Bruce Campbell Confirms New Evil Dead Movie 74
blackstone2020 writes "Dread Central reported last night that a fourth Evil Dead film is up for production in Detroit, and editor Bob Murawski, who worked with Sam Raimi on all three 'Spider-Man' films and 'Drag Me to Hell,' is gearing up to start on the project. Bruce Campbell recently joined Twitter and left one of the best comments to a fan confirming this rumor 'Believe in the remake, dawg! The project is real. In the works. Cool as hell. Scary as hell.'"
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But it's got Bruce Campbell in it. It must succeed.
The only other star it would need would be Cary Elwes, and it's next summer's blockbuster.
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Charlie Sheen used to be good for that.
Now he's got a big future in comedy porn.
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"Evil Dead 2" and "Army Of Darkness" were horror films?
You must have been born in 1995.
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Give it a rest, Hollywood. Remember the lesson from Dune?
It's even worse when they take cult horror classics and replace the goodness with Jar Jar Binks style CGI.
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I'm not seeing Bruce making a very good Xena.
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You might want to check out "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" [youtube.com] tv-series produces by Raimi. Roman sex and violence starring Lacy Lawless.
Not seein' it... (Score:3)
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"My Name is Bruce" is also a really good one. Might even be as good as Bubbahotep.
better than Bubbahotep ... (Score:3)
.... at least by my friend's tastes, as they didn't give me shit about getting them watch it ... which I get occassionally, but they were complaining for years, and brought it up whenever I'd select a movie to watch.
... and even by my tastes, My Name is Bruce was the better of the two movies, especially with the self-deprecating humor:
Which unfortunately, wasn't quite true.
Please don't do this (Score:5, Insightful)
Army of Darkness was the perfect end to the trilogy (sorry Sam, but the studio was right--that S-Mart ending was fucking awesome).
Please don't ruin it with some lame retread with a tired, old Ash. Just let it be what it is.
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Man, I know it. As much as I love ya, Bruce, you're too fat today. Take it easy and enjoy your retirement. :\
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I just saw him in burn notice and he lost a lot of weight. So much so that the other characters commented on it during the show.
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Yeah he looks better this season. Thing is though, that they had a "special" 2 hr episode of Sam Ax when he was a SEAL. The time line was about 10 years prior to Burn Notice. He didn't seem to have lost the weight before the show. Which makes him a bit less believable as a SEAL. Michael just grew a beard!
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Netflix does not have the dvd for that so I have not seen it. I watched the new episodes on hulu. I had wondered if he lost the weight for that though.
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Yes, he lost the weight for the 'Burn Notice' prequel movie.
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He could pull if off, if he goes for an older, wiser, and even ruthlesser personae. If he tries to do young Ash, it will just be like that Duke Nukem game - a sad rehash.
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"Lady I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave the store."
Brilliant!
Still, I'll watch anything with Bruce in it at least once. I even watched Moon Trap.
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Alien Apocalypes... that made for Sci-Fi movie with Bruce Cambell and the chick who was on ER for a single season?
I loved that movie... it reveled in its low budgetness...just like Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2
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Even Alien Apocalypse [imdb.com]? I thought I was the only person who watched that SciFi Original...
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Army of Darkness was the perfect end to the trilogy (sorry Sam, but the studio was right--that S-Mart ending was fucking awesome).
Please don't ruin it with some lame retread with a tired, old Ash. Just let it be what it is.
Army was comical but it stunk to high heaven and it's connection with the first two films.
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No, Raimi just reluctantly finally conceded that the franchise played a lot better for laughs than horror. The first film was played straight, and it was so awful that people laughed at it. In the second film, Raimi put in some intentional humor--and people only remembered and talked about the funny parts.
By the third film, he finally had to admit that he sucked ass as a horror director, and went with the humor. His last stand on that front came went he fought the studio on the ending. Raimi wanted an endin
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A while back I had the idea that a sequel with Campbell would be pretty cool if they did it as him being "happy, married, etc." in a middle-class neighborhood and having the undead come to our Earth. You'd have a lot of opportunity for more complex satirical humour.
