Lifestyle > Sports & Entertainment

thank god! no Freddy Vs Jason Vs Ash!

(1/3) > >>

Thirteen:
IGNFF: The Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash rumors keep circulating. What are your thoughts on that project?

RAIMI: Well, I actually really like those, the Freddy movies, and Jason is a classic American horror figure now. I have a lot of respect for those series, and maybe one day they will meet up, but right now what I'd like to do is, well I'd first rather make another Evil Dead picture, and then maybe when we're done with it, if there's an interesting story that really seems like it's not just a device to make money, which I'm not saying it was. I know that they wanted to do something really cool, but I wanted to keep the option open for myself to make another Evil Dead movie without the limitations of what that story may have done. That's really, I think, what it is.
 
IGNFF: So you do hold complete control over the rights to the Ash character?

RAIMI: Yes.

IGNFF: So there's no way they can make that movie without your consent?

RAIMI: Right. I think that they were hoping that it might go. We talked about it, but then the press release came out and I think I would need more control than they would be happy with and I don't want to control some other director. Sean Cunningham's a brilliant director and I actually don't want to be in a position where I'm trying to protect Ash and the Evil Dead story and he's not getting everything he wants. Even though it might have been really great, I bet what he does is gonna be great, it didn't seem like a good position for me to be in. Anyways, they've got so many great possibilities with that franchise and those two characters, I don't think they really need the Evil Dead franchise to be part of it.

the rest of the article has some interesting things on the new horror movie "the grudge" coming out of Sam Raimi's production company and also a few things about Spiderman 3

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/556/556242p1.html

Now_Im_Not_Banned:
Yea...This has been said before...Only because of what I heard from people who were supposed to be involved with the project and read the script, I was actually pretty hyped for this...Oh well, another "Evil Dead" movie should kick ass.

Now_Im_Not_Banned:
BTW, this is sad news in the Horror world...Sam Raimi was the reason for the hope people had in this project...Read on:

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/index.php?Show=2640&Template=newsfull

Thirteen:
i'm glad they canned it....Ash is pretty much a slapstick comedy character, i think he'd be better suited for chucky or the leprechaun

Now_Im_Not_Banned:

--- Quote from: Cartman on October 11, 2004, 10:03:15 PM ---i'm glad they canned it....Ash is pretty much a slapstick comedy character, i think he'd be better suited for chucky or the leprechaun

--- End quote ---


Slapstick comedy?...Ash was barely comedic until "Army of Darkness"...That's when he really went all out...And are we forgetting that one of Freddy's main elements is actually Comedy?...I dunno, I had mixed feelings about Ash being involved when I first heard about it, until the script was deemed awesome by those who had the chance to read it; then I actually got excited...Now I'm disappointed.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page