Ash's team fighting to get him to kick the bejeesus out of Freddy & Jason!

Hey folks, Harry here... Tomorrow you'll find out that Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert and Bruce Campbell are in the thick of negotiations to have ASH kick the living shit out FREDDY and JASON. Now, we all know they've been talking about it since way the hell back when FREDDY VS JASON came out, but they've continued to work on getting this thing to happen.
Why?
Well, as you have probably noticed... Bruce Campbell is beginning to catch on. The feeling is, that by having Ash kick the shit out of Freddy and Jason... not only will the character of ASH be spring-boarded into the mainstream by those two Horror mainstays, but will be popular enough to risk sinking major money and promotion into an ASH stand-alone film. I know... geek wet dream material, but let's face it... the only way Sam Raimi would get back to directing ASH instead of wasting his time on these little films for Sony, is if ASH can be held in a higher esteem. At least, that's what the folks at CAA are whispering.
Now is the deal done? No, but it's getting close... the negotiations have turned quite friendly and everyone involved thinks this is a doable deal... that's why the trades are going to go ahead with the "in negotiations" story which is like the biggest "NO SHIT" I've seen in a long time.
Raimi and crew seem to be high on the treatment coming out of New Line, but as soon as the deal gets worked out, the next step of banging the script out, finding the right director (NOT PAUL W.S. ANDERSON) and then picking the right selection of potential redmeat for everyone to chop up, possess, squish, pummel, bite, eat, saw and all around slaughter will have to begin. It just has to have a badass S-MART battle. Ya know... if they don't fuck this up ala Fox, this could be the great geekgasm mop the floors flick of 2005 or 2006. Ya better believe we'll continue to twist arms and step on the appropriate ballsacks to get the nitty gritty on this baby.
What I particularly like about this concept for a movie is that so far... Freddy & Jason have been the stars of their films, with nobody on an equal footing to really combat their evilness. ASH... is in many ways the only honest to goodness Horror HERO. And I mean that in the cult film variety that has the geek cred to take those fuckers on. They're both child murderers... and that kinda pisses me off, I mean... Seeing Ash punish those fucks for 8 hours is kinda on my... gotta see list. Besides just hearing Ash quip shit to Freddy... will be heaven. Ya know?

HOLY SHIT!!!!!

this has to be the coolest thing ever! cant wait to see ash kicking some as again!

HAIL TO THE KING BABY!!!!!

Ashtheking said:

Y'know, somehow I knew YOU would be excited about this!!

Ash or Freddy is no match for the almighty Jason and his trusty Machete....Bring it on.

asses

If the plans go through...I just hope it doesn't suck like Freddy vs. Jason.
[This message was edited Tue Aug 17 23:23:43 2004 by HelloKittyIsMyFriend]

I'd LOVE to see this happen-I'm a huge fan of all these films, especially Bruce's work and the Evil Dead series-I'm just skeptical because Bruce hasn't seemed that eager to do it from interviews I've read with him. If Bruce changes his mind and realizes this could be a ticket to stardom and to really help his family (seems to be one of the main reasons in my mind he'd do this)-I'd love it.

This really is geek heaven-hopefully they'll do this instead of some of the more obvious match-ups and this would just slaughter everyone else at the box office. 3 built-in fan bases and we all know Ash would mop the floor with them, there's no way Bruce and Sam would ever let the Ash character just be a lackey.

We can only hope this doesn't end up in development hell-like Freddy vs. Jason was.

I'm really excited, I just hope it doesn't fall through like so many great ideas seem to in the film world.

Alright you primitive screw-heads, listen up. See this? This is my boomstick! It's a 12-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan; retails for about one hundred nine, ninety-five. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right, shop smart, shop S-Mart!

Oh man I just read this at work and I feel like i haev to call and tell people about it

I cant sit still
[This message was edited Wed Aug 18 8:25:12 2004 by ella731]

He'd kick all of their asses

If the plans go through...I just hope it doesn't suck like Freddy vs. Jason.

HelloKittyIsMyFriend said:

You're right about that. Mikey would kick some tail. Halloween is one of my favorite movies of all time! I also enjoy the Friday the 13th and NoES series on some level, but wasn't too hot on Freddy vs Jason. Adding Ash to the mix seems even more ridiculous. It smacks of greed and bandwagon jumping. Silly, silly idea. If they add Abbot and Costello, I might reconsider.

I didn't say add Myers to the mix - I just said he'd kick their asses And yes, another one of these sequels is about greed. I'm not commenting on Ash's popularity or lack thereof. Obviously, the film industry is an industry and industry is concerned about making money. The only reason they're making one of these is because Freddy vs Jason did well at the boxoffice (its first week anyway, then it dropped significantly).

Since they're limited to a few of these horror villians (the ones in New Line's canon and others they'd be able to negotiate), I just think it's desperation that leads them to it. Freddy vs Jason was supposed to happen long ago, and the end result of that first try was Friday the 13th: The New Blood - one of, if not the worst of the F13 lot. They shoulda stopped with the versus nonsense then. I'll admit that parts of it worked in FvJ, but on the whole it didn't amount to much.

Okay, get your point now. I'm a tad bit protective of Halloween, since its been abused worse than all of them. It was the best of all of the original films, but it had the shittiest sequels. Hell, at least the Friday & Nightmare movies had some laughs with their terrible sequels. Poor Halloween got garbage like H:Resurrection and the "what the fuck did that have to do with Halloween" Season Of The Witch. I watch the original every October, because it just isn't the season without it, but you can flush most of the rest down the toilet for all I care.

I WANNA SEE ASH KICKING THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF FREDDY AND JASON.

JediMaster said:

Did you miss the part where I said Halloween is one of my favorite films (if not my absolute favorite)? I don't think all its sequels were crap (Halloween II and H20 were alright), but the latter half of the series has been shit. It annoys me that it gets lumped it with the rest of the crap slasher lot (again, though I enjoy them on some level), because it's a lot better than them. It has only itself to blame, because of all the inferior sequels.

JediMaster said:

HELL YES!!!



Ash is the character that when added to the mix it throws expectations out of whack. Sure, it'd be more logical to pick Michael Myers or Pinhead, but it doesn't mean if Ash is in it there won't be a chance other characters would be in a later film.

Hopefully people that are mad about it realize this doesn't sound like it'd be the last one.

This IS looking to be a franchise after all.

"Shop smart, shop S-Mart."

JediMaster said:

Did you miss the part where I said Halloween is one of my favorite films (if not my absolute favorite)? I don't think all its sequels were crap (Halloween II and H20 were alright), but the latter half of the series has been shit. It annoys me that it gets lumped it with the rest of the crap slasher lot (again, though I enjoy them on some level), because it's a lot better than them. It has only itself to blame, because of all the inferior sequels.