The various worlds of the EvilDead franchise were once supposed to collide... so what happened?
Much like that ancient Naturom Demonto book, the Evil Dead movies keep coming back every generation to inflict more gnarly thrills on moviegoers. In the 21st century, the scope of the franchise, in feature films at least, has shifted away from previous protagonist Ash Williams over to new characters in titles like the 2013 Evil Dead remake and the 2023 feature Evil Dead Rise.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Initial Rumblings of an 'Evil Dead' Crossover In March 2013, Evil Dead debuted to a rowdy response at the South by Southwest Film Festival. The movie’s heavy emphasis on grisly carnage and homages to the original Sam Raimi horror feature was prime fodder to go over like gangbusters at this particular event. Unsurprisingly, this Fede Alvarez directorial effort scored glowing reviews out of the festival.
The Difficulties With Getting This Crossover off of the Ground The problems plaguing this Evil Dead crossover became apparent almost immediately. A little over a year after this initial announcement, plans for a proper Army of Darkness sequel movie had morphed into a Starz TV show entitled Ash vs. Evil Dead. This program was initially unable to utilize elements from Army of Darkness because of legal issues .
The 'Evil Dead' Crossover Is Dead…for Now These ambitious plans for a big Evil Dead crossover finally died off with the news that Bruce Campbell had retired from playing Ash Williams. What was the point of intersecting the various points of this franchise if the most notable leading man of the series wasn’t going to be around? With Alvarez too busy on other projects to concentrate on a sequel to the 2013 Evil Dead remake, the focus shifted to prolonging the franchise in simpler ways.
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