'Evil Dead' franchise is now coming to TV with 'Ash Vs. Evil Dead'

Evil is coming to your TV screens.

The Evil Dead movie franchise has officially crossed over to television with a 10-episode straight-to-series order from Starz for a 2015 premiere. The show's official title is "Ash Vs. Evil Dead".

Original franchise director Sam Raimi will executive produce the series and write and direct the first episode, with Rob Tapert also executive producing. Bruce Campbell will star, reprising his iconic career-making role as Ash.

The synopsis is as follows: “Bruce 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. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons –personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its ‘Evil’ grip.”

“Evil Dead has always been a blast,” Raimi said. “Bruce, Rob, and I are thrilled to have the opportunity to tell the next chapter in Ash’s lame, but heroic saga. With his chainsaw arm and his ‘boomstick,’ Ash is back to kick some monster butt. And brother, this time there’s a truckload of it.”