Evil Dead (Remake)

[CaptainZombie]

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/25308

I am a huge Evil Dead fan, hope this turns out good and not a crappy remake.

With the news breaking late last night we had to wait until this morning to work our magic.

Bloody Disgusting is being told exclusively that Sam Raimi is gearing up to produce a quasi-remake of The Evil Dead, his breakthrough horror film from 1981 that starred Bruce Campbell as "Ash", a modern day warrior who fends of resurrected deadites.

In an exclusive scoop, we're told that Fede Alvarez (Federico Alvarez) is directing for Raimi's Ghost House Pictures and Mandate. The remake was announced way back in 2004. No word on casting or if Bruce Campbell will return.

As Dread Central reported yesterday, it sounds as if caasting is already taking place in Detroit, Michigan for a "low budget" shoot before Raimi steps behind the camera for Oz: The Great and Powerful.

Alvarez got his foot in the door with his **** 2009 sci-fi short Panic Attack!

[bigfnjoe96]

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Yeah, I saw this earlier. A little further down, BD is claiming Bruce Campbell posted some info on his Twitter about this project.. If Raimi is in involved I'm all over this

[Goffs]

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If Campbell and Raimi is in then I look forward to the remake

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I think I'm more excited for Raimi's Oz film than a remake of Evil Dead.

[CaptainZombie]

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Not good at all and this sounds like a mess.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3140170/omfg-wtf-say-what-evil-dead-4-in-the-works-sam-raimi-suing-to-stop-it/

I literally just had my mind blown, courtesy of this article at THR, and it more than warrants my ridiculously obnoxious headline. According to the website, a fight has broken out over who has rights to do a new sequel of the 1981 horror classic, The Evil Dead.

Apparently, Award Pictures says it plans to make a fourth film in the series. Yes, the long-promised Evil Dead 4. Renaissance Pictures, formed in 1979 by producer/director Sam Raimi, producer Robert Tapert, and actor/producer Bruce Campbell for the purpose of making the first film, is suing Award Pictures for the sequel rights, which is interesting considering they’ve abandoned any talk of Evil Dead 4 and started production on the remake, Evil Dead, April 11 with FilmDistrict and Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures.

Anyways, the interesting bit that comes out of the article is that this potential coming film is allegedly interfering with Raimi’s own plan to make his own sequel for Sony Pictures and FilmDistrict. But Award Pictures isn’t laying down. The company is using Raimi’s own comment in a 2000 book that he would never do a sequel as proof that the Evil Dead trademark was abandoned. The company now says it is the primary trademark holder of the film title.

Skipping ahead a bit, Renaissance says Award Pictures’ planned film entitled Evil Dead 4: Consequences, is intended to cause confusion to consumers, and also says that the key plot elements and character names “would inevitably infringe Renaissance’s copyright rights in The Evil Dead.” Alleging trademark infringement, false advertising, injury to business reputation, Renaissance is asking for an injunction against further infringement and further monetary damages.

You can read the lengthy article by clicking here, but let’s all have a little chat about this right here, right now. While it’s sweet to hear that Award Pictures would be moving on the inevitable Evil Dead 4, there’d be zero input by Raimi and Co. Therefore, it would probably be some bullsh*t direct-to-VOD sequel that 100% wouldn’t star Bruce Campbell. Do we even want that? I’d rather sit and hope that Raimi comes around and one day delivers on his promise than have some company half-*** a bullsh*t sequel in the vein of Asylum garbage. Good luck Raimi!

What say you?

[NJfire]

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Evil Dead is a great classic. I hope the remake does it justice.

[CaptainZombie]

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NYCC: First Evil Dead Footage Seen
Plus, Bruce Campbell says they didn't screw you over with the remake.


I can't wait to see the first footage of this remake.

[bigfnjoe96]

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1st screen



Full Panel discussion with Bruce Campbell

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3197910/nycc-12-watch-the-evil-dead-panel-in-its-entirety/

[CaptainZombie]

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Holy **** does this look so ****in awesome..................I can't wait.

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[CaptainZombie]

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Holy **** does this look wicked. I just finished watching The Possession which was produced by Rami's Ghosthouse Pictures and that was quite creepy, but damn is this Evil Dead remake looking like an actual horror movie and not some cash-in remake.

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[Beantown]

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Holy crap that looks...****ed up.

And good.

[CaptainZombie]

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Holy crap that looks...****ed up.

And good.

This in no way resembles Evil Dead, which is what I love about this remake. I wonder if this was done not to compare to the original. I don't see any comedy in this either and a more serious tone.

[bigfnjoe96]

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New Poster revealed.....

[goh]

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NC-17...being cut,so wait for the home release...

The film confidently bills itself as “the most terrifying film you will ever experience;” whether that’s true or not, the MPAA is making sure you’ll experience less of it.

As SlashFilm noticed, Alvarez took to Twitter yesterday to inform his fans that he “[w]as proud of scoring a NC17 (sic) when submitted! But we had to cut stuff out to get an R and get the film into theaters.”

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/evil-dead-remake-slapped-nc-17-rating-184205933.html

[bigfnjoe96]

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Will see this tomorrow morning... Sounds like we have a on our hands...

‘Evil Dead’ Is A Thrillingly Gory Blast *4/5*

“It’s even gorier than you’re expecting. I seriously don’t have a clue as to how they wrangled an “R” rating here. Blood, pus, bone fragments, limbs and brains are flung around with playful abundance and the result is both punishing and exhilarating… This film doesn’t condemn its audience, it exalts it – and as a result it’s able to achieve a sustained symphony of carnage that energizes rather than exhausts.”

http://bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/3222683/bd-review-evil-dead-is-a-thrillingly-gory-blast/