ASH VS. EVIL DEAD Gets a Second Season Before the First Premieres

Starz has ordered a second season of the highly anticipated Ash Vs. Evil Dead series, set to premiere this Halloween. According to the channel, the strong demand from fans, affiliates, and distributors lead to the pre-emptive renewal.

Craig DiGregorio will return as the showrunner for season two, with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert executive producing. Casting wise, everyone will be pleased to know Bruce Campbell has signed back on and so has Lucy Lawless.

Here’s the synopsis for the upcoming first season:

The 10-episode first season of the half-hour series features Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, Burn Notice) as Ash Williams; Lucy Lawless (Salem, Spartacus) as Ruby a mysterious figure who believes Ash is the cause of the Evil outbreaks; Ray Santiago (Touch, Meet the Fockers) as Pablo Simon Bolivar, an idealistic immigrant who becomes Ash’s loyal sidekick; Dana DeLorenzo (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) as Kelly Maxwell, a moody wild child trying to outrun her past; and Jill Marie Jones (Sleepy Hollow) as Amanda Fisher, a disgraced Michigan State Trooper set to find our anti-hero Ash and prove his responsibility in the grisly murder of her partner.