I can say that I was very disappoinbted when I saw that they were remaking this one, but then I read this article at horror channel and I actualy feel a little relieved....
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Wow. Though some may argue that the pure amount of love and worship surrounding Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy is a tad overblown, no one can say that his films weren’t influential. Legions of fans have been begging for a new Evil Dead film since the final moments of Army of Darkness, and if Raimi were ever in a position to make one, now would be the time.
Instead, he’s remaking it.
Variety announced today that Raimi, partner Rob Tapert, and star of all three films Bruce Campbell are both financially and creatively putting their efforts into remaking the Evil Dead franchise from the ground up under Raimi and Tapert’s production arm, Ghost House Pictures. Raimi has said he will not direct, but instead wants to find some new blood to get behind the camera and get the franchise started all over again.
Franchise? That’s what the article says, which shows that Raimi finally understands just how much fans love his Evil Dead series, and how much coin can be made by creating new films. By re-inventing the franchise, all the original partners are free to just help produce (there is no word if Campbell will play Ash or not), and let the young kids churn out sequel after sequel with Raimi’s blessing.
Personally, sounds like a great plan to me. Raimi gets to make sure his mythos continues on without having to actually make the films himself, allowing him to focus on the bigger fish he’s frying directorial-wise, and the fans get what they’ve always wanted: more Evil Dead.
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I think that this might be a good thing, to me it sounds like raimi is going to be involved, so it won't get to fucked up, and it also sounds like they plan on remaking them all... That way sequeles can be made to those Evil Dead films with out Raimi involvement, and when Raimi is ready to continue he wont have to pick up where someone else left off, he can go back to his original trilogy... Like it or not, we get more evil dead finnaly...