Here at the Mercury HQ, we love Bruce Campbell and the Evil Dead movies as much as anybody—even My Name Is Bruce! Even the Evil Dead remake! And, should Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell ever decide to make another once, we'll be there, dressed up as Ash, or that nice girl from the basement, or whatever (Dirk has an impressively tactile tree costume he wears to editorial meetings sometimes? I don't know why). But holy shit, nerds, STOP IT. You can't keep melting the internet every time Bruce Campell says something about Army of Darkness 2, a film that, for all intents and purposes, will likely never happen.
A bit of backstory: A few weeks ago, Campbell—while gamely answering yet another nerd's question about something he did decades ago—said, obviously sarcastically, that he and Raimi would make another Army of Darkness:
"Ash would have to stop occasionally from chasing some deadite to catch his breath. Maybe we could do that, I guess. That would be exciting. Fight in a walker. That would be alright. Hit them with my cane. Fake them out, have a fake heart attack, distract a zombie. I like it.” (Via.)
For some reason everybody decided Bruce Campbell must not be joking—even though he was clearly joking—and decided hooray, Army of Darkness 2 was happening! And everybody started talking about it so much that now Campbell's having to tell everyone to just chill the fuck out.
"There's no reality whatsoever. These random comments slip out of my mouth or Sam Raimi’s mouth, next thing you know, we're making a sequel. So unless it’s announced from Renaissance Pictures, it’s not real. Or unless you have a start date or a release date. We do appreciate people’s enthusiasm for another Army Of Darkness, but they should just wait until it’s real." (Via, via.)
Bruce Campbell is 55 and hitting the convention circuit, while Sam Raimi is making massive Hollywood blockbusters—the chance of them getting back together to make a sequel to a 23-year-old cult film is... unlikely. Would it be great if it happened? Yes! But stop hanging on every word Campbell says at a comic book convention. Chances are pretty good he's just fucking with you.
