It looks like another zombie series is heading to the small screen, and this time it’s from the mind of George A. Romero, granddaddy of the genre.
Demarest Films has snapped up the rights to Romero’s Empire of the Dead, a Marvel Comics series which serves as a loose continuation of his Night of the Living Dead feature film series – with added vampires! Here’s the official synopsis for the first issue, which was released back at the start of last year:
Welcome to New York City years after the undead plague has erupted—but just because Manhattan has been quarantined, don’t think that everyone inside is safe! Not only do flesh-eaters roam within Manhattan, but there’s another ancient predator about to take a bite out of the Big Apple!
Romero is set to write the new series with Peter Grunwald, who served as producer on Night of the Living Dead’s more recent sequels Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead.
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Originally published May 21, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
