The Evil Genius Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 :excited: This movie MUST be made! Freddy and Jason...and Ash? Tue Aug 17,10:25 PM ET Add Movies - E! Online to My Yahoo! By Joal Ryan At this rate, Godzilla and Gamera may be getting sniffs from development execs. Days after the pairing of rival screen monsters in Alien vs. Predator topped the weekend box office, E! has confirmed filmmaker Sam Raimi is in talks with New Line Cinema about loaning the studio the zombie slayer from his Evil Dead movies to costar in a three-way, big-screen bout, Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash. New Line has been looking for a way to sequelize its 2003 hit Freddy vs. Jason since even before the movie grossed $114.3 million worldwide. A franchise-melding flick on its own, Freddy vs. Jason teamed psycho Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street series with hockey-masked madman Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th franchise. Last August, Creature-Corner.com reported that New Line was considering Evil Dead's Ash for the lineup of a Freddy vs. Jason 2 project. In March, Freddy vs. Jason director Ronny Yu told the Website he was interested in corralling the three iconic horror characters. "I would definitely do it," Yu said on Creature-Corner.com. "They're still working on the script. I haven't seen anything yet. I hope they won't work on it for 10 years." Though Raimi is best known as a director, he would not call the shots on Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, Tuesday's Hollywood Reporter said. The filmmaker, now graduated to the box-office big leagues thanks to the Spider-Man movies, owns the rights to the Evil Dead characters, having cranked out the original 1979 movie independent of the studio system on a barely there budget of about $350,000. B-movie legend Bruce Campbell (news) played zombie-besieged Ash Williams in Evil Dead and its two sequels, 1987's Evil Dead 2--Dead by Dawn and 1992's Army of Darkness. The Reporter said Campbell, now 46, would be back in battle if the Freddy vs. et al. deal gets done. Though it never worked for Ben Affleck (news) and Jennifer Lopez (news), costarring projects seem to work wonders for the careers of long-in-the-fangs genre characters. Prior to Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy's series bottomed out with 1994's Wes Craven's New Nightmare ($18.1 million at the U.S. box office); Jason's hit a new low with 2002's Jason X ($13.1 million). Alien and Predator are also benefiting by sharing screen time. AVP scared up $38.3 million in its first three days in theaters. As a solo space bad seed, Alien grossed a disappointing $42.2 million for the entire run of 1997's Alien Resurrection. Predator managed just $30.7 million for 1990's Predator 2. Other characters in need of box-office boosts who might consider checking their egos at the door: Child's Play's Chucky, Halloween's Michael Myers, the shark from Jaws and Kevin Costner (news). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 There is also a Mike Myers vs Pinhead movie in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted August 18, 2004 Author Share Posted August 18, 2004 Yeah code - but this is ASH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXREDSKINS44 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Oh this ought to be good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Dave Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 AWESOME There's never been a better scene than when Ash shoots his severed hand in Evil Dead 2 and a firehose starts shooting blood everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Zombiemon, I choose YOU! Oh, wrong Ash. My mistake. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpillian Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 BRUCE CAMPBELL FOREVER!!! Even Ahhhnold doesn't match his one liners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman56 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 What about Harold vs. Kumar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskrat Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Ash...that would be AWESOME!!! I can watch the Evil Dead Trilogy (as I like to call it) a million times and not get tired. Bruce Campbell is a GOD!! PS: Anyone see Campbells' latest flick: Bubba Ho Tep? If you like him, it's a must see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted August 18, 2004 Author Share Posted August 18, 2004 I want to see that movie - Bubba Ho Tep - heard it was outstanding. Did anyone notice that Campbell was the doorman to Mary Jane's play in Spiderman 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskrat Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Oh yeah, but my wife thought I was stupid when I said "Hey! There's Ash!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. S Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 ive heard Bubba Ho Tep was a great movie, kinda wanna see it now. I think ill go see this movie if they want to have Ash in it, I love these random pairings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufumonk Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Hail to the king baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turd Ferguson Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Bubba Ho-Tep was very good (exactly like the short story to the letter), but didn't live up to the incredible amount of hype the long wait fostered. We all wanted to see Bruce "God" Campbell return to cult glory with the movie, and he was incredible as Elvis, but it didn't blow my skirt up around my ears like I was hoping it would. Go in with lower expectations and you'll really appreciate it. It's a quiet, character-based movie more than an Army of Darkness. Just keep that in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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