mndtrp

Well, at least I can stop caring about this ever being completed.

old-boo-radley

A new Raimi Evil Dead film is like the Duke Nukem Forever of the horror world. I'm eagerly anticipating it, but I won't pay much attention until the poster's up at the theater.

islandclaws

A proper 4th film would be a better comparison. Have no doubts that this remake will be crapping up theaters by next year.

Pizza

Would have preferred a sequel too. I was disappointed when they dropped the Freddie Vs Jason storyline with Ash. To have one more blast with Ash battling the evil dead would be awesome.

islandclaws

I'm still confused by Campbell's participation in this one, though. It sounds like he's doing something, which I'm sure will be made clear later.

freshticles

I guess this pretty much blows up all hopes of an Evil Dead 4. Can't make an ED4 with a new ED on the way. Too confusing, numerically. It's going to suck recommending the original to people and having to stress that it's the 'old one'. This remake is so unneccessary. Diablo Cody? Fuuuuuuck

RocShemp

Last he spoke of it, he said he'd do a cameo. He joked about playing a mailman.

islandclaws

I'd be more interested in they pulled an Evil Dead II and just remade the first one again with Campbell in the lead surrounded by different actors with a marginally different story. But that'll never happen.

islandclaws

Bloody Disgusting has the scoop on a rumored plot synopsis:

The “new spin” is the motivation behind the trip, with the lead character taking his younger sister to the family’s cabin to help her kick her drug addiction. Without her drugs she becomes insane and difficult to control, which makes it impossible to see that she’s actually possessed.

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Solid Snake

...Oooh fuck. This...yeah...not liking this. Didn't mind who the writer was...but this? Yeeeeeaaah...not digging it. I'm seeing cliche related material pertaining to drug addiction plots.

islandclaws

It's going to be a fucking episode of Intervention in the woods, presumably with demons.

Dr Mabuse

I predict an evil emo evil dance that signifies a 'deep' conflict in the main character.

It's going to be that good!

Groucho

We should probably remove "by Sam Raimi" from the thread title.

RocShemp

They shouldn't even remake it. Just let Diablo Cody make another original shitfest.

islandclaws

Interview with Diablo Cody from Collider:

"I know, honestly I was so excited to do it. I wouldn’t have even gotten involved if Sam [Raimi] and Bruce Campbell hadn’t been involved as well, they’re producing it, and so of course I was like “Alright I have to do this” because I’m such a fan of the original, and the whole original series in fact. But I was nervous to take the job because I thought “Ugh, I’m gonna get shit for this. People are not gonna like this, because all people know of me is like Juno and they think I’m gonna pollute Evil Dead with like wacky dialogue and cute stuff and folk music, and it’s like “No, look I understand what this is. I’m interested in storytelling here and making it scary and good and true to the original.” I feel like people will hopefully see Young Adult and go “Oh, okay that’s a horrifying movie maybe she could pull it off (laughs).”

And when asked if she added to any of the death scenes, she replied:

"Because the director’s draft was really scary, I tried to stay away from some of the big horror set pieces. I didn’t wanna mess with his vision, because he’s the one who ultimately has to shoot it. That being said, there is a moment near the—I mean it’s unbelievably violent (laughs). Occasionally I threw in a wound here or there. I didn’t write anything extravagant."

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Interest has risen from 0 to 1. At least she knows we hate her.

RocShemp

Funny that she brings up Juno but ignores her own equally horrible foray into the horror genre, Jennifer's Body.

Supermallet

Fuck Diablo Cody. Fuck her to death.

Hokeyboy

Diablo Cody is so awesome. I could just eat my own face!

Supermallet

Don't make me ban you.

Roybq

That ain't no Etch-A-Sketch. This is one Kandarian demon that can't be un-did, Homeskillet.

I can hardly wait!!!!

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Hokeyboy

I flip the bacon-trampoline to pictures of Diablo Cody while reciting lines from Juno instead of watching Barry Lyndon, because it sucks!!!1

islandclaws

A little more from MTV:

MTV caught up with Diablo Cody and pressed her for more quotes about her time polishing up the script for The Evil Dead remake.

"It was really important again to the filmmakers that it remain totally grounded in reality and timeless," she said. "They weren't trying to make some hip trendy horror movie full of pop culture references. I really hope people don't think that that's what I was hired to do. I came in and worked on characters and relationships, things like that."

dsa_shea

I would rather see a movie version of Evil Dead The Musical than this and I'm being 100% serious. A decent budgeted version of EDTM, which I have seen a stage production of, would be very entertaining to see and would be distant enough to not mess with the original trilogy at all.

yoshimi

I hope it is PG13, stars Hayden Christianson as Ash and has a hip hop soundtrack.