Lily Collins is currently in final negotiations to play the lead role, Mia, in FilmDistrict’s upcoming anticipated remake of ‘The Evil Dead,’ Comic Book Movie is reporting. Mia is reportedly the female version of Bruce Campbell’s character, Ashley J. Williams, in the original trilogy. ‘The Evil Dead’ remake is set to follow Mia and four friends, David, Natalie, Eric and Olivia, as they travel to a remote cabin so that Mia can detox. There, they find a Book of the Dead that unleashes a demonic force. The friends are all possessed, until only one is left to fight for survival. With Mia focusing on her new-found sobriety, Olivia acting as…

A pumped-up remake of the same-named 1984 vampire horror-comedy, “Fright Night” represents a well oiled machine of goosed senses that unfortunately has no clearly defined motivating purposes, even within genre confines of its own story. Fun and engaging performances carry the movie a great distance, but it eventually bogs down courtesy of loosely defined stakes (no pun intended) and poorly incentivized action. The story centers on Las Vegas high school senior Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin), who lives with his single mom real estate agent, Jane (Toni Collette), and has successfully pivoted away from his geeky past enough to bag a popular girlfriend, Amy (Imogen Poots). Things get turned upside down…

Screenwriter Diablo Cody talks with Collider about the upcoming horror remake “The Evil Dead” from first-time feature director Fede Alvarez co-written by Diablo Cody (Juno). The original 1981 cult classic film was written and director by Sam Raimi and starred Bruce Campbell. Synopsis: Five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin where they discover a Book Of The Dead and unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival. Follow @Shockya on Twitter for the latest from The Evil Dead. Source: Collider

Bruce Campbell has confirmed that he won’t be reprising his most well-known role of Ashley “Ash” Williams in the upcoming remake in the cult classic horror film ‘The Evil Dead,’ Reelz Channel is reporting. However, the actor, who has received mainstream fame in recent years for his starring role as Sam Axe on USA’s hit series ‘Burn Notice,’ will produce the remake with the original film’s director, Sam Raimi, and Robert Tapert. Of Ash’s exclusion, Campbell has said he and his fellow producers don’t want the remake to have a direct comparison to the original 1981 film. He added that rising director Fede Alvarez, who has signed on to helm…

Bruce Campbell, who starred as Ash in the Evil Dead Series, talks about the upcoming horror remake “The Evil Dead” from first-time feature director Fede Alvarez co-written by Diablo Cody (Juno). The original 1981 cult classic film was written and director by Sam Raimi and starred Bruce Campbell. Synopsis: Five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin where they discover a Book Of The Dead and unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival. Follow @Shockya on Twitter for the latest from The Evil Dead.

Bloody-Disgusting.com posted some new teaser artwork and the official American Film Market synopsis for the upcoming horror remake “The Evil Dead” from first-time feature director Fede Alvarez co-written by Diablo Cody (Juno). The original 1981 cult classic film was written and director by Sam Raimi and starred Bruce Campbell. Synopsis: Five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin where they discover a Book Of The Dead and unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival. Follow @Shockya on Twitter for the latest from The Evil Dead.

Ryan Turek from Shock Till You Drop got his hands on the official American Film Market synopsis for the upcoming horror remake “The Evil Dead” from first-time feature director Fede Alvarez co-written by Diablo Cody (Juno). The original 1981 cult classic film was written and director by Sam Raimi and starred Bruce Campbell. Synopsis: Five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin where they discover a Book Of The Dead and unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival. Follow @Shockya on Twitter for the latest from The Evil Dead….

December isn’t a month generally associated with Halloween-style gross-out horror, but this year, December will see the Synapse Films release of director Scott Spiegel’s “INTRUDER,” starring one of the kings of horror, Sam Raimi. The film, from Lawrence Bender, the producer of Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” and “Reservoir Dogs” and the film “From Dusk Till Dawn,” will include special features such as an audio commentary with Spiegel and Bender; “Slashed Prices: The Making of INTRUDER” featurette including interviews with Spiegel, Bender, the KNB EFX team, actors Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Elizabeth Cox, Danny Hicks and others; never-before-seen extended murder sequences, outtakes from “Night Crew” short film; interview featurette with filmmaker/fan…

Sam Raimi and his original producing partners Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell (who also starred in the franchise) will remake their cult hit “The Evil Dead.” The film will be made through the team’s long standing Ghost House Pictures partnership. The film is set to be written and directed by Fede Alvarez, who directed the short film “Panic Attack.” In fact, Tapert and Raimi were so impressed with Alvarez that the two set up a blind deal with Alvarez, which resulted in him writing and directing the film. Raimi, Tapert and Campbell will serve as producers and Ghost House Pictures partners Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane will executive produce. Nicole…

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment was kind enough to send us a review copy of the Blu-ray release of “The Evil Dead” written and directed by Sam Raimi (Spider-Man trilogy, Drag Me To Hell) and produced by Robert G. Tapert (Drag Me To Hell, The Grudge). Its cast features Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness), Ellen Sandweiss (My Name is Bruce), Hal Delrich (Crimewave), Betsy Baker (TV’s “Southland”, “E.R.”) and Sarah York (TV’s “Dangerous Women”). Five Michigan State University students venture into the hills to spend a weekend at an isolated cabin. There they discover an ancient Sumerian text, known as the “Morturom Demonto”; roughly translated as “The Book…