“The Year of the Deadite”: Post-Production is Well Underway on This Year’s ‘Evil Dead Rise’

John Squires

This year promises to be a big one for Evil Dead fans, as not only is Evil Dead: The Game being released, but so too is a brand new film that takes place within the Evil Dead Universe!

By the time it’s released, director Lee Cronin‘s (The Hole in the Ground) Evil Dead Rise, the brand new installment in the Evil Dead franchise that’s going directly to HBO Max, will be the franchise’s first movie in nearly 10 years, following in the wake of Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead and course, the Starz series “Ash vs. Evil Dead” that brought Bruce Campbell back into the mix.

Evil Dead Rise is on its way sometime this year – no date at this time – and director Lee Cronin reveals over on Twitter today that the post-production process is well underway.

“New Year, same intense cut! Deeper into the timeline we go on #EvilDeadRise,” Cronin tweets. He goes on to call this year “The Year of the Deadite.” Damn right it is. 

Be sure to follow Cronin and Ghost House Pictures (@ghp_tweets) for updates!

Here’s the official plot synopsis for Evil Dead Rise…

“In the fifth Evil Dead film, 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.”

Gabrielle Echols (Reminiscence), Morgan Davies (The End) and Nell Fisher (Splendid Isolation) will star in the new movie alongside Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan.

Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Robert Tapert are producing Evil Dead Rise. According to Campbell, the three have been “very involved” in the project every step of the way.