Two goodies from a great interview with The Man: BRUCE CAMPBELL’S SKY HIGH SDCC PANEL
QUESTION: What’s up with Ash vs. Freddy vs. Jason?
ANSWER: We had a five minute talk with New Line. Five minutes that will haunt me for the rest of my career! Here’s how it went: New Line expressed interest in doing the project. We said, “So we only have control over Ash?” They said "yes." So one-third of the movie could be cool, and two-third could suck and we’d have no say over that. See the thing is, that’s three different sets of rules to play by, who could defeat or kill who, etc. etc. That’s three different ways to split the check. It was a bad idea.
QUESTION: Any progress on the Evil Dead remake?
ANSWER: Yeah, they want it to star Ashton Kutcher. And who doesn’t want to see him get raped by a tree? (This was met with roaring applause)
And another goodie:
QUESTION: What has been your most frustrating experience with Hollywood?
ANSWER: It’s actually happening right now…every A-movie is a B-movie. I’m serious, look at ’em. Batman, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds…Tom Cruise can jump on a couch all he likes, it’s still a B-movie! Take War of the Worlds…in 1898, the book is published. 1938, the radio play, and 2005 we get another movie. Every 50 years it’s been redone. The Dukes of Hazzard, shitty TV show, no one wants to see it. And I know you guys are gonna hate this but…Batman Begins? Yeah, like five times! Bewitched, House of Wax, The Longest Yard, Guess Who?, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Herbie the Love Bug….they’ve made so many of those even I’ve been in one! Hollywood is creatively bankrupt. Between May and August I have no reason to see a movie, because I have seen them seven times already!