twist of fait accomplis

I read yesterday for the first time that "they" are considering remaking Evil Dead without Sam Raimi as director and without Bruce Campbell as Ash. I'm sure you could all hear me groaning from wherever in the world you may be.

But then, today, I got an e-mail from director Dante Tomaselli that made me say, "Hm... maybe that wouldn't be so bad..." Dante himself wants to be the man to do the Evil Dead remake. I will go on record as saying: if Evil Dead gets remade, Dante is the only man for the job. He's worked with Ellen Sandweiss (from the original) and his visual style is similar to Raimi's. If he did it, it would be done right. Of course, finding a suitable Bruce Campbell replacement would be near impossible... but maybe Bruce would consider reprising his role if someone like Dante was at the helm...

Did I mention that I briefly considered being an extra in Dante's most recent movie Satan's Playground? The deal-killer: the scene was a Satanic naked orgy (the only kind, as far as I'm concerned!) shot in the woods of New Jersey in late November. The world's just not ready for my bare ass.