Land of the Dead......

[Hubris]

I've heard some things about a new George A. Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead & Night of the Living Dead) film called 'Land of the Dead'. This is what I've heard:

Set many years after 'Day of the Dead', society has returned to life in a new way. The zombies are rotting away into irrelevance & now disregarded much like the way homeless people are today(or chavs), as the human survivors live in a fortified city, trying to live normal lives. Protecting them is an enormous tank-like vehicle called the Dead Reckoning with the artillery and firepower of a small nation. This story shows what happens when the Dead Reckoning's reasonable leader, Riley, loses control of his command. Riley must try to take back control of this powerful vehicle, while at the same time battling his way through a city filled with zombies...

Sounds awesome. But of coarse it will have to be coming from Romero. Does anyone have additional info? I've also heard that Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg will be zombie extras.

[sdkdmd]

I guess no one else has heard anything.

[Ema]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418819/

Heh heh Dennis Hopper & John Leguizamo are supposed to be in it! And yes, both Simon & Edgar are 'cameo zombies'.

From the site:

The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.

Summary written by Dan the Man

The living dead have overtaken humanity. The last remnants of the human race live inside a walled city as they come to grips with the situation. The wealthy live in sealed skyscrapers as the poor fend for themselves on the streets. Protecting them is an enormous tank called Dead Reckoning, controlled by a group of people led by Riley. But when Riley loses command of the tank to an insane man bent on destroying the city, he must save it from Dead Reckoning as those who walk beyond the walls of the city slowly develop new abilites and become a much greater threat to humankind.

Summary written by Erik Paniccia

Now that zombies have taken over the world, the living have built a walled-in city to keep the dead out. But all's not well where it's most safe, as a revolution plans to overthrow the city leadership, and the zombies are turning into more advanced creatures.

Summary written by Anonymous

In the 4th installment to George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" series, the zombies have taken over the earth. The surviving humans live on a small secluded strip of land, with two sides cut off by rivers. The humans strive to survive, while outside the zombies are steadily evolving...

Summary written by anonymous

[ January 04, 2005, 06:40 PM: Message edited by: Ema ]

[Hubris]

Thanks Ema. I was about to say I guess not. Helpful. That site is melting-pot of good info.

[Ema]

Yep, I think Tops first mentioned IMDB a few years back as being a great place to look for movie info.. so in a round-about way.. thank him too! :)

[Hubris]

Thanks as well to you Tops.

[sideous]

It's now got a provisional release date of 28th October