Fifty geezerhood afterNight of the Living Deadfirst terrify audiences with flesh - eating zombies , it look like this fad classic will be stupefy an official subsequence . conglomerate Onlinereports that a company promise Living Dead Media has unearthed a " lost " script for a sequel and plans to develop it for the big concealment .
Although the original 1968 movie was written and directed byGeorge A. Romero , it ’s unclear how much of the sequel , if any , was write by the recent filmmaker . The caller only states that the script was write in the 1970s by “ the original writer and producers ofNight[of the Living Dead ] . ”
Romero die last summertime at the geezerhood of 77 , but he left behind nearly 50unproduced script . Romero’sNight of the Living Deadhas already spawned a number of spin - offs — includingDawn of the Dead(1978),Day of the Dead(1985),Land of the Dead(2005 ) , and a 1990 remake that was n’t especially well - received — but there has never been a verbatim sequel .
In jubilation of the original flick ’s 50th anniversary , Living Dead Media is selling exclusive merchandise on itswebsite . The troupe has also launch aKickstarter campaignforNight of the Living Dead - theme party material , including playing cards , tetraiodothyronine - shirts , balloons , inject glass , and even a Karen Cooper tiki mug .
MoreNight of the Living Dead - inspired movie may also be upcoming . Before Romero ’s death , he was planning to lurch his script forRoad of the Dead . The plot centers around race car - driving zombies who are held imprisoned and forced to entertain humankind . He also reportedly wrote a script for a zombie comedy , which perhaps is n’t all that surprising , conceive thatDawn of the Deadsatirized American consumerism andDay of the Deadparodied Cold War militarism , accord to somefilm scholars .
[ h / tEmpire Online ]
