Spider-Man director
Sam Raimi teams with Josh Donen and screenwriter Siavash Farahani to find out what evil lurks within the hearts of men with this update of Walter B. Gibson's 1930s-era pulp radio show that evolved into a popular Columbia cliffhanger starring
Victor Jory before being adapted into a television series. A mysterious hat-and-cape-clad crime fighter who stalks criminals from the shadows and possesses the power to cloud men's minds, The Shadow was later resurrected for a 1994 adventure starring
Alec Baldwin, though that particular incarnation failed to connect with audiences. The influence of the character can clearly be seen in Raimi's underappreciated and highly stylized 1990 comic-book action entry
Darkman, and, as with Spider-Man, The Shadow is a character that the wildly creative producer has dreamed of bringing to the big screen since launching his career in film. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide