Last month, we brought you news straight from Bruce Campbell’s mouth through his Twitter feed about the shoot date and his cameo in Sam Raimi’s remake of his 1981 cult classic The Evil Dead. I know you’ve been hungry for more intel on this project which sees Campbell team up once again with Raimi and Evil Dead producer Rob Tapert. Just what did Campbell mean when he tweeted that this film “is a re-telling. All bets are off & all involved love the new approach?”

According to ShockTillYouDrop, the official synopsis of The Evil Dead reads a little like this:

“Five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin where they discover a Book Of The Dead and unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.”

Sounds just like the original, no? So how will this remake “be the most leading original remake” according to Campbell? Bloody-Disgusting says that there are a few key details that are different in the “motivation behind the trip, with the lead character taking his younger sister to the family’s cabin to help her kick her drug addiction. Without her drugs she becomes insane and difficult to control, which makes it impossible to see that she’s actually possessed.” Also, the demons of the Book of the Dead in this remake will be unleashed by one of the kids who just happens to know how to read the ancient text and reads from the book aloud.

Raimi has enlisted Fede Alvarez (Panic Attack) to write the script with Rodo Sayagues and with Diablo Cody revising the draft. Ghost House Pictures will be onboard this remake. Campbell will also indeed be making a cameo of some kind in the film, though not as Ash currently.

The Evil Dead begins shooting in early 2012.