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Sam Raimi Will NOT Direct 'Evil Dead 4'

by Gabrielle DiPietro, Mon., Mar. 16, 2009 9:28 AM PDT
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An Evil Dead remake/sequel has been talked about, no talked about and alluded to for decades, essentially. Recently, IGN.com caught up with Spider-Man 4 director Sam Raimi at SXSW and they just had to push that Evil Dead 4 button, a film that Raimi says he won’t direct!

"I have talked with my partners about having a young director come in and remake Evil Dead." He continued...

"That film was made in 16mm on a shoestring budget and blown up to 35mm. The visual effects are crumby, it was done in mono, not even stereo, let alone 5.1. What you could do with it now would be so much better. I think if you had a new director using the full power of 35mm and 5.1 sound, you could really make a pretty socko presentation. It was always meant for the big screen, but never really seen on the big screen."

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