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Romero returns with Land of the Dead
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Friday July 16, 2004
Veteran filmmaker and horror guru George A Romero will return to his cult zombie series for the first time in nearly two decades this autumn with Land of the Dead.
Romero launched the series in 1968 with Night of the Living Dead and followed it up 10 years later with the hugely popular and critically acclaimed Dawn of the Dead. Day of the Dead was the last instalment in 1985.
In Land of the Dead, which is rumoured to be budgeted below $20m and begins shooting later this year, humans flee the marauding armies of undead and set up a new community.
The story follows the trials and tribulations of a doughty band of survivors who inhabit a fortified city where class divides and internal politicking add to the obvious existing difficulties outside.
"People ask me why I've waited so long to do another Dead film," Romero is quoted as saying in Screendaily.com.
"I made one in the 60s, one in the 70s, one in the 80s. The only reason I missed the 90s is because I wanted to stay faithful to the tradition, while coming up with something new. I wanted to kick some ass. I hope I've done that now."
Staff and agencies
Friday July 16, 2004
Veteran filmmaker and horror guru George A Romero will return to his cult zombie series for the first time in nearly two decades this autumn with Land of the Dead.
Romero launched the series in 1968 with Night of the Living Dead and followed it up 10 years later with the hugely popular and critically acclaimed Dawn of the Dead. Day of the Dead was the last instalment in 1985.
In Land of the Dead, which is rumoured to be budgeted below $20m and begins shooting later this year, humans flee the marauding armies of undead and set up a new community.
The story follows the trials and tribulations of a doughty band of survivors who inhabit a fortified city where class divides and internal politicking add to the obvious existing difficulties outside.
"People ask me why I've waited so long to do another Dead film," Romero is quoted as saying in Screendaily.com.
"I made one in the 60s, one in the 70s, one in the 80s. The only reason I missed the 90s is because I wanted to stay faithful to the tradition, while coming up with something new. I wanted to kick some ass. I hope I've done that now."
