Warner Bros. Pictures has more confidence in Evil Dead Rise moving its release to theaters exclusively instead of HBO Max on April 21, 2023. Lee Cronin, the movie’s director and screenplay writer, posts on twitter about the theatrical release.
Deadline confirms that the movie will premiere exclusively in theaters on the above-mentioned date. Fans are so happy with the development that they cannot wait to see the movie in the big screen.
Evil Dead Rise To Get Theatrical Release Instead Of Straight To Streaming
The Evil Dead shall RISE!!! 04/21/23. Exclusively in theatres. The countdown to carnage has begun. #EvilDeadRise 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸 pic.twitter.com/qls5Rkft1g
— Lee Cronin (@curleecronin) August 24, 2022
In an article from movieweb, the Evil Dead Rise producer Bruce Campbell teased that the film may get elevated to theatrical screenings. True enough, this news arrives to affirm this statement:
We just had a preview that went… That was very high ratings. They were potentially going to stream it on HBO Max, but it might go theatrical. Maybe in the fall.
Jon Kondelik @JonKondelik responded to Cronin’s tweet saying
Test Screening was amazing! Well deserved! I overheard some executives asking “but will we make our money back on this?” I interjected and said, “you’re gonna make your money back because this was awesome!”
Evil Dead Rise will the fifth movie of the franchise. Meanwhile, the movie stars Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher, and Mia Challis. The film has the following official synopsis:
In the fifth Evil Dead film, a road-weary Beth pays an overdue visit to her older sister Ellie, who is raising three kids on her own in a cramped L.A. apartment. The sisters’ reunion is cut short by the discovery of a mysterious book deep in the bowels of Ellie’s building, giving rise to flesh-possessing demons, and thrusting Beth into a primal battle for survival as she is faced with the most nightmarish version of motherhood imaginable.
Evil Dead Rise To Get Theatrical Release Instead Of Straight To Streaming
Image: Sony Pictures
Apparently, even though Campbell is part of the movie behind the camera, fans will be disappointed to know he won’t appear as Ash Williams. However, things are looking up for the franchise as those who have seen the test screening have seemed to unanimously determine the movie is that great.
Opening the ‘you know which book we are referring to’ is yet again signaling the end of the normal world as we know it. Still having the chance to see it on the big screen is just comedy horror promising funny. Thus, we cannot help but look forward to seeing the movie.
