zombi ~ Diary of the Dead

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The dead are rising again. Horror maven 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.

Instead they convinced Artfire Films to finance the under-$5 million project, enough to work with union crew members who've been longtime friends.

Romero's new script replaces the original's static-filled radio with new technologies like smartphones to inform characters of impending doom. But fans can expect the classic Romero style.

"It has my sensibility, my sense of socioeconomic satire," he said. "And it has my zombies! They're not rushing around -- they're gonna be moving slow." Added Grunwald, "There'll be a lot of howling."

The film's four-week shoot is scheduled to begin October 11 in Toronto.

"Dead" is just the latest in a series of films with a recurring theme for Romero, including 1978's "Dawn of the Dead," 1985's "Day of the Dead" and 2005's "Land of the Dead." His other credits include 1982's "Creepshow," 1973's "The Crazies" and the 1974 TV documentary "O.J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose."

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=filmNews&storyID=2006-08-25T012327Z_01_N2470445_RTRIDST_0_FILM-ROMERO-DC.XML
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Welllllll.....

My father in law went to the US last weekend and bought it. Gave it to me as a gift (aaah suegro, suegrito, you´re the best!!) and yesterday i had the opportunity of devour it .

Honestly i´m worried, The Master is loosing his charm. But most, most important, who the hell assembled the cast??? their "acting" is the most horrendous filth i´ve ever saw.
flat acting the entire movie, no credible emotions, no credible anything. it´s like if they are used to see a Zombie apocalypse going on every day.

Well, at least this DVD comes with special features, let´s see...

later!
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It ain´t over ´til it´s OVER!

I disliked this movie VERY much.

It's all I have to say.
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Saw the movie last night, liked the bit with the deaf Amish guy, that was funny. Big Daddy is right they act as if they see a zombie apocalypse everyday and the film maker gives up straight away. I like the ending though of locking oneself in a safe room as it's really just a steel coffin were you are only delaying the inevitable, but where did all the zombies come from in the end as they said it was miles from anywhere!!!! 6 out of 10 but I prefer a lot better mix of ages in a film nowadays, I lied the age in Land of the Dead but would be interesting to maybe have the zombie story from a much older couple that survive, just so I can put myself in their decrepit shoes, sob, sob Crying or Very sad

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