New Line has found some fresh meat for Evil Dead Rise, the latest chapter in the Evil Dead horror franchise.
Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies and Nell Fisher have joined Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan in the feature, which goes before cameras in June and is intended for HBO Max.
While the majority of the other Dead movies revolved around the demonic goings-on at a cabin in the woods, the new tale takes the corpses to the city and tells of two estranged sisters (Sutherland and Sullivan) whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, pushing them into a primal battle for survival.
Subtleties are being kept in the book, however sources say the threesome will play siblings in hazard.
The first Evil Dead filmmaking group is involved with this chapter, with Robert Tapert creating, and Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell serving in as executive producers. Additionally executive delivering are Romel Adam, John Keville and Macdara Kelleher.
Irish filmmaker Lee Cronin, hand-picked by Raimi, Tapert and Campbell, composed the screenplay and is directing.
Echols, Davies and Fisher are all actors on the rise. Echols is making her feature acting introduction in Reminiscence, Warner Bros’. sci-fi film from Westworld makers Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan and featuring Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson.
Davies had a breakout role playing a trans boy in Australian TV series The End. His series of credits include appearing with Carmen Ejogo for Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience for Starz, Storm Boy with Geoffrey Rush and Jai Courtney, and the Steven Spielberg-exec produced delivered series Terra Nova.
Fisher made her acting debut in the short film Splendid Isolation with her feature bow set to be post-apocalyptic action feature Northspur.
Echols is repped by Paradigm, Play Management, The X Division and Morris Yorn. Davies is repped by Catherine Poulton Management, Circle of Confusion and Derek Kroeger at Myman Greenspan. Fisher is repped by Gail Cowan Management.