Dawn of the Dead: DVD extras?

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The DotD remake DVD doesn't come out stateside until later this month, so I can't comment on teh quality of the extras.

I have heard that a remake of Romero's "The Crazies" is in the works. There is also a "sequel/prequel" to Day of the Dead called "Day of the Dead: Contagium" (probably straight to DVD release), but Romero is not associated with the project.

Romero HAS been greenlighted (finally) on his fourth zombie movie, however. "Land of the Living Dead" is in preproduction, with Greg Nicotero on board for special effects and with Tom Savini in the cast.

Here's a snippet from AICN:
"George Romero was on hand signing autographs, photo-ops, and offering some great Q and A. He said that he currently has three projects on his plate: Land of the Dead, Diamond Dead, and the Stephen King novel Tom Gordon. He says that Land of the Dead has financial backing and a script, so Land of the Dead will be the first picture he works on and I believe he said he will begin filming by the end of the year. He gave a brief synopsis of what the film will be about; it will take place farther along in the future from Day of the Dead, and it is set up as a city living in the now zombie-controlled world. The city will have a giant wall built around it to keep the undead masses out, and the problems and action will occur when the people of the city need to leave to get supplies such as food. The main overlying theme he wanted for this movie would be ignoring the problem, or rather how society ignores the problems around us until we are forced to actually face them. One other interesting note is that he finished the script to Land of the Dead, one week before 9/11, but no studio wanted anything to do with it, he has gone back and polished the script to better match the themes in today’s society than the pre-war society of 3 years ago."  

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More "Land of the Living Dead" news from Variety:

"George Romero is set to direct "Land of the Dead," a horror film that picks up on the zombie saga he hatched with "Night of the Living Dead" and continued with "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead."

Pic, from Romero's own script, is being co-financed by Atmosphere Entertainment and Paris-based Wild Bunch. Production will begin in October in Winnipeg or Pittsburgh. Latter was the site of shooting for Romero's original 1968 zombie trilogy.

New film will be produced by Atmosphere chairman-CEO Mark Canton and prexy Bernie Goldmann, along with Romero's partner Peter Grunwald of Romero Grunwald Prods. Atmosphere's Steve Barnett is exec producer.

Go picture is the first for Atmosphere, which Canton formed late last year with financing from Daedalus Media Partners principal Mark J. Kimsey. While the company hatched a surplus of scripts Canton brought from previous ventures, "Land of the Dead" is a new script buy.

In Romero's new pic, the zombies having taken over the world and those left alive are confined to a walled-in city that keeps out the corpse corps. Anarchy rules the streets, with the wealthy insulated and living in fortified skyscrapers. Drama revolves around a group of scavengers who must thwart an attempt to overthrow the city while the dead are evolving from brainless slow-moving creatures into more advanced creatures.

Canton said Romero's early work was the touchstone for a slew of current horror hits and that his script showed the master hadn't lost his touch.

He and Goldmann described the film as "Night of the Living Dead" meets "The Road Warrior," and Wild Bunch's Vincent Grimond sparked to the overseas potential. The two companies have the ability to cover the budget themselves but expect to land a domestic distributor before the zombies wreak havoc in the fall.

Romero had been developing "Diamond Dead," a black comedy musical that's being produced by Scott Free and Andrew Gaty, and he also scripted an adaptation of the Stephen King novel "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon," which he may direct for Canadian financier Don Archibald and Lions Gate. But he jumped at the chance to dig up the dead again.

"People ask me why I've waited so long to do another 'Dead' film," Romero said. "I made one in the '60s, one in the '70s and 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."

Romero's new film will have a budget in the teens. The original cost $140,000 and grossed $20 million worldwide, becoming one of the most profitable films of all time. The first sequel, "Dawn of the Dead" cost $1.2 million and grossed $40 million worldwide."

[Praetorian]

Alright! This is good news.

However- Jeremy, Matt- you two are on point to tell me how interesting the DVD extras are once it comes out in the U.S.

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Will do - no problem.

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