Greg Nictotero & Jimmy Miller Creating Making-Of George A. Romero’s Zombie Classic ‘Night Of The Living Dead’
Director George A. Romero(Night Of The Living Dead, Dawn Of The Dead, Day Of The Dead) ushered in a brand new sub-genre of Horror films in 1968 when he introduced Zombies to the world. Now, a man who is known just as well as Romero for his zombie makeup’s and work, Greg Nictotero,(The Walking Dead, Dawn Of The Dead, Evil Dead 2) is bringing a brand new documentary about NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD to life with partner Jimmy Miller.
Deadline reports that Nicotero is taking his love of Romero and the zombie film further by teaming up with Jimmy Miller to make a making-of feature.
Nicotero told the outlet, “What I want to do is an Ed Wood-style movie that shows the heart and character of this guy, with the backdrop this Magnificent Seven version of a bunch who had no fucking idea of what they were doing, getting together to make Night of the Living Dead.”
Nicotero came up with the feature idea and will direct it. Nicotero and Miller have tied up the necessary rights. They are working with Romero’s widow, Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, with Nicotero and Miller producing along with Brian Witten for Monster Agency and M. Riley for Mosaic. They’re going out to writers immediately.
Another cool aspect of this project is that Nicotero plans to reshoot some classic scenes from Night Of The Living Dead in classic Black and White as well as in color.
In the 1968 film is, “A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combined gruesome gore with acute social commentary, and quietly broke ground by casting a black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role. Stark, haunting, and more relevant than ever, Night of the Living Dead is back.”
Stay tuned for more details as they arrive.
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