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Lionsgate has acquired and greenlit the horror feature 'Portrait of God,' starring Chase Infiniti and directed by emerging filmmaker Dylan Clark. The project marks the first collaboration between producers Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele.
Sam Raimi will produce a new film adaptation of Stephen King’s Desperation for Searchlight Pictures, with Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Final Destination Bloodlines) in talks to direct and Ryan Brennan writing; the adaptation centers on a group of travelers in a remote desert town facing a sadistic, possessed cop, with potential links to King's parallel novel The Regulators.
Stephen King's 1996 novel Desperation is headed to film at Searchlight, with Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein set to direct and Sam Raimi producing alongside Robert Tapert; Ryan Brennan is scripting. This marks the first collaboration between King and Raimi, adhering to a logline about travelers in a desert town facing a sadistic, possessed cop.
Deadline’s Friday PM box-office update shows a slow Super Bowl weekend led by Send Help, estimated to gross about $10 million in its second weekend across 3,475 theaters (roughly a 48% drop) with a ten-day North American total near $35.8 million. Kevin James’ Solo Mio is tracking around $3.1M today for about $7.6M opening, Stray Kids’ The dominATE Experience around $5M for the weekend, Dracula opening around $4.8M, Iron Lung about $4.65M in its second weekend, The Strangers: Chapter 3 around $3.7M, and Melania around $3.5M for its second weekend, with last year’s Super Bowl frame featuring stronger titles like Dog Man.
Kevin Maher hails Send Help as a desert-island survival comedy from Sam Raimi, anchored by Rachel McAdams’s standout performance opposite Dylan O’Brien; the film blends dark humor, gore and a sharp power-dynamic shift as a company flight crashes on a Gulf of Thailand island, delivering entertaining chaos with a four-star verdict.
Sam Raimi’s Send Help is forecast to open around $9–12 million and lead a soft weekend, buoyed by strong critical/audience reception and star power (Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien). Iron Lung from Markiplier Studios is expected to debut at about $6–9 million, with a front-loaded performance likely to fade quickly. Lionsgate’s The Strangers – Chapter 3 targets $5–8 million as the weekend’s major new release, though it faces diminishing returns. Overall, the frame looks weak with limited high-profile competition.
With big post-pandemic marketing spends down, this Super Bowl weekend features Send Help (Sam Raimi) vs. Iron Lung for the top spot; Send Help is projected to around $8.6M and Iron Lung about $7.2M over the 3-day frame, while Send Help has about $23M domestic to Iron Lung’s $21.7M so far.
Vulture critic Alison Willmore praises Rachel McAdams’ performance in Send Help, highlighting her sharp physical comedy and survival prowess as Linda Liddle while noting the film’s ambitious reversal of office hierarchies on a deserted island. However, the review argues the movie falters by not fully committing to a more uncomfortable, equal power dynamic—Linda’s ascent is compelling but not grotesque enough to challenge Bradley’s domination, leaving the film wary of truly unsettling gender dynamics.
Forecasts peg Send Help for a weekend-opening range of about $12–$17 million to lead the top spot, with potential edge from Sam Raimi’s return to horror; Iron Lung could push into the high teens ($10–$15 million) thanks to Gen Z interest and Markiplier’s fan base; Shelter projects $5–$8 million as counter-programming, while Melania is tracking around $2–$5 million in limited release, potentially reshuffling the podium depending on bookings.
Sam Raimi’s survival thriller Send Help is tracking for a $14–$17 million debut to lead a subdued winter box office, while Amazon MGM’s Melania, a $40 million price-tagged documentary, opens in about 1,500 theaters aiming for a $3–$5 million start. Iron Lung could place second with around $10 million, with Shelter at roughly $5–$7 million, signaling a potential early box-office rebound amid a slow start to the year.
Forbes reports that Sam Raimi has released a 2026 film touted as the year’s highest-rated on Rotten Tomatoes, drawing widespread attention for its standout critical reception and placing Raimi at the center of year-end cinema talk.
Dylan O’Brien explains why he resists being a “likeable” star, discusses teaming with Sam Raimi on the bold survival thriller Send Help—co-starring Rachel McAdams—and signals a career shift toward riskier, midbudget cinema, including reflections on Twinless and his choice to skip Instagram.
In Sam Raimi’s Send Help, Rachel McAdams delivers a standout performance as Linda Liddle, a sharp consultant whose corporate trip with an overbearing boss (Dylan O’Brien) goes awry after a plane crash, stranding them on a tropical island. The pair’s power dynamic shifts as Linda’s survival savvy clashes with Bradley Preston’s smug arrogance, blending horror-tinged suspense with dark humor in a genre-bending thriller. Filmed in Australia and Thailand, the film showcases Raimi’s versatile touch and McAdams’s range, with Send Help arriving January 30, 2026 from 20th Century Studios and touted as a strong early gem for 2026.
Sam Raimi returns to his gory, gag-filled roots with Send Help, a dark workplace thriller led by Rachel McAdams as a ruthless boss and Dylan O’Brien as her bumbling, sexist foil, delivering gross, goofy thrills and a buoyant score by Danny Elfman.
THR’s review praises Sam Raimi’s Send Help as a bold survival thriller led by a deglamorized Rachel McAdams and a revelatory Dylan O'Brien; after a plane crash strands Linda Liddle and her abusive boss on a deserted island, Linda uses survival skills to outmatch him, with Raimi delivering outrageous set pieces and a brutal, entertaining ending, though some plot twists feel excessive.