Evil Dead I Remake[views:1322][posts:12]__________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 9:33am - litacore ""] LET'S JUST HAVE ALAN SMITHEE REMAKE CITIZEN KANE WHILE WE'RE AT IT. chrissakes--------------------:middlefinger: Raimi Readies "Dead" Remake Thu Nov 18, 5:20 PM ET By Josh Grossberg Sam Raimi is resurrecting the Dead. The Spider-Man helmer, who shot to fame scaring the bejesus out of moviegoers as the writer, director and producer of the 1981 cult horror classic The Evil Dead, has unveiled plans for a remake, Daily Variety reports. Raimi will develop the new Dead installment through his Ghost House Pictures with an assist from the production company Senator International and the film's original producing partners, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell (news). Campbell also played Ash, the beleaguered, badass hero chased by dark zombie forces in The Evil Dead and its sequels: 1987's equally gory Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn and 1992's Army of Darkness, which jettisoned the series' more stomach-churning chills in favor of slapstick. The Evil Dead follows five friends who wind up at a cabin in the woods, where they find an archaeologist's taped translation of an ancient text known as the Necronomicon. When spoken aloud, the book unleashes an unspeakable evil from the forest that terrorizes the teens and turns them into flesh-eating demons. It's up to Ash to keep the dead dead. The over-the-top violence, masterful camera work, and buckets of blood earned the low-budget feature a massive underground following and launched Raimi's career. Because he's busy prepping Spider-Man 3, Raimi doesn't have plans to direct the new version. "The Evil Dead is such a special film to Sam, Rob, Bruce and horror fans that we are going to take great care in renewing this franchise," Joe Drake, president of Senator International, told Variety. "By keeping its original formula intact and given audiences' appetite for horror, we expect that we'll have a real hit on our hands." As part of the deal, Senator will put up the financing in exchange for worldwide rights to the picture and its executive producer, Nathan Kahane, will supervise production for the company. No word on whether Campbell will have a role in the update. Meanwhile, Senator and Ghost House have also green-lighted a follow-up to The Grudge, now that the Sarah Michelle Gellar (news)-starring horror flick has just crossed the $100 million mark in domestic box office after 27 days in release. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 9:37am - Christraper ""] what the hell are they thinking? |
| __________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 9:47am - litacore ""] they've got to offset the cash loss of poo-butt "Grudge" sequels so Evil Dead II Dead by Dawn is probably next |
| _________________________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 10:56am - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] gross, leave classics alone. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 11:00am - JoeDie.Now ""] prepare for bullet-time zombie battles in the woods, Oh man i hope they get the Rock for this one |
| ___________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 11:04am - litacore ""] there is NO WAY they can replicate the creepiness of Linda chanting to Ash "we're gonna get you / we're gonna get you" |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 11:06am - blue nli ""] -hears news- -pukes- |
| ________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 11:13am - moran ""] I'm speechless. wow. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 11:16am - PaganMegan ""] seriously, if it ain't broke don't fix it fuckers |
| ________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 11:18am - moran ""] At least Raimi, Tapert, and Campbell are controling it. But still a bad idea. |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 11:35am - dreadkill ""] they should just make a new movie with a new plot about new things with a new name. what is the point of remaking it? evil dead 2 was pretty much a remake of the first one. why do it again? if anything, they should remake spiderman 2. that movie sucked the high hard one. |
| __________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 12:02pm - damnose ""] hmm. seems to be what happens when a bunch of nerds come together and make their voices heard, thus creating a mass market. I blame the internet. You people should be ashamed! most pointless remake ever.... besides planet of the apes |
| ___________________________________________ [Nov 19,2004 12:47pm - intricateprocess ""] STOP FUCKING REMAKING MOVIES, JUST FUCKING STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP |