Remake Of George Romero's DAY OF THE DEAD In The Works

Remake Of George Romero's DAY OF THE DEAD In The Works

We've already had Zack Snyder's Dawn Of The Dead remake, and now Millennium Films has set Mark Tonderai (House At The End Of The Street) to helm a retelling of George Romero's follow up flick. More details after the jump.

By MarkCassidy - Nov 25, 2013 09:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: Deadline



Deadline report that Mark Tonderai will direct, and co-write with Lars Jacobsen, a "modern-day retelling" George Romero's Day Of The Dead for Millennium Films. This is actually the second time the'll use the title of Romero's 1985 zombie flick, as a loose remake with Mena Suvari and Nick Cannon also came out in 2008. This time they're said to be targeting a 2014 release. The original was the third in Romero's "Dead" saga, and was notable for having an undead character ("Bub") as a protagonist -- it'll be interesting to see if this new take follows suit. Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman will produce, with Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and Terry Dougas on board as executive producers.

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Nadj76
Nadj76 - 11/25/2013, 9:49 AM
Remakes are a plague.
LucasMend
LucasMend - 11/25/2013, 10:01 AM
Day of the Dead is the worst movie of his saga, so meh.
JatevinM
JatevinM - 11/25/2013, 10:10 AM
Seriously though I will be glad when Hollywood gets back to a mixture of original ideas and adaptations. I'm tired of remakes especially remakes of movies that dont need to be remade.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 11/25/2013, 10:24 AM
@ Lucas

I take it you never saw Survival of the Dead?
Pendaghast
Pendaghast - 11/25/2013, 10:32 AM
Day of the dead is the worst? are you joking... its probably the best along side dawn, totally under-rated watch it again its quality apart from the bats on strings in the cave. this will be as good as synders Dawn remake if done correctly, cant wait for this!
Pendaghast
Pendaghast - 11/25/2013, 10:39 AM
survival land and diary was all shat! but synders remake was really good i thought, the other day with rhames bit part was just daft!
Brady1138
Brady1138 - 11/25/2013, 10:42 AM
Aren't there already 3 remakes of Day of the Dead?!
Pendaghast
Pendaghast - 11/25/2013, 10:45 AM
1 and it was just the same name really, movie was utter dog shat about a vegetarian zombie.
BatmanHeisenberg
BatmanHeisenberg - 11/25/2013, 10:50 AM
EH.
FreedomFreeLife
FreedomFreeLife - 11/25/2013, 10:54 AM
Dawn of the Dead (1978) - CRAP AND BORING. ZOMBIES ARE [frick]ING SLOW AND NOT SCARY AT ALL. ALSO, ZOMBIES DO NOTHING!!!

Dawn of the Dead (2004) - YEAH, ZOMBIES ARE RUNNING, FASTER AND SMARTER. THIS IS SURVIVAL.

If they remake it, then please, make it more like 28 days later but in big shop. Make it like impossible to survive.
When it has slow zombies like in 1978, then I WONT WATCH IT
SCURVYDOG619
SCURVYDOG619 - 11/25/2013, 11:35 AM
Speaking of remakes,this MIGHT upset Gusto....

They are remaking ....ROADHOUSE!
ParisSun
ParisSun - 11/25/2013, 11:47 AM
Choke on em, choke on em!

DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 11/25/2013, 11:49 AM
Okay, so the Nightof the Living Dead remakes weren't that good, but Snyder's Dawn of the Dead was awesome, so bring it on.
preacher
preacher - 11/25/2013, 11:57 AM
I think that this, if done well, might be a very interesting and COULD be a very well done remake. Such as Snyder's Dawn. Especially with today's conspiracy theorist thinking about the government and the military. Think about it: Take the premise of Day of the Dead, military in control/ordinary citizens expendable, scientists working on a cure/way to control the zombies/humanize them, only updating it to reflect TODAY'S government/military thinking/way of handling things and I THINK it could be a pretty damn good way of adding to what Snyder did.

As far as "Roadhouse" goes, I too role my eyes in disgust whenever I hear about the ton of remakes/re-imaginings occurring. But, maybe I'm just a little more optimistic or curious because I don't mind checking them out to see if they might be any better. I love Roadhouse, a guilty pleasure, so, at first I was aggravated...but, still, curious to see what they come up with.

I mean, a re-make of "Point Break" is on the way...which I'd read was intending to bring the extreme sports angle into it moreso than just surfing and skydiving. Might make it more intense. Might make it completely a mess.
jlabatman
jlabatman - 11/25/2013, 12:20 PM
A roadhouse remake? That will suck ass!
macfint
macfint - 11/25/2013, 12:33 PM
they should reboot "Madea Goes To The Store"
breakUbatman
breakUbatman - 11/25/2013, 12:37 PM
All remakes could be good if done well, it's the doing them right that's the problem.

A lot of these remakes and sequels try to go for the latest trends as opposed to building off the ideas and themes presented in the original.
breakUbatman
breakUbatman - 11/25/2013, 12:41 PM
As for slow zombies I love them, its the overwhelming numbers that get you. Just throw in a few runners - I'll never forget the first time I saw Nemesis knocking 'walkers' out of the way in Res Evil 3 (scared the crap out of me).
Silentman
Silentman - 11/25/2013, 1:27 PM
Oh god no. Well it couldn't be worse than the first remake at least.
SimyJo
SimyJo - 11/25/2013, 2:14 PM
Hollywood, you're really scraping the bottom of the barrel now creatively!.
Dish
Dish - 11/25/2013, 2:26 PM
UUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Wankers!!!!
lurch313
lurch313 - 11/25/2013, 5:22 PM
Love most zombie movie. So bring it.
batesmotel
batesmotel - 11/25/2013, 5:31 PM
@ fettastic

Franken hoes, franken hoes.
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 11/25/2013, 6:59 PM
This remake could be good but i have my doubts. I love Day of the Dead. It's one of my favourite zombie films.
EdgyOutsider
EdgyOutsider - 11/26/2013, 7:42 AM
I'm getting use to remakes, especially when John Campea made a good point. Why shouldn't there be remakes? It could be really good and if it sucks then we always have the original. Certain people are attached to certain movies so, I understand why people would be upset about a movie being remade.

I would like this to be in the same timeline as Snyder's Dawn of the Dead due to the fact that I actually like that movie and it's one of only two good Zack Snyder movies (the other being Watchmen).
gaikinger
gaikinger - 11/26/2013, 1:20 PM
Zack's Dawn of the Dead was and is my favorite zombie flick....wish he would do a sequel!
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