Evil Dead: a remake and a sequel

That's right, Raimi and Tapert confirmed that not only will their new production company, Ghost House, exec produce an Evil Dead remake, but that after Spidey 3, Raimi, Tapert and Campbell plan on reuniting for an Evil Dead 4.

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Well, not only do I still stand firmly oppsed to an Evil Dead remake, but now its seems even more pointless if they're gonna follow it up with a sequel to Army of Darkness, which is what we all wanted anyway. All along I thought the remake was a consolation prize for us fans because we'll never get a sequal, but perhaps its a way to lower our expectations so that we'll love 4 even more. Raimi's got Spider-man now, so maybe the Evil Dead franchise is not as important to him, but personally I think he shouldn't insult Bruce Campbell by ever letting another actor play the role of Ash. Bruce owns that role as much as anyone has ever owned a role in the history of film, why tarnish the legend? It would be easy to assume that Raimi wants to do the remake for the money it will finally earn this time around, but I don't believe that, he's made plenty of money with Spider-man and there's simply no way that he is motivated by greed. We all know he pretty much seems like the nicest guy to ever live. Yes, but therein in may lie the problem. Kindness. I guess thats the only explanation I can figure, he's just so damned nice he'll let someone shit all over the legendary movie series he has created. Now, in his own words he says he thinks both the original Dawn of the Dead and the remake are great horror films, thus he'll let someone else put their own spin on Evil Dead. In theory this sounds fine, I also enjoyed the DOTD remake. I guess I just have a gut feeling that an Evil Dead remake is a one way ticket to misfortunedale, which is only a short stop on your way to disasterville, where you then catch a train to monstrosityberg and eventually end up in San Cataclysmo.