Announced earlier this year, Millennium Films and Taurus Entertainment’s Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman are moving forward with a remake of George Romero’s 1985 zombie classic DAY OF THE DEAD. The original (which has previously had a pretty woeful and very loose 2008 attempt with Meni Suvari and Nick ‘I don’t have any talent’ Cannon) saw the human resistance driven underground and begin to experiment and understand the cause of the undead outbreak. It was the third in Romero’s franchise that began with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and followed by my favourite, DAWN OF THE DEAD.
We can now confirm HUSH and HOUSE ON THE END OF THE STREET British director Mark Tonderai will helm this latest horror remake as well as write the screenplay alongside Lars Jacobson. The film will come from the producing tag-team that scored a major hit in January 2012 with TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D and who claim this version will be a more faithful adaptation and will “honour” Romero’s masterclass.
Production is expected to begin before the end of the year for a release expected late in 2014. Possibly just in time for Halloween. We’ll keep you posted as the cast comes together.
Source: Deadline
