George A. Romero's next zombie flick

koneko

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=357216

Scott Weinberg writes: "Fresh off the success of his "Land of the Dead," zombie-master George A. Romero has decided to "go indie" on his next "Dead" sequel, which will be called "Diary of the Dead" and goes into production this October.

From The Hollywood Reporter: "George A. Romero has signed on to write and direct "George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead," following in the tradition of his 1968 cult classic "Night of the Living Dead." With a story mixing elements of "The Blair Witch Project" and the long-running "Dead" series, the film will follow a group of college students shooting a horror movie in the woods who stumble upon a real zombie uprising. When the onslaught begins, they seize the moment as any good film students would, capturing the undead in a "cinema verite" style that causes more than the usual production headaches. After going more than two decades without making an independently financed zombie film, Romero told his production partner Peter Grunwald he was frustrated working within the system. "I was trying to convince Peter we could just run off and do it ourselves," he said."

Cool!

The "Dead" series goes like this: "Night" (1968), "Dawn" (1978), "Day" (1985), and "Land" (2005)."

mike65

Milking it a bit no? It could be good but only if he has his satirical scalpel sharpened first.

Mike.

Jack B. Badd

koneko wrote:

the success of his "Land of the Dead,"

People actually liked that film?! :eek:

Karl Hungus

Jack B. Badd wrote:

People actually liked that film?! :eek:

Yes.

Necronomicon

I liked Land, but I'm glad he didn't break his tradition of not linking sequels. It was rumored that the next one would be a direct sequel to Land, characters and all.

TerrorFirmer

I loved Land of the Dead and while I wouldn't be immediately welcoming this new concept,I would definately be welcoming a new Romero film regardless! At least it sounds somewhat interesting, and even thought it does sound a bit of a potential miss it could easily be something special.