ASH VS. EVIL DEAD Is Coming to Comic-Con 2015
For those of you who were hoping to see some Ash Vs. Evil Dead panel action at San Diego Comic-Con this year, you got your wish! Starz has announced that they will have a panel for the Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell produced horror series, along with Ronald D. Moore’s Outlander. The panels will include members of the cast and crew, and I’m really hoping that they have some awesome footage to show off!
Here are the panel details:
Ash vs Evil Dead:
Friday July 10th, Room 6A in the San Diego Convention Center - 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Executive Producers and original filmmakers Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Bruce Campbell will be panel guests along with Lucy Lawless.
“Ash vs Evil Dead,” which is currently in production in New Zealand, is the long-awaited follow-up to the classic horror film franchise The Evil Dead and is set to premiere on STARZ in Fall 2015. The 10-episode first season of the half-hour series is executive produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell, the original filmmakers of the franchise, and Craig DiGregorio who will serve as executive producer and showrunner.
Campbell will be reprising his role as Ash, the stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons –personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its “Evil” grip.
The cast is led by Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, “Burn Notice”) in the role of Ash Williams, Lucy Lawless (“Salem,” “Spartacus”) as Ruby a mysterious figure who believes Ash is the cause of the Evil outbreaks, Ray Santiago (“Touch,” Meet the Fockers) as Pablo Simon Bolivar, an idealistic immigrant who becomes Ash’s loyal sidekick, Dana DeLorenzo (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) as Kelly Maxwell, a moody wild child trying to outrun her past and Jill Marie Jones (“Sleepy Hollow”) as Amanda Fisher, a disgraced Michigan State Trooper set to find our anti-hero Ash and prove his responsibility in the grisly murder of her partner.
Outlander:
Saturday July 11th Ballroom 20 in the San Diego Convention Center - 4:00 – 4:45 PM
Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore, author Diana Gabaldon, and actors Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan will be there to talk about the series.
“Outlander” spans the genres of romance, science fiction, history and adventure as it follows Claire Randall, a married WWII combat nurse who mistakenly falls back in time to 1743. As the season continues, Claire and Jamie's relationship is tested and Claire must reconcile her modern mindset with this 18th century world. Ruthless redcoats, volatile clan politics, and a brutal witch trial force Jamie and Claire to escape to a new home. Just when their life as a married couple begins to take shape, Jamie is once again drawn into Captain Randall’s darkness. Ultimately, Claire discovers there is a fate worse than death as she struggles to save Jamie’s heart, as well as his soul.
I think Ash Vs. Evil Dead should have had a Hall H panel. It’s going to be hard getting all of the fans of the franchise into room 6A! These people seem to underestimate the power of the Evil Dead.