After eight long months, filmmaker Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground) has announced that Evil Dead Rise, the newest addition to the Evil Dead film franchise, has completed filming in New Zealand. Cronin, who was hand-picked by the original Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi, took to Twitter to announce the completion of the shoot.
Raimi, along with original star Bruce Campbell, did not return to the creative of the sequel but have signed on as executive producers. Evil Dead Rise is a collaboration between Warner Bros., Ghost House Pictures, and New Line Cinema, and will star Lily Sullivan (Dark Place, Mental) and Alyssa Sutherland (Vikings).
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The plot of Evil Dead Rise reads: “A road-weary Beth pays an overdue visit to her older sister Ellie, who is raising three kids on her own in a cramped L.A. apartment. The sisters’ reunion is cut short by the discovery of a mysterious book deep in the bowels of Ellie’s building, giving rise to flesh-possessing demons, and thrusting Beth into a primal battle for survival as she is faced with the most nightmarish version of motherhood imaginable.”
Now onto the cutting and editing phase, there is no ETA on when Evil Dead Rise will release, however the film will be an HBO Max Exclusive.
8 months, 1 Covid Lockdown, 6,500 litres of blood, and more memories than my brain can even process. That is a wrap on #EvilDeadRise. Thank you New Zealand, it’s been a blast. Time to head home and cut this beast together. pic.twitter.com/iyah4vEEqL
— Lee Cronin (@curleecronin) October 26, 2021
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