Variety reports that original Evil Dead writer/director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man 2) and the star of the franchise, Bruce Campbell, are teaming together again to produce a remake of the original 1981 horror classic. The pair will work on the picture through Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures, and Raimi will not direct the feature.
” ‘The Evil Dead’ is such a special film to Sam, Rob, Bruce and horror fans that we are going to take great care in renewing this franchise,” said Joe Drake from Senator Intl (who owns the worldwide rights to the franchise.) “By keeping its original formula intact and given audiences’ appetite for horror, we expect that we’ll have a real hit on our hands.”
The original Evil Dead about a man named Ash (Campbell) who fights off a group of teenagers possessed by demons led to two sequels, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness.
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