Bruce Campbell talks Evil Dead 4 and Bruce vs. Frankenstein | Movie News
Bruce Campbell will forever be associated with Deadite-fighting bonehead/hero Ashley J. Williams from the EVIL DEAD movies, a fact the actor cheerfully embraces.
In a lengthy interview with the LA Times, The Chin talks about the legacy of the movies, his history with director Sam Raimi, the difficulties of both indie horror and studio productions, the multitude of EVIL DEAD DVD releases (he's out promoting the new Blu-Ray), and his shift to television work.
Campbell naturally drops some hints as to a fourth EVIL DEAD movie, but as usual, don't get your hopes up. "None of us have said no," Campbell says. "I think Sam is always tweaking with the idea. He's joked with a couple of concepts. He has threatened to do it multiple times. He'll put a false statement out just to torment people. We joke that when he's got one eye left and I'm in the old actors' home, that's when we'll do it. But we both have day jobs now. The EVIL DEAD movies, you really have to lock up about two years of your life for each EVIL DEAD movie and we don't really have the time right now. Sam says that he will gladly get back on that track, but right now he's on that A-picture train and he's getting a lot more creative freedoms afforded to him with his success. I don't know that he needs to right now. And I'm kinda busy with the No. 1 show on cable [USA's "Burn Notice"]. I don't think about it a lot because I'm busy doing other stuff."
As for BRUCE VS. FRANKENSTEIN, Campbell's intended sequel to MY NAME IS BRUCE, he compares it to THE EXPENDABLES and the classic ensemble comedy/road movie IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD. "I want to get so many horror movie stars that people can't possibly not see the movie," he says. "I want to give them other stuff to do. I want to have Kane Hodder be very particular about what he eats. I want Robert Englund to be a tough guy, like he knows tae kwon do or something. I want to find out the hidden sides of all these people."
Campbell says that there's a script but it "just kind of blows right now", but after some more work he will "Definitely shoot in Oregon all on a stage. It's like the 300 of horror comedies."
Source: LA Times
Extra Tidbit: My first time seeing EVIL DEAD (so long ago) was a VHS double feature with DEATH RACE 2000. You?
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4:16AM on 09/07/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Bruce Vs. Frankenstein sounds awesome so far, though. I wish him luck with that!
Bruce Vs. Frankenstein sounds awesome so far, though. I wish him luck with that!
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As for ED4, I think Drag me to Hell has proven 2 things : 1) Sam Raimi still got it, 2)But if he was ever going for ED4, he would have done it instead of Drag me to Hell.
Now, the awesomest would be to use Drag me to Hell as a way to make ED4 : Justin Long is searching for a way to bring back Lohman form Hell, and with the help of Yusuf, summons a...
As for ED4, I think Drag me to Hell has proven 2 things : 1) Sam Raimi still got it, 2)But if he was ever going for ED4, he would have done it instead of Drag me to Hell.
Now, the awesomest would be to use Drag me to Hell as a way to make ED4 : Justin Long is searching for a way to bring back Lohman form Hell, and with the help of Yusuf, summons a hero : Ash is brought back from the future where he has spent the last 20 years. And as he thinks he can finally have a break, he has to go to Hell to save the girl. Day dreaming is cool.
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Sorry for Ranting too I'm pretty f**ked up
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As for the tidbit, I saw Evil Dead around 13 or 14, and Death Race 2000 a few years ago on TMC. Both classics, both amazing.
As for the tidbit, I saw Evil Dead around 13 or 14, and Death Race 2000 a few years ago on TMC. Both classics, both amazing.
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