Sam Raimi returns to the Evil Dead with Army of Darkness sequel

After really long years of waiting, Evil Dead geeks will finally get their Army of Darkness sequel. Fede Alvarez has confirmed [via his Twitter] that Sam Raimi will be directing the Evil Dead movie which will follow "Army of Darkness" a.k.a. "Evil Dead 3". When the Evil Dead movie directed by Fede Alvarez came out, it did not really catch up to the standards of the hardcore Evil Dead fans, but it did spark hope for a continuation of Raimi's original Evil Dead movies. In its last chapter which was entitled "Army of Darkness", the series' protagonist Ash found himself being stranded in medieval times and trying hard to get back to his own time. Now we get to see what happens to Ash now. If he did successfully end up back in his own time, or did he end up in a messed-up alternate future haunted by the Evil Dead... [hit the jump to continue]

You see, "Army of Darkness" had two versions of the ending. Because the studio wanted to end the film on a high note for the character of Ash, the happy (the S-Mart) ending was used for the American release. But the original ending preferred by Raimi and Bruce Campbell themselves is where Ash oversleeps in the cave and wakes up in a post-apocalyptic future. This was the version we saw used in Philippine theaters. This ending was restored to the film for the UK VHS release, which also had the S-Mart ending put in as a post-credit extra. This scene has been restored on the Army of Darkness: Director's Cut Region 3 DVD released by MGM, the "director's cut bootleg edition" DVD and the double-disc DVD, which also featured the S-Mart ending of the film. Raimi believed Ash to be more of a fool, which is why he liked to torture him so much in his films; Ash being a goof and drinking too much potion was in his character.

Earlier this month, Bruce Campbell had confirmed in various sources that there’d be a sequel to “Army of Darkness” which, itself, was the second sequel to original “Evil Dead”- it has now been confirmed that Sam Raimi will direct the picture himself. Raimi and Campbell helped produce last year’s remake, and it was unclear if that meant that the franchise was starting from scratch with them in behind-the-scenes roles or if they’d somehow find a way to continue the original storyline while building on the new one. The remake’s director, Fede Alvarez, has now confirmed that.

original ending scene of ARMY OF DARKNESS