The Evil Dead remake has its lead, and our new Ashley “Ash” Williams will be Lily Collins who has joined the production set to be released April of next year. Ms. Collins will play “Mia” who travels to the infamous cabin to detox and recover from her mother’s death. Her brother and friends will join her, be possessed, and presumably meet nasty fates once Mia catches on to the whole “fight demons to survive” thing.
Collins will first be seen in Tarsem’s abominable-looking Mirror Mirror, so good on her for finding an interesting project to follow that up. She’ll be directed by Fede Alvarez and will chew on words recently rewritten by Diablo Cody (whose Young Adult script has proven to me that her talent is not dependent on any specific style or gimmick).
The news comes from Bloody Disgusting, who also further confirm the drug sub-plot, which I’m sure will play into the nightmarish story in an interesting way. In fact, I’ve gotten a good vibe from the project and I’m interested to see what they make of it. I’ve as much respect as anyone for the original films, but I don’t see this as sacred ground that can’t be re-explored. Perhaps it’s blasphemy to say so, but the first Evil Dead is more influential than it is flawless, a perfect candidate for some modern love if the brains behind it are passionate and not forced to compromise.
In any event, Lily Collins better prepare to get quite gooey.
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Wasn’t high on Juno. Jennifer’s Body is garbage. Young Adult seems to have been written by an entirely different creature – and I like this new creature’s work.
I’m not doom and gloom for this remake…hell, how many times has Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, etc., been “re-made”? At least do something interesting and different, which it seems they are.
According to that Bloody-Disgusting article, “Mia” is also supposed to be the one being detoxed. So I guess she’s going to get possessed, then somehow (like Ash in part II) get un-possessed and then fight everyone else.
Yeah, I’m still hating this remake, but like others, I’ll still see it out of curiosity.
Like Jason, I hated Juno, but I skipped out on Jennifer’s Body. This Young Adult film seems interesting though.
I don’t think the original is untouchable or anything, but I just don’t see how this “female Ash” thing can work. The fun of the “Evil Dead” flicks is watching Ash get the bonkers pummeled out of him. It’s no fun watching a girl get beaten senseless. Also part of the original’s charm is the fact that the sole survivor is a cheesy caricature of a dude, rather than the traditional scrappy, lovable chick. Switching this back to the traditional arrangement, just for the sake of differentiating it from the original, seems like an uninspired choice.
Here’s hoping they surprise us. I enjoyed “Drag Me to Hell,” despite it’s flaws, and am hopeful that Raimi can shepherd this project into a respectable film. The odds are stacked against him, I’m afraid.
EVIL DEAD isn’t Shakespeare. It’s not the kind of material that can be “reimagined” over and over and over again. The people behind the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake disagreed, and look where that ended up.
I have a feeling this is going to be one of those remakes in name and concept only, and not in terms of characters,
Woah. She’s Phil Collins’ daughter.
Sounds more like to me she’s going to be the equivalent of Cheryl? Ash’s sister, the first to get possessed. Unless they are going more of the Evil Dead 2 route, like Renn said where she gets possessed but then snaps out of it to save/murder the day.
She looks a little dainty to be a female Ash, doesn’t she? I mean sure they could go all Buffy with this, but gah.
Love her eyebrows!
(Seriously… not meant as a joke).
I agree it wouldn’t work as well for a female Ash to get pummeled the entire film, however it is my understanding they are going for a more serious horror vibe. Therefore, no slapstick comedy needed.
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