Mimi Rogers (Mad Men, NCIS) has joined the cast of the STARZ series Ash vs Evil Dead,” set to debut this fall. Rogers will play Suzy Maxwell, a woman who is reunited with her family and several uninvited guests after a freak accident.
The series is a follow-up to the cult classic The Evil Dead film franchise. The series is executive produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell, the creators of the franchise, and Craig DiGregorio who will serve as executive producer and showrunner.
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Ash vs. Evil Dead is currently filming its 10-episode first season in New Zealand.
Rogers joins a cast that also includes Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, Burn Notice), reprising the lead role of 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.
Raimi will direct the premiere episode, which he wrote with Ivan Raimi (Darkman, Army of Darkness, Drag Me to Hell), Craig DiGregorio (Workaholics, Chuck) and Tom Spezialy (Chuck, Reaper, Desperate Housewives). Ivan Raimi will co-executive produce and Aaron Lam (Spartacus) and Chloe Smith (Spartacus) will serve as producers.
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