In the build-up to the release of Evil Dead Rise (read our review right HERE) in 2023, Evil Dead franchise rights holders Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Rob Tapert let it be known that they were already looking forward to producing more entries in the series, with Campbell revealing they were hoping to make a new sequel / spin-off every two or three years. Last year, they proved their commitment to this idea by hiring Sébastien Vaniček, who made his feature directorial debut on the French horror film Vermin, a.k.a. Infested, to write and direct one new installment in the franchise and Francis Galluppi, who made his feature directorial debut with the crime thriller The Last Stop in Yuma County, to write and direct another.
Vaniček’s Evil Dead Burn is set for a July 10th theatrical release, and while we wait to see how that one has turned out, Galluppi’s Evil Dead Wrath has already wrapped production! It should be ready for a 2027 release, but it’s actually scheduled to reach theatres on April 7, 2028.
Who is in Evil Dead Wrath?
Plot details on Evil Dead Wrath are being kept under wraps, but it was announced that Galluppi has cast Charlotte Hope (The Nun), Jessica McNamee (Mortal Kombat), Zach Gilford (Midnight Mass), Josh Helman (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Ella Newton (Dangerous Animals), Elizabeth Cullen (Goolagong), and newcomer Ella Oliphant in his movie.
Rob Tapert is producing the project alongside Sam Raimi, with Romel Adam, Jose Cañas, Lee Cronin, and Bruce Campbell serving as executive producers.
Raimi made his feature directorial debut with the original The Evil Dead, which introduced Campbell as iconic hero Ash Williams. Ash returned for Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, and the Ash vs. Evil Dead TV series, with Raimi directing the films and the first episode of the show. After seeing a short film directed by Fede Alvarez, the Evil Dead rights holders gave him the chance to make his feature directorial debut with the Ash-less 2013 Evil Dead. Then Lee Cronin was hired to make the Ash-less Evil Dead Rise based on the strength of his own feature debut, the 2019 film The Hole in the Ground. So Sébastien Vaniček being hired to make an Evil Dead movie right after entering the feature world with Vermin / Infested is very on brand for this franchise, and so is Francis Galluppi being hired to make one when he was fresh off of The Last Stop in Yuma County.
An animated series follow-up to Ash vs. Evil Dead is also in the works.
Evil Dead 2013, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Evil Dead Rise, and Evil Dead Burn have all been filmed in New Zealand, where Tapert lives, and Evil Dead Wrath followed suit. It began filming in Auckland three months ago, and the end of production was confirmed by our friends at Bloody Disgusting.
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