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Bruce Campbell Talks Ash’s Future
Every single time Bruce Campbell is interviewed, the topic of EVIL DEAD comes up. It’s a must because you never know when there might actually be some sort of development. We caught up with the fan fav who is out and about promoting his feature film My Name Is Bruce, which he produced, directed and starred in. During the interview (coming soon), we asked Campbell some “different” questions about the future of Ash – you can read all about it inside.
Bloody-Disgusting conducted an exclusive interview with B-movie horror icon Bruce Campbell this morning in support of his upcoming horror send-up My Name is Bruce, which Campbell produced, directed and stars in as himself. We’ll bring you that full interview later this month, but for now, here’s what Bruce had to say about the never-ending Evil Dead rumors and whether he’d prefer to see a remake of THE EVIL DEAD, EVIL DEAD 4 or FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH.
“In the remake, there’s really no part for me,” Campbell told Bloody-Disgusting. “Other than being the old guy at the bait shop going ‘Hey, be careful of that cabin.’ You’d have to get a whole new cast and put them through a whole new set of nightmares.
“The remake could actually be cool philosophically. This is only my personal opinion, [but] I’d go back to handheld 16mm with total unknowns just like the first one. You make the effects a little less [high end]. You could still do some visual effects with digital, but I’d really mess with people and make it a scary theater where you’re still trapped again. And I think you can do that all over again because we had no one of any name in the first Evil Dead, so it can be done. I’d go low tech. The desire is always to go bigger.
“In terms of the [sequel], that’s all fine. I think Sam and I will do it when schedules line up and if I’m not too old. But he’s been so busy with these Spider-Man movies, it’s like ‘When the hell would we ever do it?’ I think the desire is there. We both like the series a lot. It’s been really fun creatively and we would probably be very happy to revisit it if and when that ever happens.”
MY NAME IS BRUCE, which begins its tour next month, is the tale of a small town set upon by demons after a group of teen-agers unwittingly unleash an ancient curse. Campbell, playing himself, is kidnapped off the set of a B horror movie and, despite his protestations that he’s just an actor, is forced to play the role of his heroic movie character in order to save the town.
From director Sébastien Vaniček, Evil Dead Burn releases in theaters July 10, but that’s just one of two brand new Evil Dead movies releasing in the next two years.
Evil Dead Wrath recently wrapped production, with the upcoming film from director Francis Galluppi (The Last Stop in Yuma County) set for theatrical release on April 7, 2028.
We’ve known virtually nothing about the movie up to this point, but a recent interview with producer Rob Tapert has surfaced this week (thanks, Dread Central) and it reveals a very surprising bit of information about Evil Dead Wrath. The film is set in 1972!!
Tapert told the students at Michigan State University during a chat, “Evil Dead Wrath is yet another great departure. It predates everything. It takes place in 1972.”
That means Evil Dead Wrath takes place even before the arrival of Ash Williams and friends to that infamous cabin in the woods, which should give the film a whole new kind of flavor.
Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness was of course set in the Middle Ages, but Evil Dead Wrath will take place chronologically before Ash Williams was transported into medieval times!
“It will feel like a 1972 movie because the director and his DP want to imitate the film’s look and feel of something that’s called Ektachrome 100, which was a film stock,” Tapert notes. “Still available. A lot of movies shot on back then. And so it’s very warm, very tungsten.”
Tapert calls Wrath “very Tarantino-esque, very deliberate. [Galluppi] made a movie, not a horror movie, that I liked a great deal called Last Stop in Yuma County. It’s worth looking up.”
The Last Stop in Yuma County, it’s interesting to note, is also set in the 1970s!
Charlotte Hope (The Nun), Jessica McNamee (Mortal Kombat), Zach Gilford (“Midnight Mass”), Josh Helman (Mad Max: Fury Road), Ella Newton (Dangerous Animals), Elizabeth Cullen (Diabolic), and Ella Oliphant will star in Evil Dead Wrath.
Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi and franchise producer Rob Tapert are producing. Bruce Campbell and Lee Cronin will executive produce alongside Romel Adam and Jose Canas.