Needless to say, I’d love to direct an Evil Dead project. I’ve been wanting to make an all-out zombie splatter film for a long time. Something hard-core and gory as hell. I like that Tapert wants to produce a film that is an “assault.” I have a track record…3 features now — and I can certainly work on low budgets.
Hell, I even have Ellen (Cheryl from the original) Sandweiss in my new film, Satan’s Playground. She had so many interesting stories to tell about the making of the original. I’m planning on shooting THE OCEAN next, but I’d drop everything if this opportunity presented itself.
I’m a die-hard Evil Dead fan; I saw the cult classic in 1981 in theaters when I was 11.
Now outside of Stanley Kubrick rising from the grave to direct the remake, it’d be tough for me to get excited about the project. But since it’s gonna happen, it would be nice to see them hand the reins over to a dedicated genre hound like Tomaselli who will definitely deliver the grit and gristle the story needs.