Evil Dead
2013 film by Fede Álvarez
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| April 2024 | A new Evil Dead film is announced to be in development, with Ghost House Pictures producing and Francis Galluppi selected as writer and director. |
| February 2024 | Sébastien Vaniček is reported to be attached to direct and co-write a new Evil Dead franchise spin-off film. |
| 2023 | Alyssa Sutherland was nominated for Best Actress in a Horror Movie and Best Villain in a Movie at the 4th Critics' Choice Super Awards. |
| 2023 | Evil Dead Rise was nominated for three categories at the Golden Trailer Awards, including Best Horror for the film itself, and won the Best Horror TV Spot category for 'Click Review' by MOCEAN. |
| 2023 | The film became a runner-up for Best Horror at the 6th Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards. |
| October 3 2023 | Warner Bros. releases an exclusive special edition Ultra HD Blu-ray steelbook in collaboration with Best Buy, which includes an audio commentary track and a featurette called 'Raising a New Evil Dead'. |
| June 27 2023 | Evil Dead Rise is released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra HD Blu-ray. |
| June 23 2023 | The film becomes available to stream on Max (formerly HBO Max). |
| April 2023 | Bruce Campbell, Sam and Ivan Raimi discuss potential future Evil Dead franchise films, proposing to develop new stories every two to three years and creating a comprehensive franchise 'Bible' to guide future storytelling. |
| April 21 2023 | Warner Bros. Pictures theatrically releases Evil Dead Rise in the United States. |
| April 21 2023 | Evil Dead Rise was theatrically released to audiences. |
| April 20 2023 | Midnight screenings of Evil Dead Rise are held simultaneously in Sydney and Melbourne at the Fantastic Film Festival Australia. |
| September 27 2022 | Shout! Factory released a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray of Evil Dead under their Scream Factory sub label, which includes both cuts of the film and an exclusive poster. |
| August 2022 | Warner Bros. switches Evil Dead Rise from a streaming-only HBO Max release to a theatrical release due to positive test screenings and changes in film distribution strategy. |
| April 2022 | Stephen McKeon was announced as the composer for the film's score, following his previous collaboration with director Lee Cronin on the 2019 film The Hole in the Ground. |
| March 2022 | Lee Cronin completed picture editing for Evil Dead Rise and announced the transition to music composition and sound design via a tweet. |
| October 27 2021 | Filming for Evil Dead Rise officially wrapped in New Zealand. |
| October 27 2021 | Filming for Evil Dead Rise concluded, with Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan cast in the film. |
| July 2021 | Mia Challis joined the cast of Evil Dead Rise. |
| July 14 2021 | Director Lee Cronin revealed that filming was officially halfway complete. |
| June 2021 | Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies, and Nell Fisher were added to the cast of Evil Dead Rise. |
| June 6 2021 | Principal photography for Evil Dead Rise began in New Zealand, with Dave Garbett serving as cinematographer. Interior sets were constructed in a warehouse space in Mount Wellington, including apartment building interiors, parking garage, and underground bank vault. |
| May 2021 | New Line Cinema acquired the film distribution rights, with plans to release the movie on HBO Max and retitling it to 'Evil Dead Rise'. |
| June 2020 | Lee Cronin was chosen as the director for the new Evil Dead film, writing the script for what would become Evil Dead Rise, developed by New Line Cinema. |
| November 2019 | Fede Álvarez discussed potential future of Evil Dead franchise, noting no concrete script for Evil Dead 2 at the time. |
| October 2019 | Sam Raimi announces development of a new Evil Dead film, with Rob Tapert producing, Raimi and Bruce Campbell as executive producers, and Lee Cronin writing and directing. |
| April 2019 | Fourth season of Ash vs Evil Dead was cancelled. |
| November 2018 | Fede Álvarez confirms the film's relationship to the original Evil Dead film. |
| October 23 2018 | The Unrated Cut was released, with an extended runtime of 96 minutes compared to the original 91-minute theatrical cut. |
| October 10 2018 | Sony Pictures announced the release of the Unrated Cut on Blu-ray Disc, a two-disc manufacture on demand combo pack with the theatrical version. |
| April 29 2018 | Ash vs Evil Dead television series concluded its run on Starz. |
| October 31 2015 | Ash vs Evil Dead television series premiered on Starz, starring Bruce Campbell. |
| January 25 2015 | The extended version of Evil Dead was aired on UK's Channel 4, featuring an alternative ending and deleted scenes from the original trailer. |
| 2014 | At the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, the film's makeup team Roger Murray and Jane O'Kane won Best Makeup/Creature FX. Lou Taylor Pucci was a runner-up for Best Supporting Actor. The film was also 3rd place in the Worst Film category. |
| 2014 | Evil Dead was nominated for Best Horror at the Empire Awards and Best Make-Up at the Saturn Awards. |
| 2013 | Evil Dead received multiple nominations at the Fright Meter Awards, including Best Horror Movie, Best Director for Fede Álvarez, and Best Actress for Jane Levy. The film won awards for Best Makeup and Best Special Effects. |
| 2013 | The film was nominated for Best Horror TV Spot at the Golden Trailer Awards and was a runner-up for Best Horror Movie of the Year at the Golden Schmoes Award. |
| 2013 | Roque Baños won two International Film Music Critics Awards for Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Horror Film and Film Music Composition of the Year for the track 'Abominations Rising'. |
| April 23 2013 | A physical CD version of the Evil Dead soundtrack was released, featuring different musical cues from the digital version. |
| April 9 2013 | The film's music, composed by Roque Baños, was released by La-La Land Records in both digital (40-minute) and physical (70-minute) formats. |
| April 5 2013 | Film was released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing. |
| April 5 2013 | Evil Dead was released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing. |
| March 2013 | At WonderCon, Bruce Campbell and Fede Álvarez announced plans for potential Evil Dead sequels, including a seventh film that would merge narratives of Ash Williams and Mia Allen. |
| March 8 2013 | Evil Dead premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. |
| March 8 2013 | Evil Dead premiered at the South by Southwest film festival. |
| January 28 2013 | Fede Álvarez tweeted about the film initially receiving an NC-17 rating, necessitating cuts to achieve the contractually required R-rating. |
| May 2012 | Principal photography for Evil Dead concluded, having lasted approximately one month. |
| March 2012 | Principal photography for Evil Dead commenced in New Zealand, outside of Auckland. |
| February 2012 | Jane Levy replaces Lily Collins as the lead female role of Mia in the Evil Dead film. |
| January 2012 | Lily Collins initially scheduled to play the lead female role of Mia drops out of the Evil Dead film project. |
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