she'd had small roles in How the West Was Fun and the straight-to-video series The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley. Having appeared in her sisters' videos, when she was in the fourth grade, Olsen began to go on auditions for other projects, auditioning for the film Spy Kids. She almost quit acting in 2004 over the media frenzy surrounding Mary-Kate's eating disorder.
She attended Campbell Hall School in North Hollywood, California from kindergarten through grade 12. After graduation, she enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. In 2009, Olsen spent a semester studying in Moscow, Russia at the Moscow Art Theatre School through the MATS program at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.
Olsen's breakout role came in 2011, when she appeared in the film Martha Marcy May Marlene. The film, along with Olsen's performance, received critical acclaim. Olsen was nominated for and won numerous critics awards for her portrayal of the titular character Martha, a girl suffering from delusions and paranoia after fleeing her life in a cult and returning to her family. She next appeared in the horror film remake Silent House, in which she played the role of Sarah. The film received mixed reviews, although Olsen's performance was once again praised. Olsen also appeared in the music video "The Queen" by Carlotta. Olsen filmed the movie Red Lights during mid-2011, and it was released in the U.S. on July 13, 2012. She starred in Josh Radnor's film Liberal Arts, which was released on January 22, 2012. She and Dakota Fanning starred in Very Good Girls, a 2013 release.
In January 2013, Olsen was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. She co-starred in the 2013 American remake of the 2003 South Korean film Oldboy; she played Marie, a young social worker who developed a relationship with the protagonist, played by Josh Brolin. She played Edie Parker, Jack Kerouac's first wife and the author of the Beat Generation memoir You'll Be Okay, in Kill Your Darlings.
In 2014, Olsen starred in Legendary's Godzilla a reboot, opposite Bryan Cranston and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Olsen joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe by playing the Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the 2015 Avengers sequel. She first appeared as the character in a mid-credits scene of the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, again alongside her Godzilla co-star Taylor-Johnson, who portrayed her brother Quicksilver. She reprised this role as the Scarlet Witch in the 2015 film Avengers: Age of Ultron and the 2016 film Captain America: Civil War.
In September 2014, it was announced that Olsen would portray Audrey Williams, Hank Williams' wife, manager, and duet partner in the upcoming 2015 biopic I Saw the Light directed by Marc Abraham and starring Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams.
In January 2016, it was announced that Olsen would team up with her Avengers: Age of Ultron co-star Jeremy Renner in Taylor Sheridan's directorial feature film debut, Wind River.
Olsen attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company and graduated in March 2013 after six years of intermittent study. Her sisters' clothing line "Elizabeth and James" was named after her and her older brother.
Olsen started dating fellow actor Boyd Holbrook in September 2012 after meeting him on the film Very Good Girls. They became engaged in March 2014 but called it off in January 2015.Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. Scarlet Witch- Actor
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English actor, writer and director Chiwetel Ejiofor is renowned for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, along with the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. He is also known for playing Okwe in Dirty Pretty Things (2002), the Operative in Serenity (2005), Lola in Kinky Boots (2005), Luke in Children of Men (2006), Dr. Adrian Helmsley in 2012 (2009) and Dr. Vincent Kapoor in The Martian (2015).
Chiwetelu Umeadi Ejiofor was born on July 10, 1977 in Forest Gate, London, England, to Nigerian parents, Obiajulu (Okaford), a pharmacist, and Arinze Ejiofor, a doctor. Chiwetel attended Dulwich College in South-East London. By the age of 13, he was appearing in numerous school and National Youth Theatre productions and subsequently attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA).
Ejiofor caught the attention of Steven Spielberg who cast him in the critically acclaimed Amistad (1997) alongside Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins. He has since been seen on the big screen in numerous features including Stephen Frears' Dirty Pretty Things (2002) (for which he won Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards, the Evening Standard Film Awards, and the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards), Love Actually (2003), Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda (2004), Kinky Boots (2005), Inside Man (2006), Children of Men (2006), American Gangster (2007) and Talk to Me (2007), for which his performance won him an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Ejiofor has balanced his film and television commitments with a number of prestigious stage productions. In 2008, his portrayal of the title role in Michael Grandage's "Othello" at the Donmar Warehouse alongside Ewan McGregor was unanimously commended and won him best actor at the 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards and Evening Standard Theatre Awards. He also received nominations in the South Bank Show Awards and the What's On Stage Theatregoers' Choice Awards in 2009. His other stage roles include Roger Michell's "Blue/Orange" in 2000 which received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play, and the same year Tim Supple's "Romeo and Juliet" in which Ejiofor portrayed the title role.
