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John Carpenter recalls George A. Romero’s “profound impact”

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Movie legend John Carpenter remembers the “profound impact” of George A. Romeo. With the recent passing of iconic director George A. Romero, many a star has come out with praise for the godfather of the zombie movie. It’s clear that Romero touched a lot people during his time on earth, and influenced untold numbers of […]

Fantastic Four in the MCU, Star Wars: The Last Jedi footage, Avengers: Infinity War trailer and more – Weekend News Roundup

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FANTASTIC FOUR NO MORE? It’s been a busy weekend for those in the House of Mouse following the bi-annual D23 expo, but an announcement that many were hoping for never came to be. On the opening day, Marvel Studios had four giant statues covered in sheets, which many presumed would be the reveal of the […]

R.I.P. George A. Romero (1940 – 2017)

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Some sad news this evening, with Variety reporting that legendary filmmaker George A. Romero has passed away in his sleep following a brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer. He was 77 years old. The godfather of the zombie movie, Romero made his filmmaking debut in 1968 with the hugely influential Night of the Living […]

Tom Hardy is Venom, Resident Evil reboot, Terminator 6 in development and more – Weekend News Roundup

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HARDY VENOM Announced back in March, Sony are pushing forward with their R-rated Venom spin-off movie by revealing that Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) will be putting on the symbiote suit with Ruben Flischer (Zombieland) directing. The movie goes into production this Fall, and will not be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. […]

George A. Romero says Brad Pitt and The Walking Dead have killed the zombie genre

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George A. Romero ushered in the modern zombie movie with his 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead, following it up with five sequels of varying quality, the last of which – Survival of the Dead – was released back in 2009. Given the enormous popularity of The Walking Dead, zombies are big business […]

October Horrors Day 17 – Day of the Dead (1985)

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Day of the Dead, 1985 Directed by George A. Romero Starring Joeseph Pilato, Lori Cardille and Richard Liberty SYNOPSIS: Society has completely fallen to the undead, with the remnants of the government and military holing up in large underground bases, attempting to try and work out how to achieve victory in the increasingly futile war […]

October Horrors Day 9 – Dawn of the Dead (1978)

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Dawn of the Dead, 1978 Directed by George A. Romero Starring Ken Foree, David Emege, Scott Reigner and Gaylen Ross SYNOPSIS: TV news chopper pilot Stephen, his girlfriend Francine and SWAT team members Peter and Roger, attempt to find a place to hole up in the midst of a zombie apocalypse spiralling ever more out of […]

George A. Romero’s Empire of the Dead heading to the small screen

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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 […]

George A. Romero’s Empire of the Dead: Act Three to get underway in April

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The legendary George A. Romero unleashes the final chapter of his latest undead epic this April as zombies take on vampires in George Romero’s Empire of the Dead: Act Three. Check out artist Francesco Mattina’s cover to the first issue here… “Romero understands the wide possibilities of the comic format and has used it to […]