{"id":11895,"date":"2015-05-31T02:52:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T06:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=11895"},"modified":"2015-06-04T00:26:51","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T04:26:51","slug":"transmissions-starz-releases-newteaser-for-ash-vs-evil-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=11895","title":{"rendered":"Transmissions: Starz Releases New Teaser for Ash vs Evil Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The STARZ Original series \u201cAsh vs Evil Dead\u201d is rolling out <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ash-VS-Evil-Dead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11896\" style=\"width: 396px;\" alt=\"Ash VS Evil Dead\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ash-VS-Evil-Dead.jpg\" width=\"819\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><\/span>new teasers this week for the 10-episode first season of the half-hour series executive produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell, the original filmmakers of the franchise, and Craig DiGregorio who will serve as executive producer and showrunner.<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAsh vs Evil Dead,\u201d which is currently in production in New Zealand, is the long-awaited follow-up to the classic horror film franchise The Evil Dead and is set to premiere on STARZ in Fall 2015.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Campbell will be reprising his role as Ash, the stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead.<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0 <\/span>When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons \u2013personal and literal.<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its \u201cEvil\u201d grip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.starz.com\/videos\/embed\/ce3af37100774f30a6082c0d69a66c32?footer=false&amp;cid=052515aveds1pr2\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The cast is led by Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, \u201cBurn Notice\u201d) in the role of Ash Williams, Lucy Lawless (\u201cSalem,\u201d \u201cSpartacus\u201d) as Ruby a mysterious figure who believes Ash is the cause of the Evil outbreaks, Ray Santiago (\u201cTouch,\u201d Meet the Fockers) as Pablo Simon Bolivar, an idealistic immigrant who becomes Ash\u2019s loyal sidekick, Dana DeLorenzo (A Very Harold &amp; Kumar 3D Christmas) as Kelly Maxwell, a moody wild child trying to outrun her past and Jill Marie Jones (\u201cSleepy Hollow\u201d) as Amanda Fisher, a disgraced Michigan State Trooper set to find our anti-hero Ash and prove his responsibility in the grisly murder of her partner. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Raimi is directing the first episode of \u201cAsh vs Evil Dead\u201d that he wrote with Ivan Raimi (Darkman, Army of Darkness, Drag Me to Hell), and Tom Spezialy (\u201cChuck,\u201d \u201cReaper,\u201d \u201cDesperate Housewives\u201d). Raimi will also serve as executive producer, with Rob Tapert (Evil Dead, \u201cSpartacus,\u201d Xena: Warrior Princess\u201d) and Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, \u201cBurn Notice\u201d) along with Craig DiGregorio (\u201cWorkaholics,\u201d \u201cChuck\u201d) who will serve as executive producer\/showrunner. Ivan Raimi will co-executive produce and Aaron Lam (\u201cSpartacus\u201d) and Chloe Smith (\u201cSpartacus\u201d) will serve as producers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The STARZ Original series \u201cAsh vs Evil Dead\u201d is rolling out new teasers this week for the 10-episode first season of the half-hour series executive produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell, the original filmmakers of the franchise, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=11895\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3816,3998,1497,3997,163,721,3999,33],"class_list":["post-11895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ash","tag-ash-vs-evil-dead","tag-bruce-campbell","tag-evil-dead","tag-horror","tag-lucy-lawless","tag-sam-raimi","tag-starz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11895"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11918,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11895\/revisions\/11918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}