Zombie Research Society
The dynamic duo behind the successful remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre are teaming up once again to produce a brand new version of George Romero’s zombie classic Day Of The Dead. According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, Lati Grobman and Christa Campbell recently bought the rights from Taurus Entertainment who produced their own version in 2008 starring Ving Rhames and Mena Suvari.
While that film was met with negative reviews from fans and critics alike, Campbell vows to honor Romero’s original vision and is currently holding meetings about the best way to adapt the cult classic for a modern audience.
“We want to keep it as close to the Romero version as possible,” Campbell said, “to make sure that his fans are happy. These are not going to be zombies climbing walls and doing back flips like in ‘World War Z.'”
The new film will be produced in collaboration with Millennium Films, and should be in theaters sometime next year with an expected budget of anywhere between $10 million and $20 million.
Meanwhile, fans of the original film can look forward to a special Collector’s Edition
Please check out the original article for more information on the upcoming remake, or visit Amazon to pre-order
I can only shudder with fear with the idea that these two are going to actually remake Day of the Dead. They make a remark about “World War Z” zombies? , what about their original absolute shite adaptation (abortion) of “Day of the Dead”, were their zombies not crawling up walls and across ceilings? WTF? I just can’t convince myself to waist another few hours on what I am sure George Romero will commit suicide over in seeing what these two further do to his franchise.