Last night at the post-premiere Q&A for the South by SouthWest Film Festival premiere of Evil Dead, director Fede Alvarez revealed that they're already
writing the sequel to the remake, which we're going to dub Evil Dead 2 until a better title comes along. But just last week, Sam Raimi revealed that he and his brother Ted are working on a screenplay for an
Evil Dead 4, which would presumably follow the further adventures of Bruce Campbell's Ash Williams.
According to Raimi's Ghost House Pictures producing partner Rob Tapert, they were never talking about doing an Evil Dead 4 but actually doing a direct sequel to Army of Darkness.
"That would be 'Army of Darkness 2,'" Tapert corrected the earlier news story when ComingSoon talked to him at the movie junket. "Everybody calls it 'Evil Dead 4' but 'Army of Darkness' wasn't called 'Evil Dead' anywhere except by the fans."
"Sam threatens this every six months," Bruce Campbell says. "I've heard this a thousand times, because in the back of his mind, he never wants to let go, because he loved making these movies. We all loved making them together. They were a nightmare to make, very difficult, but they lasted the test of time, so he's not going to let that go, and I'm never going to say 'no.' It'll be me and a walker fighting some other old guy. But that's what he does and who knows? It may happen."