In 2015, we can all look forward to new
Evil Dead stories with
Bruce Campbell as
Ash. Give me some sugar, baby. A new television series,
Ash Vs. Evil Dead, is being led by Campbell and Sam Raimi is headed to Starz. In the past Ash has been a one-man army but for the new series he'll have some supporting characters that should help flesh out Campbell's super-quotable character. "
It’s a threesome, which is a good number," Campbell said. "
Since it’s not cast yet, it would be silly to fully describe them. But they’re supposed to be two very good counterparts. One is a male-bonding situation; the other is father-figure deal, since Ash could have a daughter the same age as this character. Hopefully we’ll pull Ash out of his loner-veteran mode and get him back into being a human being again."
Apparently, the Deadites (evil creatures) always functioned within some sort of rules so that they had their boundaries. Who knew! Those rules will also be applied to the series as well. Campbell added, "
We’re going along the lines of every so often, the Evil rises to test the average man to see if man is ready to rule the earth, or if the living dead have to come back."
Sam Raimi ("Oz The Great and Powerful"), the director of the first three film in the franchise, is on board to direct the pilot. "
And any other incoming directors would be apprenticing under his style and method," Campbell explained.
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Campbell reprises his role as the title character Ash, a stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the last three decades avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons — personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its evil grip. - THR
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