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Updated: Is Sam Raimi Secretly Remaking ‘Evil Dead’?
Update #4: Director revealed.
Update #3: Bruce Campbell replied to a fan via his unverified Twitter account: “@TheMike31 Believe in the remake, dawg! The project is real. In the works. Cool as hell. Scary as hell.” The Twitter was plugged on his official website giving some validity to the account/tweet! So, it sounds as if the remake is in motion? Hmmmm….
Update #2: Sources close to Raimi denying reports to Bloody.
Update #1: Upon my own personal research, I’ve learned that Raimi is casting ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ in Detroit, which takes some steam out of this story.
Back when 30 Days of Night was coming out, Sam Raimi told Bloody Disgusting that so long as he has big projects like Spider-Man on the horizon, there was little hope for a fourth The Evil Dead. His mentality was that he could make a fourth film whenever he wanted, so why jeopardize his booming career?
Mix in the development of a remake of The Evil Dead, which never found the right pitch. Raimi announced it on the heels of a successful opening for The Grudge, while simultaneously nixing any possibility of a Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash at New Line.
Then you have the fact that Raimi tossed horror fans a bone with his highly entertaining Drag Me to Hell.
How does it all add up? With the remake scene drying up, has Raimi bailed on the idea of remaking The Evil Dead? Or could Drag Me to Hell have reinvigorated the horror legend into getting behind the camera for the long-gestured/promised Evil Dead 4?
Dread Central has it on “good authority” from what they claim is a very reliable source that long-time Sam Raimi editor Bob Murawski (Army of Darkness, Spider-Man, Drag Me to Hell) has packed up and headed out to Detroit to begin work on the long talked about fourth entry into the Evil Dead franchise. They say it will be “a small indie thing like the first two.” If they’re wrong, it’s going to be one giant egg in the face…
If true, the questions are gushing: Could it be the remake? Who’s directing? If it’s NOT Evil Dead 4, what is it? What’s Bruce Campbell up to? Does this have anything to do with Campbell launching a Twitter account (@GroovyBruce) this past weekend? Were they planning to announce at Comic-Con?
Breathe, Brad, Breathe.
Brendan Fraser is back for the upcoming fourth installment in The Mummy franchise from directors Radio Silence, and Michael Johnston (Obsession) is now in talks to join him.
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know tonight that Michael Johnston is in “early talks” to join The Mummy 4, which will release in theaters on October 15, 2027 via Universal.
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah will reprise their iconic roles as Rick O’Connell, Evelyn O’Connell, and Jonathan Carnahan in the upcoming movie.
Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, Scream 5-6) are directing from a script by David Coggeshall (Orphan: First Kill).
Plot details are being kept under wraps at this time, but the brand new sequel is expected to disregard the events of the third movie, in which Rachel Weisz did not appear.
“It’s just really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome,” Gillet teases. Bettinelli-Olpin adds that the film “has all of the heart and the character that you could hope for.”
A remake of the classic Universal monster movie that took an action-adventure approach, The Mummy was released in 1999 and grossed $417 million worldwide. It was followed by The Mummy Returns in 2001 and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008.