With Evil Dead Burn due out on July 24, the next entry in the legendary horror franchise is already in the works from writer-director Francis Galluppi (The Last Stop in Yuma County).
New Zealand’s The Screen Guild reveals that the seventh installment’s working title is Evil Dead Wrath, with production slated to begin this month in Auckland.
Charlotte Hope (The Nun), Jessica McNamee (Mortal Kombat), Zach Gilford (“Midnight Mass”), Josh Helman (Mad Max: Fury Road), Ella Newton (Dangerous Animals), Elizabeth Cullen (Diabolic), and Australian newcomer Ella Oliphant are set to star.
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi and franchise producer Rob Tapert are producing. Evil Dead icon Bruce Campbell and Evil Dead Rise filmmaker Lee Cronin will executive produce alongside Romel Adam and Jose Canas.
New Line Cinema will distribute domestically through Warner Bros. Pictures, with Sony distributing internationally, StudioCanal distributing in the UK, and Metropolitan Filmexport distributing in France.