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Evil Dead Game Sequel Confirmed By Bruce Campbell 30

Posted by simoniker from the more-evil-more-dead dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Bruce Campbell mentions a new Evil Dead videogame due out in spring 2005 in a recent interview over at AICN. Asked whether there's going to be an Evil Dead 4 movie or not, he concludes 'So, I don't know. I mean, no one's gonna weep if there isn't... I mean, look! We've got these Evil Dead games coming out left and right. The new one's coming out next year, next Spring. I did the voice for it for Cranky Pants.' Looks like Cranky Pants Games are internal developers for THQ, working on an 'unannounced third-person action game shipping on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles in early 2005', probably the Evil Dead game - I hope they do a better job than developers Vis Entertainment did on Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick!" THQ's first Evil Dead title, Evil Dead: Hail To The King, wasn't rated too positively either, so hopefully this new game should be an improvement.
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  • Bruce Campbell r00lz (Score:5, Informative)

    by BigHungryJoe ( 737554 ) on Sunday May 30, 2004 @07:48PM (#9292967) Homepage
    Shop smart. Shop S-Mart.

  • Has nobody ever understood the answer? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by cgenman ( 325138 ) on Sunday May 30, 2004 @07:58PM (#9293034) Homepage
    Why do people always ask Bruce about Evil Dead 4? How many times has he answered the question that no, nobody's planning another one? Is it in production? Of course it is not in production. Hollywood's inability to keep the slightest thing secret is legendary. Entire scripts are available online before a moment of shooting takes place. Preproduction artwork finds it's way onto unlicensed souvineer mugs sold along Venice beach to the movie executives deciding whether or not to give the go-ahead. Heck, I had a copy of Episode 1 in quicktime format before the thing arrived in theaters, and you remember the extroardinary security measures around that turd.

    Now, the Freddy vs Jason vs Ash thing could be very interesting, assuming that all parties involved realize that all of their respective franchises have already been driven into the ground. Personally I'd like to see if Freddy's insanity is more powerful than Ash's insanity. But either way, it will happen if it happens... It's not up to Bruce.

  • Campbell fan? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by IshanCaspian ( 625325 ) on Sunday May 30, 2004 @08:24PM (#9293203) Homepage
    If you're a fellow Cambpell fan, you might be interested to know that Campbell actually wrote a book; I received a copy as a birthday present, and it's one of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time. He has a whole litany of horror stories about the making of the Evil Dead books, and such; however, what makes the book really worth reading is that it's so fascinating to see the "blue-collar" side of hollywood, as he puts it. It makes you remember that for every bloated ego pulling in the millions there's a talented guy like Bruce, busting his ass, perched on the edge of "almost famous."

    I guess this is kind of a plug, but it's relevant, right? Mods, cut me some slack, he's been my favorite actor since I was a kid. :)

    Anyways, the title of his book is "If Chins Could Kill" and I'm sure you can find it online or something.

    • Cool! Thanks for pointing out that book. Bruce is one of my favorite actors and I really like the Evil dead series. Sure makes my wife mad when I watch them every few weeks hahaha... A few months ago I got a High Def TV that is wide screen, it ruins the evil dead series experience especially for folks who want it ultra real looking, it makes it less funny too.
      • Haha, I totally know what you mean. Evil Dead is deliciously bad. :)

        I was amazed to discover the other week that people are offering episodes of Brisco via bittorrent...the first time I heard Bowler say "DAAAAAAAMN" in about 9 years sure brought a smile to my face.
    • As long as we're plugging, Bubba Ho-Tep should be out on DVD soon, if not already. I didn't get the chance to see it in the theaters, but I'll be picking it up.

      To echo another poster's sentiment, though, I'd really appreciate a DVD set of Brisco County, Jr. That was a good series.
    • His second book, "How to make love the bruce campbell way" is going to be out by the end of the year.

  • What about Duke3D (Score:3, Funny)

    by Xetrov ( 267777 ) on Sunday May 30, 2004 @08:42PM (#9293304)
    Didn't 3D Realms make an Evil Dead game called Duke3D?

    Well okay, it wasn't Evil Dead, but it had more than enough quotes from it ;)

    So did "Blood" iirc.

  • This... (Score:2, Funny)

    by Afbc0m ( 623144 )
    ...Is my boomstick

  • Dear God, no! (Score:4, Insightful)

    by gamgee5273 ( 410326 ) * on Monday May 31, 2004 @01:37AM (#9294636) Journal
    The ED games are horrible. I have played both... never finished them. Campbell's voice acting is great - but i can get the same snarky attitude, with much better gameplay, from the 2002 Spider-man game (Campbell runs you through the tutorial, plus some more surprises).

    Bruce, baby, if you're reading this: do an ED 4, or a Bubba Ho-Tep 2, or more Brisco County or read from a Ford car manual on tape, but no more ED video games! Please!

  • You're all crazy! Fistfull of Boomstick was an awesome game, although too short. I dunno if anyone was expecting a particularly thought provoking story line from an Evil Dead game. The main objective in ANY Evil Dead game has got to be tearing zombies apart with chainsaws, and Fistfull of Boomstick excels at that.

    Hail to the king, baby.
  • I found the controls of the first Evil Dead game to be very difficult to get used to. I'm not a big fan of the "Alone in the Dark"-"Resident Evil" type controls. I'm a bigger fan of controls that are relative to the screen instead of the player.

    If they're not going to do another Evil Dead movie, then how about an Ash vs. B.J. Blazkowicz vs. HUNT crossover video game? Ludicrous Gibs!

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