Interesting one, this. Sam Raimi is reportedly keen to stay within the world of comic books and superheroes in spite of his departure from the world of cinematic Spider-Man. And the latest rumour suggests he's circling a new film of The Shadow.

The Shadow was, of course, memorably turned into an absolutely hilarious (but not deliberately so) movie in the 90s by director Russell Mulcahy, with Alec Baldwin in the leading role. Seriously, I rank it as one of my guiltiest of guilty pleasures, and the ridiculous fight with the Gremlins knock-off near the end has to be up there as my favourite moment in the entire film. It shocked nobody when no sequel was forthcoming.

For Raimi, a new take on The Shadow is a film that's likely to be closer in feel to his earlier superhero flick Darkman than the world of Spider-Man. And IESB has reported that he's now circling the project with a view to direct. The site has also taken a look at the script written by Siavash Farahanl, and was very positive about it. Raimi is currently down as producer only, but in the words of the story, "We are hearing from our sources that Raimi is itching to get back in the director's chair ASAP and wants The Shadow to be his next directorial feature."

Read the full story here, and we'll keep you posted....