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As we've stated before, 2004 has been overwhelmingly the year of the
zombie. We've had the wonderful Shaun of the Dead, the stunning Dawn
of the Dead remake, and coming up still is Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Yep,
it's been a good twelve months for shambling, shuffling, brain-eating ghouls.
Yet it's been slightly galling to see the zombie renaissance take place
without input from the man, the legend, the genius who started it all:
George A. Romero. The Pittsburgh-based film-maker has had to watch
while remakes and homages to his past work - the Dead trilogy, Night
of the Living Dead, Dawn... and Day of the Dead - invade cinemas, even
as his own attempts to get a fourth in his series stumble and stutter.
Well, not anymore. Hard on the heels of the announcement that he will be
directing Diamond Dead, a zombie musical (unrelated to his trilogy)
produced by Tony and Ridley Scott, comes today's welcome news that a fourth Dead film is on the way.
Land of the Dead - replacing the earlier mooted titles, Dead Reckoning and
Twilight of the Dead - will start filming in Winnipeg or Pittsburgh
this October, after Romero finally secured a financing and distribution
deal. And for zombie fans, that's joyous news.
The movie will take place long after the original trilogy, with the
zombies' threat to society significantly reduced. Now they are treated
with all the compassion afforded to homeless people, and drag
themselves around the streets of a walled city where anarchy reigns on the
streets and skyscrapers have been specially fortified to protect the wealthy.
However, a group of scavengers must thwart a plot to overthrow the
city's hierarchy while facing another problem: the zombies are mutating into
more advanced, more deadly creatures...
Romero will direct from his own script. No word yet on budget, or
whether effects maestro Tom Savini will return. We'll keep you posted,
naturally.
Source: www.empireonline.co.uk
Looks like Romero is finally making his long awaited return!
zombie. We've had the wonderful Shaun of the Dead, the stunning Dawn
of the Dead remake, and coming up still is Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Yep,
it's been a good twelve months for shambling, shuffling, brain-eating ghouls.
Yet it's been slightly galling to see the zombie renaissance take place
without input from the man, the legend, the genius who started it all:
George A. Romero. The Pittsburgh-based film-maker has had to watch
while remakes and homages to his past work - the Dead trilogy, Night
of the Living Dead, Dawn... and Day of the Dead - invade cinemas, even
as his own attempts to get a fourth in his series stumble and stutter.
Well, not anymore. Hard on the heels of the announcement that he will be
directing Diamond Dead, a zombie musical (unrelated to his trilogy)
produced by Tony and Ridley Scott, comes today's welcome news that a fourth Dead film is on the way.
Land of the Dead - replacing the earlier mooted titles, Dead Reckoning and
Twilight of the Dead - will start filming in Winnipeg or Pittsburgh
this October, after Romero finally secured a financing and distribution
deal. And for zombie fans, that's joyous news.
The movie will take place long after the original trilogy, with the
zombies' threat to society significantly reduced. Now they are treated
with all the compassion afforded to homeless people, and drag
themselves around the streets of a walled city where anarchy reigns on the
streets and skyscrapers have been specially fortified to protect the wealthy.
However, a group of scavengers must thwart a plot to overthrow the
city's hierarchy while facing another problem: the zombies are mutating into
more advanced, more deadly creatures...
Romero will direct from his own script. No word yet on budget, or
whether effects maestro Tom Savini will return. We'll keep you posted,
naturally.
Source: www.empireonline.co.uk
Looks like Romero is finally making his long awaited return!
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