Bruce Campbell Want's Michael Bay To Direct SGT. ROCK VS. THE ARMY OF THE DEAD Movie After Pitching it to Sam Raimi

Bruce Campbell made his comic book-writing debut last year with DC Comics’ DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock Vs. The Army of the Dead. Now, he wants that comic to be adapted into a movie! He’s already pitched it to Sam Raimi, but it seems like he really wants Michael Bay to direct it.

The story is set in Berlin, 1944. “The Nazis are flanked on all fronts by the combined Allied forces, and defeat seems inevitable. In a last-ditch effort to turn the tide of the war, Hitler and his team of evil scientists create a serum that resurrects their dead soldiers, creating an army of the dead even stronger than they were in life.”

In response, Sgt. Rock, “hero of the European Theatre, and his Easy Company find themselves dispatched into enemy territory to face off against the strangest, most horrific enemies they’ve encountered yet: Nazi Zombies.”

When talking about adapting the comic into a movie, Campbell told CB: "Man, that's a Michael Bay movie if I've ever seen one. You get one of the Hemsworth boys -- you get the cheaper one to play Sgt. Rock. It's a Brad Pitt-y kind of role. You need that tough guy blond dude."

He added: "Oh my God, I think that it came out just now as a graphic novel, they put all is issues together, and I want to put that on Michael Bay's desk and be like, 'Dude, get going, start prep.'"

At this point, he reveals that he already pitched it to Raimi, saying: "I gave it to Sam Raimi. I said 'Sam, your next movie.'" Then he suggested that Raimi wasn't interested in taking on the project. After all, Raimi might be busy directing some more movies at Marvel.