this evil Dead The franchise has been well-received for decades, but it’s only just coming back into the spotlight. We already know that at least two more movies are coming, following last year’s evil death rises, But it sounds like the series will continue further through animation.
to promote his new show in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly hysteria, Frequent star Bruce Campbell says an “animated version” of the horror series is currently in production. While he’s staying mum on specifics, he said the show will allow him to reprise his role as Ash Williams, whose last major appearance was in the three-season series Ash Ketchum and the Evil Dead. He basically said he was voicing Ash “all day long,” mostly because his voice hadn’t changed the same way his body had in decades.
Campbell already gets the Legacy sequel treatment Ash VS, So it seems like the show will be the only way to see his character moving forward. No matter how it sounds, he thinks evil Dead It would be just fine without him, as would Sam Raimi’s involvement. His only hope is that future films remember what made the series so special. “Take the element that people like,” he said, “that innocent people are being tortured by malicious entities and people are powerless to stop it.”
Speaking of the future, Campbell teased a little about what’s in store for the next two films. Earlier this year we learned that one was a spin-off from Sébastien Vaniček and the other was a completely original film written and directed by Francis Galluppi story. The scripts for both films are essentially ready, and Campbell said a studio will finance and distribute both films. since evil death rises It grossed $146 million at the global box office, ranking first among its genre. Since audiences love the “new incarnation” of the series, why not work to ensure there are no more 10-year gaps between entries?
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