I doubt they'll do that, but it'd be fucking awesome.
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Undead? You surely mean Deadites...
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Undead? You surely mean Deadites
So he didn't pronounce every single tiny little syllable...but he got the gist of it, yeah.
EVIL DEAD ?? (Score:1)
Is there any other kind ??
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Grateful?
Listen up, You primitive screw heads! (Score:2)
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"This is my boom stick" is a great line. Even if Remington wasn't making double-barrel shotguns at the time.
"It's a trick. Get an axe." is just brilliant. Words to live by.
I'm alone here (Score:2)
You're not alone (Score:1)
Sorry, guys. . . (Score:4, Informative)
. . . but it's the remake [toplessrobot.com] of The Evil Dead, not another sequel. And Bruce is currently only signed on to produce, not act.
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oh my [bbc.co.uk]
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I'm sure he'll have a cameo at the very least.
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So it'll be remake #2?
It has been awhile since I watched the original 3, but isn't Evil Dead 2 basically a remake of Evil Dead? The original Evil Dead creeps me out to this day.
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ED2 is a comedic remake, so it doesn't really count, at least in my book.
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Re:Sorry, guys. . . (Score:5, Insightful)
In that case, it will suck ass. Because the only reason those movies were any good was that he was in them. Without him, they lose their core affability and become the cheap junk they were mocking.
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"I'll swallow your soooooouuuuulllll!"
"Swallow this."
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My favorite part of your link, which sums up my thoughts quite nicely, was 'So... still no Evil Dead 4. It's a good thing I just created that "Crushing Disappointment" tag.'
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. . . but it's the remake [toplessrobot.com] of The Evil Dead, not another sequel. And Bruce is currently only signed on to produce, not act.
So, let me see.
Evil Dead was the original
Evil Dead II was apparently a remake of Evil Dead.
Army of Darkness.
Evil Dead Remake (coming i guess).
So, out of 4 movies, there is only 2 actually movies, if you don't count the remakes.
Sometimes, you just got to leave the past alone, and go on with the new. But hey, cash in on the Evil Dead name, since i'll download it off tpb anyways.
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Sorry, wrong. As it was pointed out above, Evil Dead II had a 7 minute rehash of the first Evil Dead movie. The rest of Evil Dead II was its own deal. Also if you fail to watch Evil Dead I, then II, then AoD, you will miss out on the progression of the movies as well as some pretty good laughs and connections between the 3.
The question that I have not seen up to this point (haven't read below this comment yet), is whether or not the movie will be made with comedy in mind or as a campy serious version muc
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Except that Army of Darkness was the last movie.
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WTF are you doing on slashdot!!! Get the fuck out of here you poser.
Gimme som sugar (Score:3)
It may be bad.
But I feel good.
How Ironic (Score:1)
Duke Nukem stole so many of his lines from Bruce Campbell movies. Now, all the younger kids are going to think that the Evil Dead stole the lines from Duke Nukem Forever.
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Wait. Someone is actually going to play Duke Nukem Forever?
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I think I may have done, about 5 hours of my life are missing and I still have my gum.
If you're referring to this quote "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum.", its by Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live [imdb.com] (1988).
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One word (Score:3, Funny)
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Workshed
Such sweet words! (Score:1)
Detroit? (Score:4, Funny)
"production in Detroit"
So it's a reality show?
obligatory nerdcore reference (Score:2)
MC Lars & YTCracker feat. Schaffer the Darklord and Zealous1 - Do The Bruce Campbell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tOnV4nLNxU [youtube.com]
What we obviously nedd... (Score:2)
is a whole NecroComicCom for more information on works like these...
Hail to the king, baby...
Winged Monkeys? (Score:4, Interesting)
I wonder if it will have a scene with undead flying monkeys coming out of Bruce Campbell's ass? For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, years ago, he did an interview where the commentator asked him if he'd do another Evil Dead movie and his response was "when winged monkeys fly out of my ass". With anyone else, I would not even ponder the possibility of that scene being in the movie. But, hey, we're talking Campbell and Raimi here.