The Series from Original filmmakers Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell is set
to Premiere Saturday, October 31 at 9 PM
Beverly Hills, Calif., July 10, 2015 – STARZ today announced the highly anticipated
premiere of original series “Ash vs Evil Dead” on Saturday, October 31 at 9 PM ET/PT
and released the first live action trailer during the series’ Comic Con panel in San
Diego. The 10-episode first season of the half-hour series is executive produced by
Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell, the original filmmakers of the franchise, and
Craig DiGregorio who serves 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.
Campbell reprises 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”) in the role of Ash
Williams, Lucy Lawless (“Salem,” “Spartacus”) as Ruby a mysterious figure who
believes Ash is the cause of the Evil outbreaks, Ray Santiago (“Touch,” Meet the
Fockers) as Pablo Simon Bolivar, an idealistic immigrant who becomes Ash’s loyal
sidekick, Dana DeLorenzo (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) as Kelly Maxwell, a
moody wild child trying to outrun her past and Jill Marie Jones (“Sleepy Hollow”) as
Amanda Fisher, a disgraced Michigan State Trooper set to find our anti-hero Ash and
prove his responsibility in the grisly murder of her partner.
Raimi directed 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”). Raimi also serves 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 serves as
executive producer/showrunner. Ivan Raimi serves as co-executive producer and Aaron
Lam (“Spartacus”) and Chloe Smith (“Spartacus”) serve as producers.
