"George Romero Is Working On A New Zombie Film" Topic

"Much like the undead menace themselves, sometimes you just can't keep a good zombie film director down. George A. Romero, often referred to as the "Grandfather of Zombie Cinema," has been making movies about the walking dead for decades, ever since the release of his seminal ‘Night of the Living Dead' back in 1968 (co-created and produced with John Russo). Now, almost 50 years later, Romero is still cranking out the zombie films, with recently-announced plans to work on a new film called ‘Road of the Dead.'

After writing and directing ‘Night of the Living Dead," Romero went on to create two more films in the "trilogy," those being ‘Dawn of the Dead' and ‘Day of the Dead.' (Fun fact: Romero and Russo split over creative differences after the release of ‘Night of the Living Dead,' and per their agreement, Romero got to keep the intellectual rights to the on-screen universe they had created, and Russo retained the exclusive rights to use the phrase "Living Dead" in future films he created, of which there are several.) In the 2000s, Romero also created a new "trilogy" of "Dead" films, ‘Survival of the Dead,' ‘Diary of the Dead,' and ‘Land of the Dead.'

The upcoming film will be Romero's written work, combined with that of Matt Birman, the latter of whom will also be directing the film. Birman and Romero have a working relationship that goes back decades, as Birman was the second unit (stunt) director on Romero's three most recent ‘Dead' films. As reported by IndieWire, the description for ‘Road of the Dead' reads thusly…"
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Amicalement
Armand

I generally enjoy his films but the plot of this one sounds wretched.

Agree!

Amicalement
Armand

Is he still alive ?!? Well, I guess he could be a zombie too !

(smile)

Amicalement
Armand

I'm not sure I want to hear what the rejected story pitches were…

I think he just wants to make a humorous zombie movie for a change… ;-)

Didn't Hollywood make that, with Woody Harrelson, "Zombieland", IIRC ?