Through his twitter account, Bruce Campbell himself gave us some answer about the upcoming Evil Dead remake. People have been wondering if and who would be portraying the clasc character Ash,made famous by Campbell himself. He stated :
"No Ash character currently," followed by the statement " Last statement: ED remake is a re-telling. All bets are off & all involved love the new approach.".
So I guess as far as the horror world knows there isn't going to be an Ash in the new Evil Dead. Fede Alvarez is currently set to direct from his own script while original director Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are set to produce.
Source: STYD