Starz has announced today thatLucy Lawless(Salem,Spartacus) will play the role of Ruby in the Starz original seriesAsh Vs. Evil Dead. The series is the long-awaited follow-up to the classic horror film franchiseThe Evil Deadand is set to film on location in New Zealand this spring and premiere on Starz in late 2015. Ruby is a mysterious figure who is myopic in her quest to hunt down the source of the recent Evil outbreaks. The only problem: she believes that Ash (Bruce Campbell) is the cause of it all.
The casting reteamsLawlesswith executive producersSam Raimiand Rob Tapert whom she worked with when she starred in the television series’Xena: Warrior PrincessandSpartacusas well as appearing in their feature films including Raimi’sSpider-Manand Tapert’sBoogeyman. Additional television credits includeSalem,Parks and Recreation, Top of the Lake,Flight of the Conchords,Curb Your EnthusiasmandBattlestar Galacticaamong others.
Lawlessjoins previously announced cast membersBruce Campbell(Ashley J. Williams),Ray Santiago(Pablo Simon Bolivar),Dana DeLorenzo(Kelly Maxwell) and Jill Marie Jones (Amanda Fisher). The Starz Original seriesAsh Vs. Evil Deadwill be 10 half-hour episodes.Bruce Campbellwill 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.
Raimi will direct the first episode ofAsh Vs. Evil Deadthat he wrote with Ivan Raimi (Darkman,Army Of Darkness,Drag Me to Hell), Craig DiGregorio (Workaholics,Chuck) and Tom Spezialy (Chuck,Reaper,Desperate Housewives). Raimi will also serve as executive producer, along with Rob Tapert (Evil Dead,Spartacus,Xena: Warrior Princess) andBruce Campbell(Evil Dead,Burn Notice) along with Craig DiGregorio (Workaholics,Chuck) who will serve as executive producer/showrunner. Ivan Raimi will co-executive produce and Aaron Lam (Spartacus) will serve as producer.
