![]() ![]() ![]() Let’s just say that I didn’t lose any sleep over this one. Of course, some of us just trusted that he would come up with the goodies as we owe this entire movement to him. Considering the preceding trilogy of films had been so rich in social subtext, the big question was whether or not he still had anything to say as a filmmaker first and spokesman for humanity second. In America especially, a director tends only to be considered as good as their last movie, and a lot can happen in twenty years if your output has been anything other than steady. Where his voice was considered so righteous with regards to any zombie film adhering to the do’s and don’ts that he’d laid out so meticulously, this provided him the opportunity to advance the template, while also placing him directly beneath the spotlight to come good as he had so masterfully previously. That said, after such a lengthy hiatus, the pressure was now on Romero to deliver the grisly goods. ![]() When Land of The Dead was announced almost twenty years after his defiant last entry, Day of The Dead, his faithful legion of fans were understandably animated. Edgar Wright’s zom-rom-com Shaun of The Dead pleased Romero so much that he rewarded the director and his co-writing star Simon Pegg shuffle-on roles for the upcoming fourth installment of a series he kickstarted four decades prior. However, a blessing from the great man himself is not to be taken lightly. Since then things have become a little harder to police as the population of this particular sub-genre has become simply astronomical. Take running zombies for example – when Zack Snyder’s Dawn of The Dead reboot clawed its way from the topsoil in 2004, all eyes were firmly on The Godfather of The Dead to seek his approval and he wasn’t overly pleased with the upgrades. If a young filmmaker is looking to take liberties with these pulse-free maggot vessels, then there’s an almost unspoken requirement to run things past George first. I think it would be fair to say that there’s not a man alive or otherwise who knows the undead quite as well as George A. Stars: Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy, Eugene Clark, John Leguizamo, Joanne Boland, Tony Nappo, Jennifer Baxter, Boyd Banks, Jasmin Geljo, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Tony Munch, Shawn Roberts, Pedro Miguel Arce, Sasha Roiz, Krista Bridges, Bruce McFee, Phil Fondacaro, Alan van Sprang, Earl Pastko, Peter Outerbridge, Gene Mack, Devon BostickĬameos: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Tom Savini, Gregory Nicotero Studios: Atmosphere Entertainment MM, Romero-Grunwald Productions Visual Effects: Anthony Paterson, Jon Campfens Special Effects: Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero Producers: Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann, Peter Grunwald ![]() Country of Origin: Canada, France, United States ![]()
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