From Bloody-Disgusting (via The Hollywood Reporter)

Seriously? I am not a big fan of Romero's, but I do have this soft spot for zombie movies, and I always think that "well, this one could be good" so I will probabaly see it anyway. It would be safe to go into this expecting disappointment.

For whatever reason, this is reminding me of Halloween: Resurrection. The whole college kids/cameras/killings thing.

I'm reminded of Resurrection as well, which is what worries me about this concept. Still, I have faith in Romero.

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Three things:

I have never seen the original Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead (only NOTLD)...sue me! I did see Land of the Dead and frankly, I don't get why it was so lauded by critics. It was a pretty run-off-the-mill zombie flick.

Second...the article says Land of the Dead had an underwhelming domestic run, but a very impressive international run. What?! It made $20 million in the USA and $23 million overseas (of which the studio gets less percentage anyway). How's that "very impressive"?

Third, the movie sounds mediocre, but the worst thing about it seems that it has no connection to the other films whatsoever. It doesn't even seem to take place in a zombies-populated world anymore (if it did, I doubt students would just walk into the woods to shoot a film). So what gives?

I'll see it if it happens, but it doesn't sound too promising. Didn't like Land of the Dead all that much either.

The reason why critics liked it is because it had a message and a point behind it, just like with his previous three "Dead" films. Night had the race issue, Dawn had consumerism, and Day..........well that one sucked. The fact that it was more than a zombie film impressed critics.



I don't know very much about Romero's background, but the $20 million mark with a $15 million budget for his first R-rated Zombie flick is pretty good. His other "Dead" films did very well considering the amount of theaters each film recieved, since they were all released without a rating.



I agree with you. If this film follows the vague timeline given over the first four films, there probably aren't too many people left, let alone having a bunch of teenagers out in the woods who just happen to come across zombies. I mean all these characters have to do is look around them and they automatically know it's not safe to go into the woods, let alone 10 feet in front of them.

Romero kind of painted himself into a corner with the last film. His only chance at a sequel was to follow the survivors from the last film on their trip to god knows where. But since he hasn't followed the characters in any of his sequels, the chances of that were slim. That saying though, the fact that the film was a moderate success, it might not have been a bad idea.

Also, if Fiddler's Green was supposed to be one of the last safe haven's (Unless there is another which would end of having the plot be a rehash of the same film), there wouldn't exactly be another group to follow. He's been in a house, he's been in a mall, he's gone underground, he's gone on an island, what's left?

It wouldn't surprise me if this film doesn't end up being a direct sequel. If anything, it sounds like a prequel.

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But this was such a generic, bland, obvious message...methinks they partially just lauded it because it had Romero's name on it.



Not arguing that, but the article can't say its domestic run was disappointing with $20 million, but overseas "very impressive" with $23 million. That doesn't make sense.



I can't really place it as a prequel either, though. As far as I know the plague first started in NOTLD, but then spread very fast, so it can't really be set after NOTLD or before it. Meh, I wouldn't be surprised if it just a movie that has nothing to do with the other four, other than the title.

That actually wouldn't surprise me. I do think he earned points with critics though in that he actually made an attempt at a message. I'll have to revisit the film to remember exactly what that message was since I haven't seen the film in a few months, and because I'm beginning to fall asleep.



I forgot to include that I thought it did pretty well in it's overall run. I wouldn't place it in the over enthusiastic "very impressive" category, but pretty decent for a zombie film that isn't named Resident Evil. It didn't have the greatest of legs though considering it had a $10 million opening weekend. I don't know. I would place my viewpoint somewhere in between yours and the article's.



I forget if it was reported or not in the first film. I think it was. This film could be placed in that small time between the first killing and the time it was reported. Afterall, if these people are in the woods they wouldn't have a TV near by, so it could kind of work. Still, the whole idea of The Blair Witch Project meets the "Dead" films isn't exactly very appealing.

Well, it's a very obvious social critique we've seen before. The problem was that while loaded with a message, the film completely lacks scary and tense moments.




Hehe, I think you didn't understand my opinion. I am not judging its success (as a matter of fact, I think it did pretty well for a Romero old school zombie flick, overseas and domestically). I am just saying that with such a minimal difference between the US and the overseas gross, the article shouldn't be praising the one and putting down the other since both are pretty equal.




But it probably can be shot for a fairly small budget and will turn into another hit leading Romero to another installment to milk his franchise.

And I agree that with the last film he put himself in a corner with no way out...the only logical conclusion would be...

SPACE OF THE DEAD!

Now I got it! It only took four attempts, but I got it now.

Ithinkthat'sit.I'mahuge,hugefanofthetheoriginalDeadtrilogy.EvenDay.They'resomeofmyfavoritemovies ever,butIhatedLandwitheveryinchofmybeing.Itwassuchafallfromgracethatit'sshocking.

AndinNight,Ibelieveitwastheverybeginningofit.Therecouldstillbepeoplethathavenoideawhat'sgoingon aftertheeventsofNight.Buthonestly,wow.Ican'tbelieveRomeroactuallywantstomilktherevivedzombie genrethispathetically.

At least Romero is also making that Stephen King adaptation. Hopefully that one's good.

I thought Land of the Dead pretty much stunk

That's actually the greatest idea for a film I've heard in a long time. I mean it. Not as an extension of the ...of the Dead series - just as a film in its own right. I love the idea of someone looking out of a spaceship porthole + seeing these eerie hordes drifting eerily towards them out of the vaccuum... and then... *clunk* - they cling to the starboard bow (or maybe not)...

There's something very eerie about the vaccuum in general. You could have a spooky scene where, in terrified desperation, someone tumbles out of the airlock - only to be seized by icy grey hands in the abyss of space...

Maybe Romero could jump on the snakes bandwagon and make Plane of the Dead?

I liked Land quite a bit. More than Day, anyway.

LotD was disappointing, but I wouldn't say it was [i]that[/b] bad.

This actually kind of sounds interesting to me, though. At least it's something different. I thought the biggest issue with Land was it was too much of the same thing.

My problem with Land was that it was a little too on the point. It was "wam, bam, we're done, let's get the fuck out of here." I'd love to see Romero get the budget to tackle his real Day of the Dead script.

According to Bloody Disgusting, a film called Zombies on a Plane is in development and looking for a director...

The thing is, it would probably do better than SNAKES because more people seem to hate snakes than zombies and SOAP has wetted the appetite for such films. I, for one, think it would be a very fun movie. Heh, why not combine them? Snakes and Zombies on a Plane. Can you imagine? Of course, Sam Jackson would have to star playing the same character as he did in SOAP.

That's it... I've had it with these muthafuckin' snakes on these muthafuckin' zombies on this muthafuckin' plane.

Doesn't have quite the same ring to it, but it could work.

Damn right it could work. In fact, it WOULD work. Get Romero to direct it with David R. Ellis' as codirector and you're set. The critics would like it since Romero is doing it and fans would like it for obvious reasons.

Zombie Snakes on a Plane!

Its been done, Ghosts of Mars anyone, if you dont know, your lucky.

Its an allright idea, but its very amatuerish, anyone film student has probably come up with that idea, in fact I had one just like it. I have faith in Romero though.

Script review:

http://www.flixens.com/script_review_ro ... f_the_dead


Judging by the events in the film, this one should be happening parallely to Night of the Living Dead if Romero wants to stick to his storyline. Still, I don't think the idea is very good, but the script review is positive.