By When Sam Raimi said he wants to work on the Evil Dead 4 script this summer, I immediately assumed this would be part of a pattern of Evil Dead sequel disappointments: something might happen, and then it doesn’t. (Same thing happens with the Phantasm series.) Brendon Connelly of Bleeding Cool had a chance to speak with Raimi recently, and the director explained why he’s interested in Evil Dead 4 again:
Those guys made me say that. I am thinking about it but a crowd goes “Come on Sam, do it!” so I said “Okay, I guess I was talking to my brother about it.” But I feel like I was pushed into saying that, a little bit. In the hallway today I joked with Ivan [his brother] “Get working on that script!” but I really don’t know.
I’m afraid that every time I talk about it people get really mad at me when I don’t follow through with it. I would like to work on the script over the summer, that much is true. But the reason to come back and do it again is only that they’re making me, those fans.
Raimi also said that he didn’t feel passionate about an Evil Dead sequel for a while until now, so it should be interesting to see what happens this summer. It’ll also be interesting to hear what Bruce Campbell, Rob Tapert, and Fede Alvarez (director of the Evil Dead remake) think about all this.
After the cut, Raimi’s full spiel about Evil Dead 4.
[Via Bleeding Cool]From Bleeding Cool:
Those guys made me say that. I am thinking about it but a crowd goes “Come on Sam, do it!” so I said “Okay, I guess I was talking to my brother about it.” But I feel like I was pushed into saying that, a little bit. In the hallway today I joked with Ivan [his brother] “Get working on that script!” but I really don’t know.
I’m afraid that every time I talk about it people get really mad at me when I don’t follow through with it. I would like to work on the script over the summer, that much is true. But the reason to come back and do it again is only that they’re making me, those fans.
I was saying to Ivan “Why do they stay on this thing? Why do they keep at it?” and he said “They want to make a movie. You’re a filmmaker and your fans are asking you to make the movie. What are you, an idiot? Make the movie!” I guess there’s something I don’t see. It makes sense when Ivan says it… but I didn’t have a tremendous amount of passion until right now to bring to it.
I love working with Bruce Campbell and Rob Tapert, I have so much fun making those movies, so… but the fans are really forcing me into it.
When Connelly asked Raimi if there was a project other than Evil Dead 4 that he’d rather work on. Raimi’s response:
No, I don’t really have something else.
