You know who's cool?
Bruce Effing Campbell. Seriously,
do you know anyone who says, "Oh, he's OK" or "I've never really been a fan"?
No, to see him is to dig him.
That had to be some of the thinking behind the movie
My
Name is Bruce, a low-budget flick in which Campbell is mistaken for Ash, his
iconic
Evil Dead alter-ego. That's an important development, because in the
flick he has to fight monsters. How groovy is that?
But the movie, which Campbell also directed, sat around and sat around; I had fallen
under the impression it snuck onto video without anyone being the wiser.
Apparently, though, a theatrical release is still planned, and it's supposed to
come out later this year.
Talking to
Shock Till You Drop, Mike Richardson of Dark
Horse Comics gave a rosy outlook for the film's future:
"Some people maybe thought the film fell out or that
there was something wrong with it. We did our shoot, put it in the can and the
studio that financed it liked it so much they gave us more money to do a second
shoot. We beefed it up so it could go into the theaters."
Want more good news? After the scheduled October theatrical release, there might be a sequel called -
what else - My Name is Still Bruce.