2013’s Evil Dead, long considered a remake of the 1981 classic, put a female lead character (Jane Levy) in the place of the original’s character Ash Williams played by Bruce Campbell (interview). While the character lacked Campbell’s charisma, the film was twice as bloody, pleasing gorehounds.
Director Fede Alvarez recently revealed when questioned by a fan that the film was not a remake, but a sequel.
It continues the first one, The coincidences on events between the first film and mine are not coincidences, but more like dark fate created by the evil book.”
But that’s not all he revealed. He stated that he’s not done with the Evil Dead franchise. Earlier this year he was asked if there would be a sequel.
Look, I love those movies,” Alvarez stated during a talk with Ew. “Making my Evil Dead was an amazing experience, it was my first film. So going back at some point will be a possibility. I mean, I’m really good friends with all those guys, with Bruce, and [director] Sam [Raimi], and Rob [Tapert]. So, we always talk about it.”
While genre fans are split on their opinion of the 2013 version, many want to see a sequel, but only if there’s heart behind it. Luckily, Alvarez feels the same way.
The good news — and I think that’s what sometimes people don’t understand — is, none of those guys will make any of these movies just because they can, just because it’s good business. They will only make it if they believe they have some good story to tell. A lot of people say that in this industry, but most of the time it’s not true,” Alvarez admitted. “With those guys, all of us involved in those movies, we will just make them if we believe there’s a story that has to be told, and is awesome, and is great, and we believe that it will be better than anything that will be done before in that world. [When] we find that story, when we all agree on what it is, it will probably happen.”
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