Francis Galluppi's new 'Evil Dead' announces its main cast

In addition to the sequel scheduled for release this year, Evil Dead Burn by Sébastien Vaniček, the horror franchise Evil Dead another installment is underway by the writer and director Francis Gallupi (The Last Stop in Yuma County) without official title at the moment.

The project announced in 2024, achieved significant progress in its development, and announced the signing of its main cast.

The cast includes Charlotte Hope (The Nun), Jessica McNamee (Mortal Kombat), Zach Gilford (Midnight Mass), Josh Helman (Mad Max: Fury Road), Ella Newton (Dangerous Animals), Elizabeth Cullen (Goolagong) and the newcomer Ella Oliphant (via Deadline).

At the moment the details of the plot are kept completely secret. It was previously reported that “the project is described solely as an original story that Gallupi developed and presented to Raimi and his team.”

Gallupi will direct his own script.

Ghost House Pictures de Sam Raimi y Robert Tapert will produce the feature film, co-financed by New Line Cinema and Sony Pictures.

This is the same team behind Evil Dead Riseand this year's delivery Evil Dead Burn.

Other producers include Romel Adam, José Cañas, with executive producers Lee Cronin, and Bruce Campbell.

Warner Bros. Pictures will be in charge of distribution in national territory together with New Line Cinemawhile Sony Pictures will do so in the international market. StudioCanal will do so in the UK.

Gallupi made his feature film debut with the crime thriller The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023), whose plot revolves around a traveling salesman who, while stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop, becomes embroiled in a terrifying hostage situation upon the arrival of two bank robbers who have no qualms about using cruelty to protect their blood-soaked fortune. He previously made acclaimed short films such as High Desert Hell y The Gemini Project.

Regarding the project, Raimi previously stated in a press release:

“Francis Galluppi is a storyteller who knows when to keep us waiting in latent tension and when to hit us with explosive violence. He is a director who shows unusual control in his debut feature.”

The Evil Dead Raimi's original, was released in 1981, and focused on Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell), a combatant of various supernatural entities. That film became a trilogy, and would later create the original Starz series, Ash vs. Evil Dead.

In 2013, Fede Álvarez created the remake Evil Deadwhich was applauded by critics and moviegoers alike. In 2023 it was launched Evil Dead Rise by writer and director Lee Cronin, another success in the horror franchise. After the premiere of the latter, Raimi announced a new spinoff, Evil Dead Burnby filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček, which hits theaters in July of this year.

In that instance, it was revealed that the new direction of the saga would consist of Raimi personally selecting promising filmmakers to put his own spin on the Deadites.