Evil Dead Burn

Evil Dead Burn
Directed By	Sébastien Vaniček
Written by	Sébastien Vaniček Florent Bernard
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Premiere	2026

Evil Dead Burn is an upcoming horror film written by Sébastien Vaniček and Florent Bernard and directed by Sébastien Vaniček. Set to be released on July 24, 2026, Evil Dead Burn will be the sixth theatrically released film in the Evil Dead franchise.

Production

Development

On February 5th, 2024, online entertainment news website Deadline announced that Sébastien Vaniček had been selected by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert to write and direct an Evil Dead spin-off film. On February 6th, Vaniček elaborated on the project in an interview with French pop culture website Konbini, stating that Warner Bros. (parent company of New Line Cinema) wanted a film that was not connected to the previous Evil Dead installments, and that Sam Raimi gave him complete creative control over the film. Vaniček also stated he wanted to start filming by the end of 2024/early 2025, with an estimated release date of October, 2025. Speaking to French entertainment news group Première, Vaniček also explained that the film would feature a French main character that speaks English "and finds himself surrounded by American characters", but wanted to retain a French style to the film. On December 9th, 2024, Vaniček posted the cover to the scrip on his official Instagram profile, revealing that the film would be titled Evil Dead Burn, with a new release date of 2026.

On May 8th, 2025, Bloody Disgusting announced that Evil Dead Burn had a release date of July 24th, 2026, and would star Swiss actress Souheila Yacoub. On May 22nd, Deadline reported that Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan and Tandi Wright had joined the cast, and that Sony Pictures would be co-financing the film and serve as the international distributor. On July 30th, 2025, Vaniček posted an image of a clapperboard bearing the Evil Dead Burn logo and the caption "DAY ONE", along with an image of a man wearing a firefighter's helmet holding the clapperboard, indicating that filming had officially begun. On October 17th, 2025, Ghost House Pictures announced that filming had completed. In December of 2025, Vaniček once again spoke to Première, and stated that the film was not connected to any previous installment, and that "even Sam Raimi does not understand this rather messy timeline." On December 31st, 2025, Vaniček posted a teaser image of the interior artwork of the new Book of The Dead. That same day, Florent Bernard posted a video to his personal YouTube account entitled "2025 en 365 secondes" ("2025 in 365 seconds"), which featured several behind the scenes images from the set of Evil Dead Burn.