Following his television debut in the series episode Deadly Voyage (1996), Ejiofor has complimented his film and theatre work on the small screen in productions including Murder in Mind (2001), created by the award-winning writer Anthony Horowitz, Trust (2003), Twelfth Night, or What You Will (2003), and Canterbury Tales (2003). His television appearance in the hard hitting emotional drama Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) alongside Toni Collette, Sophie Okonedo and Tim Roth earned him a nomination for a Golden Globe Award as well as an NAACP Image award.
Ejiofor also appeared in such notable films as Endgame (2009), Channel 4's moving drama set in South Africa for which his performance earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries; Roland Emmerich's action feature 2012 (2009), opposite John Cusack, Danny Glover and Thandiwe Newton; and Salt (2010), opposite Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber. In 2013, he starred in Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) and 12 Years a Slave (2013), receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for the latter film.Mordo- Actor
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Benedict Wong is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Kublai Khan in Netflix's Marco Polo (2014-2016), Bruce Ng in The Martian (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Doctor Strange (2016). Wong was born on 3 July 1971 in Eccles, Greater Manchester, the son of Hong Kong immigrant parents who had traveled through Ireland before settling in England. He was brought up in Eccles, and attended Salford City College (then called De La Salle Sixth Form College) in the surrounding area of Salford. He then took a two-year performing arts course at Salford City College.Wong- Actress
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Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to Sandra Kay (Gale), a nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture mover. She is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent. Rachel became involved with acting as a teenager and by the age of 13 was performing in Shakespearean productions in summer theater camp; she went on to graduate with honors with a BFA degree in Theater from York University. After her debut in an episode of Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson (1998), she co-starred in the Canadian TV series Slings and Arrows (2003), a comedy-drama about the trials and travails of a Shakespearean theater group, and won a Gemini award for her performance in 2003.
Her breakout role as Regina George in the hit comedy Mean Girls (2004) instantly catapulted her onto the short list of Hollywood's hottest young actresses. She followed that film with a star turn opposite Ryan Gosling in the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller The Notebook (2004), which was a surprise box office success and became the predominant romantic drama for a new, young generation of moviegoers. After filming, McAdams and Gosling became romantically involved and dated through mid-2007. McAdams next showcased her versatility onscreen with the manic comedy Wedding Crashers (2005), the thriller Red Eye (2005), and the holiday drama The Family Stone (2005).
McAdams then explored the independent film world with Married Life (2007), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and also starred Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper and Patricia Clarkson. Starring roles in the military drama The Lucky Ones (2008), the newspaper thriller State of Play (2009), and the romance The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) followed before she starred opposite Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in Guy Ritchie's international blockbuster Sherlock Holmes (2009). McAdams played the plucky producer of a failing morning TV show in Morning Glory (2010), the materialistic fiancée of Owen Wilson in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011), and returned to romantic drama territory with the hit film The Vow (2012) opposite Channing Tatum. The actress also stars with Ben Affleck in Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012) and alongside Noomi Rapace in Brian De Palma's thriller Passion (2012).
In 2005, McAdams received ShoWest's "Supporting Actress of the Year" Award as well as the "Breakthrough Actress of the Year" at the Hollywood Film Awards. In 2009, she was awarded with ShoWest's "Female Star of the Year." As of 2011, she has been romantically linked with her Midnight in Paris (2011) co-star Michael Sheen.Christine Palmer- Casting Director
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- Casting Department
Sarah Finn was born on 1 February 1965 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a casting director and producer, known for Crash (2004), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).casting director- Cinematographer
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- Director
John Mathieson came up through the traditional camera ranks. Before his start as a cinematographer in feature films he shot many music videos, documentaries and TV commercials. He also worked in cutting rooms and has always considered himself as a film maker, interested in all areas of the process, rather than a dedicated cinematographer.cinematographer- Editor
- Producer
- Editorial Department
Bob Murawski was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in the northeast "Thumb" area of the state. Murawski was the valedictorian at his high school in Bad Axe, Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State University with a major in Telecommunications. Soon after graduating, Murawski interned with Detroit-based film sub-distributor, Bob Mason of Mason Releasing.editor- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Composer Christopher Young was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. After graduating from Hampshire College in Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music, Young went on to pursue his post-graduate studies at North Texas State University. After college Christopher moved to Los Angeles, California. He was originally a jazz drummer, but decided to become a film composer instead after listening to some of Bernard Herrmann's work. Moreover, Young not only has studied with noted composer David Raksin at UCLA Film School, but also teaches at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. Christopher was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk Award at the 2008 BMI Film and TV Awards.music score- Music Supervisor
- Music Department
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Dave Jordan is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Iron Man (2008) and The Incredible Hulk (2008).music supervisor- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Visual Effects
Charles Wood is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Doctor Strange (2016).production designer- Art Director
- Art Department
Thomas Brown is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Anna Karenina (2012).art director- Art Department
- Set Decorator
- Production Designer
