Evil Dead Now!

Damn, 9 months since the last crumb of Evil Dead 4 news....


Title is "Evil Dead Now".

Director is Lee Cronin.

The direction the series is going to take now is rotating new characters finding the book.

The character for this one is going to be female.


Here's the quotes straight from Bruce Campbell.

“We’re just getting off the phone with Lee Cronin, who is writing and directing the next ‘Evil Dead’. It’s called ‘Evil Dead Now.’ Sam [Raimi] handpicked Lee – he did a cool movie called ‘The Hole In The Ground.’ We’re going to get that sucker out as soon as practical.”

And...

“From this point forward, they kind of have to stand on their own. Which is fine. And liberating. You could have different heroes, different heroines in this case. This one’s gonna be a little more dynamic. We just want to keep the series current. And the mantra, really, is that our heroes and heroines are just regular people. That’s what we’re going to continue.”


This all fits with what he said last time...

Bruce Campbell was at Rock and Shock festival, and he confirmed they are going forward, that they have an idea, they have a filmmaker picked out to direct it, and there will be no Ash, and no passing of the torch from Ash to the new person.
That there would be "a new idiot", to take up the mantle,  and that there'll always be stories of innocent people with limited ability versus evil books to tell.


Which progresses from what Sam Raimi said 11 months ago....

“I would be thrilled if Bruce Campbell changed his mind about retirement, would come back for the original ‘Evil Dead’ line. But if not, I’m very happy to work with, if Fede [Álvarez] would come back and make the sequel… but he’s such a big shot now. He’s so successful, an artist in demand, that I don’t think he’d want to do that. But there’s also a third possibility we’re talking about…I think you may see some action on the Evil Dead movie in the next six months.”


So, this idea of the book passing to new heroes/victims indeed seems to be the this third thing, since Bruce refuses to even cameo, and they definitely didn't get Fede back for a Mia sequel.
And Mia is off doing sitcoms.

No sequels for Mia.
Oh, solo Mia!
*Smirk*

Anyway, stay tuned for casting and stuff...