ARMY OF DARKNESS Will Play a Part in ASH VS. EVIL DEAD Season 2
I love the Evil Dead franchise and my favorite film in it is Army of Darkness. We've previously heard talk of a sequel to Army of Darkness, but it looks like the elements of that film are going to play a part in the Starz series Ash Vs. Evil Dead, which is freakin' badass!
The news was confirmed by executive producer Rob Tapert during the Ash Vs. Evil Dead panel at Comic-Con. I was really hoping we would get to see that part of Ash's history incorporated into the series and the fact that it's happening is exciting!
According to Tapert, the reason you didn't see it acknowledged in the first season is because the rights were owned by MGM and they "just never had a chance to properly reference it in the first season.” Tapert went on to explain:
"I read somebody’s online thing, ‘Oh look, they’re only pulling from these two [Evil Dead] movies.’ This season, we do bring up Ash’s events in Army of Darkness, and reference it. It was more that there wasn’t a place for it in our storytelling that we needed to talk about that. If he started blabbing to these shop clerks about, ‘Yeah, I went back to the Middle Ages and did all these things,’ [it would just be exposition]. But that is in his memory bank, and he’s going to pull it out at the appropriate time."
That's so freakin' cool and it will be fun to see how exactly the events of Army of Darkness are depicted and represented in Ash Vs. Evil Dead.
There's also still a possibility that we could see a fourth Evil Dead film! That concept is not dead even though there's a TV series. Tapert was asked about it and he said:
"Nothing’s off the table. We’re thinking about what that could be, and who that would please. Sam [Raimi] talked for many years, teasing the world that we were going to make Evil Dead 4. And that kind of turned into a TV series. Now Bruce [Campbell] and I are going, ‘Well, there’s a possibility of a movie here.’”
As much as I love the series, it would still be so cool to see another movie! If they have a good idea and everyone is on board, they should totally do it!
What do you all think about Army of Darkness being incorporated in Ash Vs. Evil Dead and about the possibility of a fourth Evil Dead film? In case you missed it, make sure to watch the Ash Vs. Evil Dead Season 2 trailer here!