John Bush is known for The Midnight Sky (2020), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Doctor Strange (2016).set decorator- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
- Art Department
Graham Churchyard is a UK based costume designer. previously as a Costume effects supervisor, He went on to work with Lindy Hemming on the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, collaborating with Lindy and Chris to create new Bat suits; and later, Bane and Cat Woman. It was at this point that Graham secured his position in the Superhero costume world, working for the Marvel and DC franchises. He headed specialty costume departments on 'Captain America: The First Avenger', 'Thor: Dark World' 'Guardians of the Galaxy', 'Avengers, Age of Ultron', 'Justice League' and 'Spiderman, Far from Home', pulling together huge teams of makers to bring many extraordinary costume concepts to life.costume designer- Make-Up Department
- Producer
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou is known for The Mummy (2017), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Thor: The Dark World (2013).makeup & hair designer- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Dominic Fysh is an Assistant Director with over twenty five years experience in both film and television. Dominic worked his way through the ranks of the department to find himself, over recent years working on some of the biggest action films to date. Including Fast and Furious 6, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation Guardians Of The Galaxy and Spectre.first assistant director- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Matthew Sharp is known for No Time to Die (2021), Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). He has been married to Elizabeth Emma Jane since 9 August 1997. They have three children.second assistant director- Special Effects
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Chris Corbould was born on 5 March 1958 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He is an assistant director and director, known for Inception (2010), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and The Dark Knight (2008). He has been married to Lynne Corbould since 11 April 1986. They have two children.second unit director / special effects supervisor- Art Department
- Visual Effects
Barry Gibbs is known for Inception (2010), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).property master- Art Department
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jools Faiers is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Wonka (2023) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).graphic designer- Art Department
- Visual Effects
Roberto Fernández Castro is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Doctor Strange (2016).concept art- Art Department
- Visual Effects
- Writer
Born in Southern California. Started making home movies at the age of twelve. Got his first professional job at sixteen (as an animator on a short film being produced at the Brooks Institute of Photography). Attended California Institute of the Art for two years before being offered a job at Disney, where he worked as a sculptor, animator and storyboard artist. Worked for many years as a writer and storyboard artist on live-action features before getting his first chance to direct second unit on Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness in 1991.storyboard/s- Sound Department
Shannon started his career in film sound working with some of the most talented people in the business. Getting a job as the Sound Librarian at Skywalker Sound, he quickly began work for the likes of Christopher Boyes, Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns, and George Watters. After working as Gary Rydstrom's right hand man for 8 years, he began branching out to do work on his own, still under the guidance of Chris Boyes and George Watters. He now remains a freelance Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer.supervising sound editor #1- Sound Department
- Editorial Department
Daniel Laurie is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Ant-Man (2015).supervising sound editor #2- Sound Department
Tom Johnson is known for Ad Astra (2019), Children of Men (2006) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).sound re-recording mixer #1- Sound Department
Juan Peralta is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) and Doctor Strange (2016).sound re-recording mixer #2- Nadine Richardson was born on 18 October 1977 in West Sussex, England, UK. Nadine is known for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Eden Lake (2008) and The Marvels (2023).sound mixer
- Visual Effects
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Janek Sirrs was born on 20 October 1965. He is an assistant director, known for The Matrix (1999), The Avengers (2012) and I Am Legend (2007).visual effects supervisor- Stunts
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Liang Yang was born in China. He is known for Skyfall (2012), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Rush (2013).fight coordinator- Jo is an experienced Stunt Coordinator known for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Paddington 2 ( 2017), The Favourite (2018) , Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) and the upcoming The Marvels ( 2023) and Heart of Stone (2023) after a successful career as a stunt performer - performing on productions such as Tomb Raider, Captain America, Harry Potter and The World is Not Enough.stunt coordinator
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Cinematographer
Rodrigo Gutierrez was born on 17 November 1954 in Colombia. He is an assistant director and cinematographer, known for Attack the Block (2011), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019).camera operator- Additional Crew
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Special Effects
Birgitta Fredlund is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).costume supervisor- Location Management
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Aurelia Thomas is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Black Widow (2021) and Jupiter Ascending (2015).location manager- Additional Crew
- Actress
Sasha Gibson is known for No Time to Die (2021), Harry Brown (2009) and The Last Days on Mars (2013).unit publicist- Additional Crew
Adam Frank is known for Doctor Strange (2016), Mars (2016) and Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death (2017).multiverse advisor- Additional Crew
Julian Daniels is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Doctor Strange (2016).magic choreographer- Additional Crew
- Music Department
- Producer
David J. Peterson was born on 20 January 1981 in Long Beach, California, USA. He is a producer, known for Dune (2021), Doctor Strange (2016) and Dune: Part Two (2024). He has been married to Jessie Peterson since 29 October 2023. He was previously married to Erin Peterson.language consultant- Actor
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Bless Klepcharek graduated from Ludomir Rozycki Ballet Academy in Poland and from London Studio Centre (Theatre Dance and Drama) at the University of London. He studied drama and dance. He also works as a choreographer.
