Robert Tapert the Producer from The Evil Dead, has talked to SciFi Wire about the remake plans for that very movie.
Apparently he and Bruce Campbell were the really reluctant ones, with Sam Raimi pushing for the new take. From an excerpt form MovieWeb:
“The funny thing is, nothing is as you would expect. Our original investors and I think [original Evil Dead star] Bruce [Campbell] and myself were more resistant to remaking the movie than Sam.”
“I talk to Bruce Campbell every other day, and he says, ‘You should see the message boards and all of the stuff I get saying “Please don’t do it!”‘ So we’re certainly going to have to tread carefully.”
“As long as we stay true to what was the original model of the first Evil Dead, which was that we want to hurt and punish the audience, then those who love it will be satisfied,”
For all the fans out there who have been as worried as I have about this move, it does sound that it’s being done out of respect for the original with the careful footing of the producers of the movies watching over it.
