EVIL DEAD RISE Director Has a Wicked Idea For a Sequel Described as "John Wick Evil Dead"
Evil Dead Rise is out in theaters and it had a great opening weekend! Audiences apparently want a little insane and bloody horror in their lives, and there’s nothing wrong with that! You can bet that we’re going to see another Evil Dead movie and Sam Raimi is already preparing for more films!
Bruce Campbell recently revealed that Sam Raimi is currently building an Evil Dead bible for the filmmakers who come in to work on the franchise, and they are hoping to release a new Evil Dead film every two to three years.
Well, Evil Dead Rise director, Lee Cronin, has an idea for another Evil Dead movie that he wants to make, and it sounds pretty damn awesome. There are light spoilers ahead, but he shared:
"For me, actually what it was driven by is the idea that the force can't really be destroyed. So, even though there's someone adjacent to all the madness that has happened, that force can prevail and can kind of continue onwards. So, that's one pathway. There's also, there's a second storyline, a hundred years in the past that's shared in this. And that's also a storyline I've had boiling for what goes on behind that vinyl. You could go back in time. Then I've got one Priest versus a hundred Deadites. 'John Wick Evil Dead.'"
I need to see that movie! When that vinyl record played in the film of the priest, I immediately thought that I wanted to see that story play out! It’s such a great concept and it would make for an amazing movie. Now that Cronin has put that out in the universe, it has to happen. He has to make this movie!
The vinyl record that came along with the Book of the Dead in the film that Danny finds in an old vault offers insight into the story of a priest 100 years ago who finds himself battling some deadites. Cronin went on to explain that he viewed his job as opening and expanding this universe, saying:
"The challenge that was set for me was to move the dial with this world, to crack the world open in a different way. I hope I've been successful in doing that. I've actually left a few doors open to get inside that world. There is that wraparound and that wraparound is always there. I wanted to show the fans that I understand the world, I understand where it's been, but also here's the change, here's the needle drop, here's where we're going to go. We're going to go somewhere else."
As for other sequel ideas, such as continuing to follow the character Beth (Lily Sullivan) after her blood-drenched ordeal, the filmmaker said:
"Also there's the 10 minutes later story for those that ... the lucky ones that maybe just about make it out alive. There's that place also. And then equally, what about when the authorities show up at this building and find the carnage that's there? And if you remember, there's still some seriously hardcore remnants left in that building that could have an impact on a whole new set of unsuspecting factors."
Well, I hope to hell that Cronin starts developing his next Evil Dead movie soon! The one about the priest is the one that I need to see!
Source: /Film