BEVERLY HILLS — The Starz original series Ash vs. Evil Dead is rolling out new teasers for the 10-episode first season of the half-hour series executive produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell, the original filmmakers of the franchise, and Craig DiGregorio who will serve as executive producer and showrunner.
Ash vs. Evil Dead, which is currently in production in New Zealand, is the long-awaited follow-up to the classic horror film franchise,
The Evil Dead and is set to premiere on Starz in fall 2015.
Campbell will be reprising his role as Ash, the stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons —personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its “Evil” grip.
The cast is led by Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, Burn Notice), Lucy Lawless (
Salem, Spartacus) and Ray Santiago (
Touch, Meet the Fockers).
Raimi is directing the first episode of Ash vs. Evil Dead that he wrote with Ivan Raimi (
Darkman, Army of Darkness, Drag Me to Hell), and Tom Spezialy (
Chuck, Reaper, Desperate Housewives) and will also serve as executive producer, with Rob Tapert (
Evil Dead, Spartacus, Xena: Warrior Princess) and Bruce Campbell (
Evil Dead, Burn Notice) along with Craig DiGregorio (
Workaholics, Chuck) who will serve as executive producer/showrunner.