The inevitable Evil Dead remake/reboot is well underway, and now thanks to Ash himself, Bruce Campbell, some details have been clarified via his twitter.
When asked about the new movie, he was happy to shed some light on the project saying;
‘Remake, not sequel. Shooting early 2012. Fear it.’
Not only that, he also confirmed that at the moment, there is no Ash character. He presumably was inundated with questions then so summarise it all by saying;
ED remake is a re-telling. All bets are off & all involved love the new approach.
So not a sequel then! The new movie will be directed by first-time Fede Alvarez with script work done by Diablo Cody. Her work with Jennifer’s Body notwithstanding, this could be very good indeed. By not remaking and ‘rebooting’, they’re avoiding the pressure to match up to original characters and have the chance to make something that’s pretty fresh and, hopefully, properly scary. One to watch – and hopefully there’ll be a cameo from @groovybruce to boot!
