After last night's ecstatic SXSW screening of Fede Alvarez' remake of Evil Dead, it was announced that a script is currently being written for the sequel. Earlier today, I got to interview Alvarez, and near the end of our conversation, I brought up his plans for Evil Dead 2. He says fans can expect that he'll be in no way copying Raimi's Evil Dead II, and this the new sequel will be "100% original". Also, since we've previously reported that Sam Raimi intends to start work on a script for Evil Dead 4, I asked Alvarez about his involvement with that film. Hit the jump for what he had to say, and click here for my Evil Dead review. The film opens on April 5th. Talking about his Evil Dead 2, Alvarez says he's not officially on board yet because it depends on where they plan to take the sequel: Last night, you all mentioned you were in the process of writing Evil Dead 2. Are you attached to that film, and where do you see this going? FEDE ALVAREZ: I think it's going to depend on where we take it. Right now, we just got to write it. For me, it's if we manage to agree, but we're just starting to build a story and figure out what kind of movie it's going to be, and it depends on what it is. It depends on the story we find, because personally, I think it has to shock everybody. It has to go to ...
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