I need to start by saying I'm sorry to Bruce Campbell and Screen Gems. I thought I'd posted this interview right after NYCC, and it was only this morning that I realized it never went online. While it's a bit late, I promise you it's still worth checking out.
When I first heard Screen Gems was remaking Sam Raimiâs Evil Dead, like many of you, I was extremely nervous. But then I found out the original creative team (Raimi, producer Rob Tappert, and star Bruce Campbell) were heavily involved in the remake and they were the ones that picked Fede Alvarez to helm the project. Shortly after the project wrapped, Raimi told us that the remake would definitely be rated R and is âso bloody it will make your head spin.â Needless to say, this calmed my nerves and after Matt said that he loved the NYCC footage and everyone loved the red band trailer, next March canât come soon enough.
Shortly before the Evil Dead panel at Comic-Con, I got to sit down with Bruce Campbell for an extended video interview. He talked about the fan reaction to the remake, the gore of the film and trying to get an R rating, how heâs seen the cut of the film and itâs 90 minutes, and more. In addition, he talked about the end of Burn Notice and how heâd like to do a spinoff, scripts heâs written, future projects, and the best part of the interview: he showed me a ton of awesome tattoos that fans have sent him. Hit the jump to watch.
Bruce Campbell:
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- :38 Is there anything that he collects? Shows off some great pictures of Evil Dead tattoos.
- 4:02 Has he had anyone come up with Burn Notice tattoos? Talks about the difference between popular movies and cult movies.
- 4:38 The negative fan reaction to the idea of the Evil Dead remake. âWeâre all over this project. Rob Tapert was there producing every day on set, Sam has been there all along, I was involved in casting very heavily because we want to get good actors who know what theyâre in for. So hopefully thatâll mellow fans out, that they know weâre not trying to screw them over.â
- 5:47 Talks about the gore of the film and trying to get an R rating. âWe have to try and get it to R. Wish us luck. We havenât gone through the ratings nightmare yet, thatâs coming. We have a screening coming up for the MPAA, I can hear them laughing already. âYou want an R rating? (evil laugh).â I can hear their evil cackle from here. Weâre gonna see, but weâre gonna give them the toughest version that we can give them. Thatâs what they want, you want a horror movie, man. Bring it.â
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- 6:55 Talks Burn Notice and the length of his contract with the show.
- 7:50 Talks about the show being 18 episodes a season.
- 8:17 Says heâll likely be done with Burn Notice after next year, but heâd like to do a spinoff. âIâll be done with this show next season, I mean sevenâs plenty for anything. But I have no problem spinning the character off. Thereâs been lots of talk about that, because weâve already done a TV movie version of it.â
- 8:50 Does he think the seventh season could be that last season of the show? âI donât run the show, but sevenâs a good number. Ainât nothinâ wrong with seven. It gets too expensive after that, everybody wants big money. They want David Caruso money after that, back up the truck. And studios are kind of like (flips off the camera) âYeah? Why donât you back up on that?ââ
- 9:14 Talks about scripts heâs written and future projects.