Schrijfster Diablo Cody, die een Oscar won voor haar werk aan Juno, sprak onlangs met Collider over Fede Alvarez's aankomende Evil Dead remake. Ze gaf hierbij aan wat ze precies aan de film heeft toegevoegd.

"I did a draft. I did like a polish slash rewrite on the pre-existing, excellent script by Fede Alvarez. I wouldn’t have even gotten involved if Sam [Raimi] and Bruce Campbell hadn’t been involved as well, they’re producing it, and so of course I was like 'Alright I have to do this' because I’m such a fan of the original, and the whole original series in fact. But I was nervous to take the job because I thought 'Ugh, I’m gonna get shit for this. People are not gonna like this, because all people know of me is like Juno and they think I’m gonna pollute Evil Dead with like wacky dialogue and cute stuff and folk music, and it’s like 'No, look I understand what this is. I’m interested in storytelling here and making it scary and good and true to the original.'"

Op de vraag of ze ook één of meer sterfsequenties heeft geschreven, antwoordde Cody als volgt:

"Because the director’s draft was really scary, I tried to stay away from some of the big horror set pieces. I didn’t wanna mess with his vision, because he’s the one who ultimately has to shoot it. That being said, there is a moment near the—I mean it’s unbelievably violent (laughs). Occasionally I threw in a wound here or there. I didn’t write anything extravagant."

Er is nog niets bekend over de casting, behalve dat Bruce Campbell hoogstwaarschijnlijk komt opdagen voor een cameo. Hij zal echter niet terugkeren als Ash. De film staat gepland voor het jaar 2013.