He has performed in many London and German theatre productions: Footloose (European premiere) 42nd Street, The Best of Musicals (European tour) Mamma Mia (European tour), Hercules, Chicago, Oklahoma, 101 Dalmatians, Little Red Riding Hood, The Nutcracker, Carmen (Royal Albert Hall) The Red Balloon (Royal Opera House), Jazz Dance Company (UK Tour London Studio Centre), Aida oyal Albert Hall), The Brown Bomber 2012 Cultural Olympiad (Sadler's Wells Theatre) Dirty Dancing (UK Tour), Musical Rocks (German Tour), Romeo and Juliet (Sadler's Wells Theatre - National Ballet of Canada), La Traviata ( Royal Opera House) Victor - Pina Bausch Company ( Sadler's Wells Theatre) and Britain's Got Talent 2016 Semi Finalists,
His acting credits include series EastEnders, Humans, Critical, The Bisexual and films Thor 2 The Dark World, Guardians of the Galaxy and Anna Karenina.choreographer- Producer
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- Production Manager
Kevin Feige is an American film producer who has produced every Marvel Cinematic Universe film since Iron Man. He got his start as an associate and executive producer for the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films, Daredevil, The Punisher, Ang Lee's Hulk, the original X-Men trilogy, Blade: Trinity and Tim Story's Fantastic Four films. Avengers: Endgame, one of his produced films is one of the highest grossing superhero films.producer- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Ivan Raimi was born in 1956 in Michigan, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Drag Me to Hell (2009), Army of Darkness (1992) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). He is married to Kyle Raimi. They have two children.writer #1- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making movies with an 8mm camera. He was a devoted fan of The Three Stooges, so much of Raimi's film work in his teens, with good friends Bruce Campbell and Rob Tapert, was slapstick comedy based around what they had observed from "Stooges" movies.
Among the three of them, they wrote, directed, produced and edited a short horror movie titled Within the Woods (1978), which was then shown to prospective investors to raise the money necessary to film The Evil Dead (1981). It met with lukewarm interest in the U.S. with local distributors, so Raimi took the film to Europe, where it was much more warmly received. After it started gaining positive reviews and, more importantly, ticket sales upon its release in Europe, U.S. distributors showed renewed interest, and "Evil Dead" was eventually released stateside to strong box office returns. His next directorial effort was Crimewave (1985), a quirky, cartoon-like effort that failed to catch fire with audiences. However, he bounced back with Evil Dead II (1987), a racier and more humorous remake/sequel to the original "Dead" that did even better at the box office. Raimi was then given his biggest budget to date to shoot Darkman (1990), a comic book-style fantasy about a scarred avenger. The film did moderate business, but Raimi's strong visual style was evident throughout the film via inventive and startling camera work that caught the attention of numerous critics.
The third chapter in the Evil Dead story beckoned, and Raimi once again directed buddy Campbell as the gritty hero "Ash", in the Gothic horror Army of Darkness (1992). Raimi surprised fans when he took a turn away from the fantasy genre and directed Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone in the sexy western, The Quick and the Dead (1995); four years later, he took the directorial reins on A Simple Plan (1998), a crime thriller about stolen money, starring Bill Paxton and Bridget Fonda. In early 1999, he directed the baseball film, For Love of the Game (1999), and, in 2000, returned to the fantasy genre with a top-flight cast in The Gift (2000). In 2002, Raimi was given a real opportunity to demonstrate his dynamic visual style with the big-budget film adaptation of the Stan Lee comic book superhero, Spider-Man (2002), and fans were not disappointed. The movie was strong in both script and effects, and was a runaway success at the box office. Of course, Raimi returned for the sequel, Spider-Man 2 (2004), which surpassed the original in box-office takings.writer #2 / director