Producer Don Carmody wants to bring his musical adapation of Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead to the big screen in 3D.

The musical’s original director, Christopher Bond, and choreographer, Hinton Battle, are set to co-direct the film. Carmody wants Raimi in on the musical film version of The Evil Dead, but no word as to whether or not he’s signed on permanently. Evil Dead: The Musical is set to start shooting for the silver screen early next year in Toronto with the original cast.

In the vein of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a popular audience participation segment known as the “splatter zone” will be among the scenes of the stage-to-screen adaptation to be filmed in 3D.

Carmody, who has produced musical-to-film adaptations before, was co-producer for 2002’s Chicago adaptation which won 6 Oscars including Best Picture.

Evil Dead: The Musical’s two main runs in New York City and Toronto have wrapped for the time being, but there are still productions going on across the globe. It’s currently running in Seoul, South Korea and plans for productions in Germany and Norfolk, Virginia are in the works.

Here are a few highlights from the Evil Dead: The Musical Toronto run:

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