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Freddy and Jason...and Ash?
At this rate, Godzilla and Gamera may be getting sniffs from development execs.
Days after the pairing of rival screen monsters in Alien vs. Predator topped the weekend box office, E! has confirmed filmmaker Sam Raimi is in talks with New Line Cinema about loaning the studio the zombie slayer from his Evil Dead movies to costar in a three-way, big-screen bout, Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash.
New Line has been looking for a way to sequelize its 2003 hit Freddy vs. Jason since even before the movie grossed $114.3 million worldwide.
A franchise-melding flick on its own, Freddy vs. Jason teamed psycho Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street series with hockey-masked madman Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th franchise.
Last August, Creature-Corner.com reported that New Line was considering Evil Dead's Ash for the lineup of a Freddy vs. Jason 2 project.
In March, Freddy vs. Jason director Ronny Yu told the Website he was interested in corralling the three iconic horror characters.
"I would definitely do it," Yu said on Creature-Corner.com. "They're still working on the script. I haven't seen anything yet. I hope they won't work on it for 10 years."
Though Raimi is best known as a director, he would not call the shots on Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, Tuesday's Hollywood Reporter said.
The filmmaker, now graduated to the box-office big leagues thanks to the Spider-Man movies, owns the rights to the Evil Dead characters, having cranked out the original 1979 movie independent of the studio system on a barely there budget of about $350,000.
B-movie legend Bruce Campbell (news) played zombie-besieged Ash Williams in Evil Dead and its two sequels, 1987's Evil Dead 2--Dead by Dawn and 1992's Army of Darkness. The Reporter said Campbell, now 46, would be back in battle if the Freddy vs. et al. deal gets done.
Though it never worked for Ben Affleck (news) and Jennifer Lopez (news), costarring projects seem to work wonders for the careers of long-in-the-fangs genre characters.
Prior to Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy's series bottomed out with 1994's Wes Craven's New Nightmare ($18.1 million at the U.S. box office); Jason's hit a new low with 2002's Jason X ($13.1 million).
Alien and Predator are also benefiting by sharing screen time. AVP scared up $38.3 million in its first three days in theaters. As a solo space bad seed, Alien grossed a disappointing $42.2 million for the entire run of 1997's Alien Resurrection. Predator managed just $30.7 million for 1990's Predator 2.
Other characters in need of box-office boosts who might consider checking their egos at the door: Child's Play's Chucky, Halloween's Michael Myers, the shark from Jaws and Kevin Costner (news).
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Though Raimi is best known as a director, he would not call the shots on Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, Tuesday's Hollywood Reporter said.
Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here, this is the war room!
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Though Raimi is best known as a director, he would not call the shots on Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, Tuesday's Hollywood Reporter said.
Read above... he's not at the helm. That's why I'm scared. I don't want to ruin my memories of Ash. He's one of my favorite movie characters ever.
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
sequels tsk tsk tsk will they ever learn!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by: Regicidal_Maniac
When bad sequels are profitable you have only the audience to blame if more get made.
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
sequels tsk tsk tsk will they ever learn!!!!!!!!
Intelligent sequels are few and far between and that's why the list of good sequels is small, almost always the same and grows ever so slowly.
The list generally goes: The Godfather II, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, The Empire Strikes Back, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, Aliens, Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Blade II and now Spider-Man 2 and Riddick
These sequels are considered better than the originals because they take the characters from the originals and develop them further by putting them in different and more interesting situations, increasing what's at stake and making the audience realise why the characters were so popular in the first place that their further adventures warranted a sequel.
I add Riddick to that list as it is a brave sequel that decides to switch genres from it's predecessor, that and I really like it.
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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
You hit the proverbial nail on the head, RM. I concur on Riddick, but I would also add Babe: Pig in the City and X2. Both films move further into the previously existing universe and develop characters in new directions. Babe: PitC is also a much darker film than its predecessor, and all the better for it.
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I hope they don't put Ash in another movie ever.
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