while I agree that a remake has the opportunity to be a major fail when compared to the original I feel like once you take off the rose tinted glasses you'll find the movie turns out better.
Think of the technology available now vs. the crap in the 70's. Costumer, make up, cgi; all greatly improved over the last 30 years. Not to mention the budget, Evil Dead worked off of a 150k budget, God only knows what can be done with better backing!
Oh yeah, last I heard its not going to center around Ash, so as far as it being a remake I bet the recycled parts stop at the book of the dead.
Of course, this has been talked about a changed forever, I found Bruce Campbell interviews from 2007 talking about the possibilities.
Lastly, oops, totally off topic on a Lollipop Chainsaw thread!