Bruce Campbell in a scene from ‘Evil Dead’
Bruce Campbell is set to return as Ash Williams, not in a live-action role, but via an animated series. The actor is known for his iconic portrayal of Ash Evil Dead The franchise’s CEO revealed this while promoting his latest Peacock series. Hysteria,

“We’re developing an animated version, sort of a series,” Campbell said. Entertainment Weekly“I would work all day doing the voice of Ash because my voice hasn’t aged as much as I have.” This announcement confirms that the project, which had previously only been discussed as a possibility, is now officially in development.

“I really liked this idea Evil Dead He added, “It’s a fantastic series and I can see it being absolutely crazy! They could go way beyond what they do with live-action projects.”
In addition to the animated series, Campbell also teased two new animated shows. Evil Dead The films are being made. “There are two more great films coming out in the future. We have two new brilliant directors with two new scripts to shoot, and we think we’ve got the studios to pay for both of them because they’re still making money,” he said. The directors, Francis Galuppi and Sebastian Vanicek, are set to bring new, scarier stories to this popular horror franchise after Lee Cronin’s film. Evil Dead Rise (2023) and Fede Álvarez’s Evil Dead (2013).

Campbell reassured fans that Evil Dead This will remain intact even after the animation changes. “The trick is to take the elements that people like, which is innocent people being tortured by a malicious entity, and it’s these people who have no skills to stop it,” he explained.