Newcomer Jane Levy is set to replace Lily Collins as the female lead in Ghost House Pictures’ upcoming Evil Dead reboot, Deadline reports. Levy will play recovering overdose victim Mia, a character meant to replace original protagonist Ash Williams, famously played by the mighty Bruce Campbell.

Fede Alverez, an aspiring Uruguayan filmmaker who caught Raimi’s attention with an ambitious four-minute-plus sci-fi short entitled Panic Attack, is directing the remake from his own script, punched up by Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body).

Levy is best known for her recurring role as Ian Gallagher’s girlfriend Mandy Milkovich on season two of Showtime’s “Shameless” and as daughter Tessa Altman on ABC’s family dramedy “Suburgatory.”

The Evil Dead reboot will be shot in New Zealand and is slated for release on April 12, 2013. Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) costars.

“Vampire Diaries” recurring Michaela McManus may have gotten away from the supernatural creatures of Mystic Falls, but she’s not out of the woods yet. The pretty Rhode Island-born starlet will face-off against a killer grizzly bear in director David Hackl’s (Saw 5) Red Machine.

The film centers on two estranged brothers and their girlfriends as they attempt to escape from the bloodthirsty grizzly stalking them throughout the Alaskan wilderness. Production begins this month in Vancouver.

Red Machine stars James Marsden (Straw Dogs) and Thomas Jane (Punisher) as the estranged brothers, Piper Perabo (“Covert Affairs”) as Jane’s deaf girlfriend, and Billy Bob Thornton (Armageddon) as an expert bear hunter. Rounding out the cast are Scott Glenn (Sucker Punch), Adam Beach (Cowboys & Aliens) and Kelly Curran (Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas).

No word on what role McManus plays in the film (Marsden’s girlfriend?) but, should she get mauled early on, she can always be seen on the small-screen as part of NBC’s trippy parallel-lives drama “Awake,” premiering in March.