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January 31, 2016 3:53pm PT by Marc Bernardin

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The Hollywood Reporter senior editor Marc Bernardin will be live-tweeting the broadcast.

Grease: Live is airing Sunday night on Fox.

The live production of the beloved musical stars Julianne Hough as Sandy, Aaron Tveit as Danny and Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo. Carly Rae Jepsen and Keke Palmer also star.

Hudgens, whose dad died Saturday night after battling cancer, tweeted Sunday that she is dedicating her performance to her father.

The Hollywood Reporter senior editor Marc Bernardin will be live-tweeting the broadcast. Keep up with him as it airs starting at 7 p.m. ET/PT below.

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Sam Raimi

You wouldn’t have found Sam Raimi‘s name on any of the schedules for Friday’s Comic-Con programming, but the director dropped by to announce that he’s currently working on an Evil Dead TV series, which he’s co-writing with his brother Ivan.

Even better, he’s planning to draft Bruce Campbell — star of the first three Evil Dead films — to topline the series as well. Neither Raimi nor Campbell had any material involvement with the Evil Dead remake that hit theaters in 2013.

Raimi also confirmed that’s he’s producing a Last of Us film for Screen Gems, to be adapted from the apocalyptic 2013 PlayStation game. The game’s writer, Neil Druckmann, will tackle the script, but no director has been set. Both Raimi and Druckmann mentioned that they’ve met with Game of Thrones‘ Maisie Williams about joining the cast, presumably as Ellie, the young survivor at the heart of the game.

This story first appeared in the Aug. 1 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

The 28-year-old Canadian actress had been building a career up north, doing TV and the occasional movie, when Orphan Black crossed her path. Her performance — which has Maslany playing a series of clones, all trying to figure out who created them and why — has gotten her two Critics’ Choice Awards, a Golden Globe nom and the adoration of such showrunners as Damon Lindelof and Shawn Ryan.

When did you go to your first convention?

It was in San Francisco about six years ago; we were doing press for a movie I did called Ginger Snaps: Unleashed. There were four people in the front row and four of us on the panel, and we basically outnumbered the audience. I absolutely loved it.

Is there anyone whose autograph you’d wait in line for?

The cast of Shaun of the Dead. I met Edgar Wright, and he was awesome, but I’d love to meet Simon Pegg. I saw Shaun of the Dead when it first came out, and I was just blown away. I was just like, “This is a perfect film.” I cried. I laughed. I was terrified. I believed every moment.

What has been your favorite fan interaction?

There was a girl who was dressed as one of the clones on Orphan Black dressed as another clone. It was like this totally esoteric, very detailed costume — nobody else would know who she was except us. It was really great to see that.