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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jul 25, 2014 19:23:24 GMT -6
www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/comic-con-sam-raimi-plans-721336Comic-Con: Sam Raimi Plans 'Evil Dead' TV Series, 'Last of Us' Film The "Spider-Man" director is going back to his roots for a TV series, while also developing Sony's hit video game into a feature — possibly with a "Game of Thrones" actress in tow. You wouldn't have found Sam Raimi's name on any of the schedules for Friday's Comic-Con programming, but the director dropped by to announce that he's currently working on an Evil Dead TV series, which he's co-writing with his brother Ivan. Even better, he's planning to draft Bruce Campbell — star of the first three Evil Dead films — to topline the series as well. Neither Raimi nor Campbell had any material involvement with the Evil Dead remake that hit theaters in 2013. Raimi also confirmed that's he's producing a Last of Us film for Screen Gems, to be adapted from the apocalyptic 2013 PlayStation game. The game's writer, Neil Druckmann, will tackle the script, but no director has been set. Both Raimi and Druckmann mentioned that they've met with Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams about joining the cast, presumably as Ellie, the young survivor at the heart of the game.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jul 29, 2014 5:17:42 GMT -6
variety.com/2014/tv/news/bruce-campbell-says-he-plans-to-star-in-sam-raimis-the-evil-dead-tv-series-1201270689/Just when “Evil Dead” fans thought they couldn’t get more excited, original trilogy star Bruce Campbell dropped some more news on them. At Comic-Con last weekend, Sam Raimi announced that he’s bringing “The Evil Dead” to life once more with a TV series while at a panel discussing the movie adaptation of videogame “The Last Of Us,” which he’s producing. He’s planning to write and direct the project with his brother, Ivan Raimi, co-writing. He also mentioned that he was drafting Campbell to topline. On Sunday, responding a fan’s question on Twitter, Campbell confirmed that he does indeed plan to return to the franchise to star in Raimi’s series. It’s been more than three decades since the first “The Evil Dead” film spawned. It would go on to inspire two sequels and a 2013 reboot, which Campbell had a post-credits cameo in.
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