Here's the official press release about the filming:
Los Angeles, May 04, 2012 - Principal photography has begun on “Evil Dead,” in Auckland, New Zealand and will wrap in early July 2012.
Ghost House Pictures is producing the much anticipated remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 cult-hit horror film “The Evil Dead”; the film that effectively launched the careers of Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man” franchise); RobTapert (“30 Days of Night”) and Bruce Campbell who played the Ash character and was Co-Producer of the original, now brings them back to produce an “Evil Dead” for today's audience that's high on the horror, gore, plot twists and more from a screenplay written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues.
Executive Producers are J.R. Young, Nathan Kahane, Joseph Drake and Peter Schlessel. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) and FilmDistrict have partnered with Ghost House Pictures on a worldwide deal - excluding U.K. and France - for Sony Pictures to distribute the remake of “Evil Dead.”
