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“Ash vs Evil Dead” Finally Getting UK Release… TODAY!
U.K. cable giant Virgin Media, part of John Malone’s international cable operator Liberty Global, has struck an exclusive deal for Starz original series “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” reports THR.
The deal will make Virgin the exclusive U.K. home of the show. Its TV customers will be able to watch it on demand starting TODAY.
The first five episodes will be available to watch from Tuesday, followed by a new episode released each week. That will bring the series in line with the U.S. airdates.
The content deal is an early step in a content and video-on-demand push by Virgin.
“Ash vs. Evil Dead” is produced by Starz and already has been renewed for a second season. The adaptation of The Evil Dead movies reunites original director Sam Raimi, producer Rob Tapert and star Bruce Campbell.
In the show, Campbell reprises his role as Ash, the aging lothario who has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. With a Deadite plague threatening to destroy all of mankind, Ash is forced into action.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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