A new Evil Dead film in the works or just more bullshit?
The cesspool that is the blogsphere is awash with rumors that there will be another Evil Dead film. The first three films literally changed my life, as ludicrous as that sounds. So obviously this news means a lot to me. A new film has been in the making for almost a decade. I’ve heard this. You’ve heard this. So what are the actual facts? A dug up this quote from Slashfilm:
(A reboot) is possible; we’re looking at a script this month… What’s interesting about ‘Evil Dead’ is very few people saw it in the format we made it for, which is for the theater. … I think Sam wants to embrace the ultimate experience in grueling terror and see it remade for a proper theatrical experience.
That’s it? That is evidence of a new film? I don’t think so. Sam Raimi is one of my many heroes having made Evil Dead at only nineteen years old. (Can you believe that? Nineteen!!)
Who would have thought he’d make a hundred-fifty thousand dollar masterpiece? Anyway, this little snippet isn’t evidence of anything to me. It is just more babbling about the possibility of a new film even though it is pretty widely known that Raimi and Cambell wouldn’t be involved in their original positions.
So how is that an Evil Dead film? The reality is, it isn’t.
-Collin
http://www.deadites.net/
Rob Tapert, the man behind Ghost House Films, has revealed that the studio will begin reviewing a script for their upcoming planned remake of Evil Dead later this month.
Tapert runs Ghost House with director Sam Raimi, who got his start in Hollywood helming the original Evil Dead film in the 80′s, eventually turning that film into a trilogy starring the now legendary Bruce Campbell. Tapert addressed the idea of Evil Dead getting the reboot treatment saying the idea isn’t such a far stretch.
“It’s possible; we’re looking at a script this month. What’s interesting about Evil Dead is very few people saw it in the format we made it for, which is for the theater. I think Sam wants to embrace the ultimate experience in grueling terror and see it remade for a proper theatrical experience,” said Tapert.
No casting or decisions on a director have been made at this time.
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