However, the confirmation Evil Dead 4 will directly follow from the original trilogy rather than the reboot is new. Likewise, that Campbell will not be starring in the film, and that it will follow two new protagonists, though Campbell will serve as executive producer along with original trilogy director Sam Raimi and longtime producer Robert Tapert. In May Variety confirmed its sequel status, reporting, ' The next chapter in the saga builds off the original trilogy, rather than the 2013 reboot, and moves the action out of the woods and into the city.' The details of Evil Dead Rise's urban setting have been known since the project was first announced. The next film in the universe, Evil Dead Rise, is set to start production this year, and it's going to be a sequel to the original franchise. Related: Evil Dead: How Many Deadites Ash Williams Kills In The Movies & TV Show In 2013, Fede Alvarez came out with a soft reboot of the original, titled Evil Dead, from which Ash's character was absent. In the years since, the series has seen more movies, a TV show, and even video games. Though his fate appears grim at the film's very end, it's later revealed that only Ashley 'Ash' Williams (Bruce Campbell) survives, and the final boy lives on to be the star of the now-iconic franchise. Things are only made worse when the group plays a recording of demonic incantations and reads the Sumerian 'Book of the Dead' they found in the basement, inadvertently unleashing evil.ĭemons with a penchant for possession, called 'Deadites,' quickly descend on them and nastily pick them off one by one.

There are already sinister forces at play in the cabin and surrounding woods before they arrive. Sam Raimi's The Evil Deadkicked off a beloved franchise, but is the upcoming Evil Dead Rise a reboot or a sequel within it? The original 1981 low-budget gorefest follows a group of five college kids as they venture into the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee to vacation in a small cabin far off the beaten path.

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