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The Evil Dead franchise is back! Variety is reporting that Evil Dead Rise is in the works at New Line Cinema with Sam Raimi, the franchise’s creator, and its groovy star, Bruce Campbell, will be executive producing the new franchise installment written and directed by Irish filmmaker Lee Cronin. Sadly, Campbell’s iconic character Ash Williams will not be returning. This time Alyssa Sutherland (“Vikings”) and Lily Sullivan (Mental) will lead the cast of the sequel. Evil Dead Rise moves from the woods to the city, and centers on “two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.” At its core, Evil Dead is about ordinary people overcoming extraordinarily terrifying situations. I can’t wait for Alyssa and Lily to fill the blood-soaked shoes of those who have come before them and carry on that tradition.” Campbell says. The
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We’ve got some “groovy” news for fans of the Evil Dead franchise, Bruce Campbell returns as Ash in Evil Dead: The Game! Not only does the new age-restricted trailer give us a first look at Ash, but we also see several other characters from the franchise including Arthur (Marcus Gilbert) of Army of Darkness, “Ash vs Evil Dead’s” Dana DeLorenzo, and Scotty (Richard DeManincor) from The Evil Dead. Of course, Ash’s 1973 Delta 88 Royale is there as well. While little is known about the game, only two things really matter, Campbell is back, and the trailer looks good af. Evil Dead: The Game is from Boss Team Games and Saber Interactive (World War Z!) and will be released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One, and PC sometime in 2021. The game has been in the works for a while now. Campbell told us about it back in 2018 in an interview and sounded very excited
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Evil Dead fans, brace yourself, Sam Raimi has now confirmed that he is indeed making another Evil Dead film! The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness director confirmed while at the New York Comic-Con where he is promoting Ghost House Pictures reboot of Grudge, that he will continue the Evil Dead franchise with Bruce Campbell on board, this time not as the star but as a producer. Fede Álvarez’s 2013 female-led remake was the last time we saw the franchise on the big screen, however, Campbell last reprised his role as Ash was in the “Ash Vs Evil Dead” series which has now been canceled. Soon after the cancelation, Campbell announced that he was retiring as Ash much to the dismay of fans. During our interview with Campbell, he told us that part of the reason was that “There is no more I can give the character physically, or mentally, or spiritually.” That’s a pretty good reason in my book.
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You ask any horror fan about the Evil Dead franchise and odds are they’ll rave about how awesome it is and that they wish we’d get another installment. Franchise co-creator Sam Raimi we are definitely getting another movie! While he’s not sure which direction it will go, at least we know we’ll get something. Raimi has also said that it will come sooner, rather than later. While making his rounds to promote Crawl, Alexandre Aja’s gator movie, which Raimi produced, he did an interview and was asked about “Ash vs Evil Dead’s cancelation last year and if we’d get a movie sequel. This what he had to say: I’d love to make another one. I don’t think TV is in its future but we’re talking about, Bruce [Campbell], Rob [Tapert], and myself, one or two ways to go for the next movie. We’d like to make another Evil Dead feature and in fact we’re working on some ideas now.” Campbell
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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,
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The Evil Dead franchise is back! Variety is reporting that Evil Dead Rise is in the works at New Line Cinema with Sam Raimi, the franchise’s creator, and its groovy star, Bruce Campbell, will be executive producing the new franchise installment written and directed by Irish filmmaker Lee Cronin. Sadly, Campbell’s iconic character Ash Williams will not be returning. This time Alyssa Sutherland (“Vikings”) and Lily Sullivan (Mental) will lead the cast of the sequel. Evil Dead Rise moves from the woods to the city, and centers on “two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.” At its core, Evil Dead is about ordinary people overcoming extraordinarily terrifying situations. I can’t wait for Alyssa and Lily to fill the blood-soaked shoes of those who have come before them and carry on that tradition.” Campbell says. The
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We’ve got some “groovy” news for fans of the Evil Dead franchise, Bruce Campbell returns as Ash in Evil Dead: The Game! Not only does the new age-restricted trailer give us a first look at Ash, but we also see several other characters from the franchise including Arthur (Marcus Gilbert) of Army of Darkness, “Ash vs Evil Dead’s” Dana DeLorenzo, and Scotty (Richard DeManincor) from The Evil Dead. Of course, Ash’s 1973 Delta 88 Royale is there as well. While little is known about the game, only two things really matter, Campbell is back, and the trailer looks good af. Evil Dead: The Game is from Boss Team Games and Saber Interactive (World War Z!) and will be released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One, and PC sometime in 2021. The game has been in the works for a while now. Campbell told us about it back in 2018 in an interview and sounded very excited
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Evil Dead fans, brace yourself, Sam Raimi has now confirmed that he is indeed making another Evil Dead film! The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness director confirmed while at the New York Comic-Con where he is promoting Ghost House Pictures reboot of Grudge, that he will continue the Evil Dead franchise with Bruce Campbell on board, this time not as the star but as a producer. Fede Álvarez’s 2013 female-led remake was the last time we saw the franchise on the big screen, however, Campbell last reprised his role as Ash was in the “Ash Vs Evil Dead” series which has now been canceled. Soon after the cancelation, Campbell announced that he was retiring as Ash much to the dismay of fans. During our interview with Campbell, he told us that part of the reason was that “There is no more I can give the character physically, or mentally, or spiritually.” That’s a pretty good reason in my book.
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You ask any horror fan about the Evil Dead franchise and odds are they’ll rave about how awesome it is and that they wish we’d get another installment. Franchise co-creator Sam Raimi we are definitely getting another movie! While he’s not sure which direction it will go, at least we know we’ll get something. Raimi has also said that it will come sooner, rather than later. While making his rounds to promote Crawl, Alexandre Aja’s gator movie, which Raimi produced, he did an interview and was asked about “Ash vs Evil Dead’s cancelation last year and if we’d get a movie sequel. This what he had to say: I’d love to make another one. I don’t think TV is in its future but we’re talking about, Bruce [Campbell], Rob [Tapert], and myself, one or two ways to go for the next movie. We’d like to make another Evil Dead feature and in fact we’re working on some ideas now.” Campbell
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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,
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