Movies
Fede Alvarez Updates on the Possibility of ‘Evil Dead 2’ Becoming Reality
It’s hard to tell how serious he was being, but Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe director Fede Alvarez recently tweeted that he’d direct a sequel to Evil Dead if Uruguay wins the World Cup this year, turning massive amounts of horror fans into soccer fans in an instant. But the truth is, whether they win or not, it’s probably happening… eventually.
Speaking with EW over the weekend, Alvarez talked Evil Dead 2.
“Look, I love those movies. Making my Evil Dead was an amazing experience, it was my first film. So, going back at some point will be a possibility,” he told the site. “I mean, I’m really good friends with all those guys, with Bruce, and Sam, and Rob [Tapert]. So, we always chat about it. The good news — and I think that’s what sometimes people don’t understand — is, none of those guys will make any of these movies just because they can, just because it’s good business. They will only make it if they believe they have some good story to tell. A lot of people say that in this industry, but most of the time it’s not true. With those guys, all of us involved in those movies, we will just make them if we believe there’s a story that has to be told, and is awesome, and is great, and we believe that it will be better than anything that will be done before in that world.”
Alvarez added, “[When] we find that story, when we all agree on what it is, it will probably happen.”
Presumably, a sequel to Alvarez’s Evil Dead would center on Jane Levy’s Mia, but there’s always the possibility the characters from Starz’ cancelled “Ash vs. Evil Dead” could be woven into the film universe. And while Bruce Campbell has ensured that he’s retired as Ash, we’ve learned to absolutely NEVER say never in this business…
Movies
Christopher Landon to Helm Feature Adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s ‘The Final Girl Support Group’
A new feature adaptation of author Grady Hendrix‘s slasher book The Final Girl Support Group is now on the way from Paramount Pictures, and Deadline reports that it’s found its director in Christopher Landon (Drop, Happy Death Day).
The two previously collaborated on My Best Friend’s Exorcism.
In The Final Girl Support Group, “Lynette is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece.”
“But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.”
I wrote in my novel review for BD, “Hendrix puts his characters through the absolute wringer. It’s a bloody, vicious voyage for the flawed heroine, both physically and emotionally. In terms of action and horror, Support Group delivers breakneck pacing and thrills.”
Five years ago, Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti (Mama, It, It Chapter Two) were attached to produce a planned series adaptation for HBO Max alongside Charlize Theron. While Theron is no longer producing, the Muschiettis remain on board under their Double Dream label.
Paramount Pictures is also developing Hendrix’s sci-fi novella, BadAsstronauts.
You must be logged in to post a comment.