Night of the Living Dead
Cameron Romero - son of belated zombie sea captain George Romero - has announced that he ’s realise a prequel toNight of the Living Dead . The younger Romero has been shape on getting the project made since back in 2014 , which saw him kick upstairs $ 30,000 via a crowdfunding campaign . The prequel was originally titled simplyOrigins , but has now been renamedRise of the Living Dead .
One of the most influential repulsion directors of all time , George Romero pass away in July , at the age of 77 . While Romero guide a amount of 15 feature films over the course of his 40 - plus class career , he ’ll always be best call up forinventing the zombie genreas the world knows it today . Before Romero ’s 1968 classicNight of the Living Dead , zombi did n’t exhaust flesh , they did n’t jaunt in shambling swarm , and they did n’t turn those they attack into one of them . Without Romero , there would be noThe Walking Dead , much less other great zombie films likeZombieland , Shaun of the DeadorReturn of the Living Dead .
Romero would go on fromNightto direct 1978 ’s arguably even more belovedDawn of the Dead,1985 ’s claustrophobic and shockingDay of the Dead,2005 ’s Universal - backedLand of the Dead,2007 ’s found footage reinventionDiary of the Dead , and 2009’sSurvival of the Dead . Whether one wish all of Romero ’s zombie efforts or not , it ca n’t be denied that the human knew how to tell a good undead narrative . Cameron Romero hop to proceed his forefather ’s bequest withRise , which he announced onFacebook , and calls a " love letter to my dad . "
salary increase of the Living Dead’splot takes place during the social hullabaloo of the early sixties , not too retentive before the zombie rebellion that occurred inNight . The narrative shopping mall on Dr. Ryan Cartwright , a military - fund scientist task with finding a way to sustain human animation in the event of a atomic holocaust . This mission came to be pursue the case of the Cuban Missile Crisis in late 1962 , which saw the United States and Russia make out dangerously close to reciprocal annihilation . Cartwright ’s journeying somehow lead to the creation of the Romero universe ’s first zombi spirit , and the apocalypse that trace .
Cameron Romero has yet to reveal what exactly his release plans are forRise of the Living Dead , or when production will begin . Presuming that he can get the film made , one arrogate that he ’ll do his inviolable best to make his pappa proud , and craft a worthwhile addition to theLiving Deadsaga .
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