So it would seem Evans has some faith in the Netflix machine. That said, Evans previously worked with Netflix to make Apostle, a horror-thriller following a man's attempt to rescue his sister from an island-dwelling religious cult.
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Longtime fans of Asian cinema are no strangers to western remakes falling short of the original, such as the Ghost in the Shell live-action movie with Scarlett Johansson.
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The series similarly helped launch the careers of Evans and main star Iko Uwais, who also starred in The Night Comes For Us, as well as Evans' first major film, Merantau. The series sparked a renewed interest in Indonesian martial arts cinema, with a particular focus on the art of Pencak Silat, resulting in the success of other films like Headshot and Netflix's The Night Comes For Us, which stars The Raid/Mortal Kombat's Joe Taslim. The Raid is essentially a perfect pure action film, with damn near every minute filled by stunning fight choreography the likes of which we had rarely ever seen here in the United States. It is currently unclear if Grillo and Carnahan will be. The film proved enough of a success for Evans to make The Raid 2, released in 2014. Another remake of The Raid was initially announced in 2017, with Frank Grillo set to star and Joe Carnahan tapped as writer and director. Not to mention chainsaw-fu.The original Raid film debuted in 2011 at the Toronto Film Festival, quickly becoming a cult favorite among action and martial arts movie fans. While I’m busy promoting, how about EVIL DEAD RISE? It’s gruesome, it’s bloody, it’s even got an elevator vomiting blood.
Evil Dead Rise will be unleashed in theaters nationwide tomorrow night.
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It would seem the franchise has now officially come full circle. King tweets, “While I’m busy promoting, how about EVIL DEAD RISE? It’s gruesome, it’s bloody, it’s even got an elevator vomiting blood. Why do we bring this up? Because here we are FOURTY ONE YEARS later and Stephen King has just tweeted a bit of praise for the latest installment in the Evil Dead franchise!
Raimi recalled back in 2015, “Without that, the movie may have been lost, but with Stephen King’s endorsement, we were able to make our first sales.” Who does Sam Raimi credit with legitimizing his debut feature and bringing it to the attention of New Line? That’d be Stephen King, who wrote a glowing review of the film for Twilight Zone Magazine.
Of course, New Line Cinema eventually picked up The Evil Dead, and the rest is history. In fact, studios including Paramount passed on the film, feeling that it was just too aggressive in its approach. King called Sam Raimi‘s debut “The most ferociously original horror film of 1982,” and at the time the film didn’t actually have a distributor in place. One of the most iconic movie review blurbs of all time came from Stephen King, whose rave review for Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead back in 1982 was so influential that it played a huge role in the movie’s success. You can watch the trailer for the original 2011 movie below. It’s a distinctly original take on the material, which promises to pay great respect to the original film while also bringing a fresh approach and perspective that will set its own course in the action genre,” the producers said in a statement shared by Deadline tonight. “We’re incredibly excited about Patrick’s unique vision for this film. The site adds, “This version is set in Philadelphia’s drug-infested ‘Badlands’, an elite undercover DEA task force climb a ladder of cartel informants to catch an elusive kingpin.” team that becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.” The 2011 movie received an Evans-directed sequel in 2014. Patrick Hughes ( The Expendables 3, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard) is directing, and he’ll also be co-writing the script with James Beaufort.ĭeadline reminds, “The original film was written and directed by Evans and followed an elite Indonesian S.W.A.T. A planned remake of The Raid from director Joe Carnahan has recently morphed into a different project entirely, but another new take on the Indonesian fight film has now sprung up.ĭeadline reports that Michael Bay is on board to produce an American remake of The Raid for Netflix, with original director Gareth Evans also involved as executive producer.
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