George A. Romero wants two more Dead films
We recently had a chance to sit down and speak with the legendary zombie director and asked him to explain his intent for this new series of films. "I have this idea. I'm off on a new track here with Diary of the Dead and this film, Survival of the Dead, sort of grows out of Diary. I have this conceit that I would like to do two more using characters from Diary," said Romero. "So that Diary would sort of be the Mother-ship of this little set of films that grows out of that and paints a portrait of what the world is like three months into the phenomenon. So I don't know? It depends on how this film performs financially as to whether or not I will get to do those films. But right now I love the idea. I still love doing these, so it would almost be like taking a vacation for me. If that happens I would really welcome it." We continued to press the director for more details on his purposed new series of Zombie films. "I have ideas for the next couple but we'll see how far they let me go with that. If I had my way I would do one in black and white and one in an old fashion 3D format like House of Wax. But I don't think I'd be able to get away with that," he explained. "It would be great fun to have them look completely different but be part of a trilogy. I don't know we'll see what happens?"
Romero has also seen several of his most famous films made into big-budget Hollywood remakes over the past few years including Zack Snyder's Dawn Of The Dead and more recently, Breck Eisner's The Crazies. While speaking with Romero, he didn't seem to hold either film, or the idea of doing remakes in general, in high regard. So we asked the director if there was any film from his past that he would like to see remade? "There is one that I always felt was a real failure. Its called Season of the Witch. I was trying to do a Women's Lib thing and I didn't understand anything about women's issues. I was too young to even pretend to have had enough relationships to understand that. Also the people who were financing it ran out of money in the middle and we had to finish it on half of the money that we were expecting to have. The acting was no good and I just think that I could do a better job with it today. I even think that it could be more pertinent today if she were a powerful woman in the world. Yet in her personal life was being squeezed and depressed." We followed up by asking Romero if that's a remake he would actually like to direct himself. Or if he was fine with another director taking a crack at it? "Yeah I've actually got half a script done on it. I would personally like to do it and it's one that I control," he answered.
Finally, we finished by asking the iconic director if there were any classic films of his that he hopes don't get remade and that he would prefer Hollywood just left alone? "I've heard rumors about remakes being done of Knightriders and Martin. That would bother me more than anything else because I always think of those two films as mine. They are the most personal films I've made and I don't think that you can make them without me. They are uniquely my ideas and without me there's no idea there."
George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead was released May 28th, 2010 and stars Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, Devon Bostick, Richard Fitzpatrick, Athena Karkanis, Stefano DiMatteo, Joris Jarsky. The film is directed by George A. Romero.
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Mutant
Yes he does, it's time he directs Resident Evil. He'll put the horror back into it, at least it's a zombie film.
I find if I'm not in the mood for a horror I don't watch it, until I am I watch something else
2 years agoby @zenderFlag
Err
i'd be open to seeing a romero flick that isn't about zombies, but "survival..." looks better than people are giving it credit for and i look forward to seeing it.
2 years agoby @err2005Flag
The Soylent Green Monkey
Romero needs more respect than what he's gotten.
2 years agoby @soylentgreen2Flag
ed_wood
I love all of his films, I hope he keeps making more.
2 years agoby @ed-woodFlag
FlipSide
I actually really like almost all of Romero's movies. Diary of the dead was pretty good in my book. And yeah Land of the Dead was amazing. I'm not to sure about Survival though, but I saw the trailer and it looks good. The man can still make decent zombie movies. He just needs to up his game a little more.
2 years agoby @soccarplayaFlag
firstonetodieloses
i had the pleasure of meeting george romero briefly when I went to film school about 6 years ago but i think he's lost his touch as well. like @Messenger said his early films are classics but now its too much. The last one I actually enjoyed was Land of the Dead then it went downhill from there.
2 years agoby @firstonetodielosesFlag
Rlt9009
This guy really needs to quit making movies!
2 years agoby @rlt9009Flag
Messenger
I'm tired of zombie movies and this guy still pumps out crap zombie flicks. I liked his old work but he just needs to give it up.
2 years agoby @messengerFlag