Back in May "news" broke, that a film company called Awards Pictures had plans to make "Evil Dead 4".. Despite not having the approval of anyone at Renaissance (the company formed by Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell).. Sam Raimi sued Award Pictures on the basis - that the film company did not own the rights to The Evil Dead trademark..
Yesterday Sam Raimi successfully blocked Awards Pictures from using the “Evil Dead” title. It appears The production company had been trying to develop Evil Dead 4 for sometime now.. 8 years to be exact..
According to Awards Pictures original log-line for “Evil Dead 4″:
EVIL DEAD IV: CONSEQUENCES: Horror, 136 mins. Prod co: Award Pictures. Prod/scr: Graham MacCrae, Glenn MacCrae. Budget: $71m. Pre-production. Delivery date: 2004. Ash may need a hand fighting deadites, demons, the FBI and reality TV..
$71 million dollar budget? But the company did not have the cash to hire legal representation? The whole thing sounds like a publicity stunt..
A few years back, this same company announced they were developing a sequel to 1986′s [Big Trouble in Little China] Even promoting it at various conventions.. Once again without the approval of 20th Century Fox or Director John Carpenter..
(Source: Moviehole.net)
