During Boogeyman promotions, Sam Raimi and producer Robert Tapert have talked in-depth about the future of the Evil Dead franchise and what’s going on in regards to both the sequel, and the remake.
Talking with Coming Soon (www.comingsoon.net), they confirmed the remake is almost certainly not going to be a PG-13 (ala The Grudge & Boogeyman) and due to Bruce’s insistence there will be no character called Ash. The aim with it is “Rob and I would try to get a young director with brand new ideas with his own cast and his own take on the thing” says Raimi who confirms that as of right now they’re “waiting to find the right director for the project, that thinks he can really bring something new…the goal of this director should be to terrify the audience in a very intense, and merciless way”. If they don’t find someone, they would “put it on hold. I don’t think we’d abandon it, but we won’t make it unless we have a really good script and a really great director, somebody we feel is just right for it”.
Wouldn’t people get confused if the two films came out close to each other? Raimi told LatinoReview (www.latinoreview.com) – “I think the fans are really smart. I don’t think they’d be confused. I’d like to make a part four. There’s this very small audience for Evil Dead IV, and if we ever make a movie called Evil Dead IV, which I’d like to make with Rob at some point and starring Bruce Campbell, I’m not saying there’s a million people, but there’s 100,000 people that will know exactly what it is and that’s about as big as the crowd is, honestly. It’s not a giant crowd. They’re a great crowd”. Tapert realized that the sequel might have to be Army of Darkness II, since Universal produced the most recent sequel.
The guys also confirmed they’re working on The Grudge 2 script reusing Sarah Michelle Gellar’s character but no word yet either way on whether the actress will return.
Credit: Darkhorizons.com
