Bruce Campbell is getting back out there in a really big way as of late. He has his new series Ash vs. Evil Dead coming out this Halloween for the Starz Network, which he co-produced and he recently started a crowd funding campaign for the second season of his game show, The Last Fan Standing, which he hosts and produces. Today it was announced that Campbell will be hosting and producing a horror themed reality series for 5×5 Media. Read on for more details.
Bruce Campbell has teamed with King Of The Nerds executive producers Craig Armstrong and Rick Ringbakk of 5X5 Media for a horror-themed, off-beat comedic competition series project. Tentatively titled Bruce Campbell’s Horrified, the series, which is being shopped to networks, is envisioned as a celebration of horror fans through a comedic and irreverent lens, similarly to TBS’ King Of The Nerds. Campbell would host and executive produce alongside 5X5 Media’s Armstrong,
Sources say the contestants will live together, possibly in a haunted house-type of residence, and will compete in a series of team and individual challenges, with each episode themed around a horror sub-genre, like monster, sci-fi, psychological, zombie, etc., completed with decors, costumes and visual effects associated with that genre.
Armstrong says “we hope to bring celebrities associated with that genre as judges” and as far as casting, the show will be looking for die-hard horror fans who stick out, are funny, and are bigger than life.
This sounds like a great idea to me and there’s nobody better to host than Bruce Campbell, he’s extremely funny, irreverent and a longtime fan favorite.
We’ll bring you more details on the show as we get them.
Source: Deadline
