George A. Romero's TWILIGHT OF THE DEAD Casts RESIDENT EVIL Star Milla Jovovich

George A. Romero's TWILIGHT OF THE DEAD Casts RESIDENT EVIL Star Milla Jovovich

We haven't heard much about what will be the late George A. Romero's final Zombie movie in quite a while, but Twilight of the Dead has now cast its leads...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 04, 2024 08:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: Via FearHQ

The legendary George A. Romero will bring us his final Zombie movie... from beyond the grave!

The filmmaker passed away in 2017 after a battle with lung cancer, but he had been working on a script for what was to be the conclusion of a saga that began all the way back in 1968 with low-budget classic, Night of the Living Dead.

Back in 2021, we got word that Twilight of the Dead was officially in the works with Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Machinist) set to direct, and the movie has now cast its leads.

Deadline reports that Milla Jovovich - who is no stranger to dealing with the undead after headlining the Resident Evil franchise - and Upgrade star Betty Gabriel have joined the project. No details on their roles were provided.

Anderson explained: “I see this film in the same way as successful post-apocalyptic thrillers such as I Am Legend, A Quiet Place, The Road and The Last of Us — genre stories that are as emotional as they are intense. When I first read Twilight of The Dead, I teared up at the end. Which is weird for a film of this type. But it has that kind of pull, that combo of horror and heartbreak that I love.”

George's widow, Suzanne Romero, has been developing the script with screenwriters Joe Knetter, Robert L. Lucas and Paolo Zelati - who worked on the original treatment with Romero prior to his death - for the past few years.

"I gave [Zelati] my full blessing as long as I could be there every step of the way for it to remain true to George’s vision," said Suzanne in a previous statement. "We had a solid treatment and the beginning of the script. I can 100 percent say that George would be incredibly happy to see this continue. He wanted this to be his final stamp on the zombie genre."

Though Romero helmed 2007's Diary of the Dead and 2009's Survival of the Dead, he never considered them to be part of the same overarching story that began with Night, so Twilight is set to pick up after the events of 2005's Land of the Dead.

"It is no secret that Diary and Survival were not the way he envisioned the series ending and George knew it very well," said Zelati. "Twilight of the Dead was his goodbye to the genre he created and wanted to go out with a powerful film."

We also have our first plot details, with Deadline revealing that the movie will be "set on a tropical island" and will “delve into the dark nature of humanity from the perspective of the last humans on Earth who are caught between factions of the undead.”

What do you make of this casting news? Do you think Twilight of the Dead can hope to recapture some of the terrifying power of the original? Let us know in the comments section.

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CoHost
CoHost - 11/4/2024, 8:30 AM
Get Trey Parker to direct. He's the only one who can match Romero's satirical insanity.
dracula
dracula - 11/4/2024, 9:33 AM
@CoHost - get Tom Savini

He did great on the Night of remake

He worked on most of them
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/4/2024, 11:47 AM
@CoHost - Just get George Romero back. From the dead. Zombie style!
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 11/4/2024, 9:21 AM
The final one. Wow. What a legacy.

I'm looking forward to seeing this.
S8R8M
S8R8M - 11/4/2024, 9:30 AM
Milla has found her next husband 🤣🤣🤣
MahN166A
MahN166A - 11/4/2024, 10:18 AM
@S8R8M -

I was just getting ready to say this! 🤣🤣
S8R8M
S8R8M - 11/4/2024, 3:53 PM
@MahN166A - 😄
dracula
dracula - 11/4/2024, 9:32 AM
Can you really call it Romero’s

If he did write a script for it they didnt use it considering they did hire writers

At most they might have used a story outline
Biggums
Biggums - 11/10/2024, 7:39 AM
@dracula - might use his name like tom Clancy
bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/4/2024, 9:36 AM
Land of the Dead was alright, but the movies that came afterwards are just sad and pathetic. I have zero faith
Waifuslayer2
Waifuslayer2 - 11/4/2024, 11:43 AM
Ugh... Why can't she just go away?
CyberBishop
CyberBishop - 11/4/2024, 5:39 PM
I am interested in seeing how it all ends in his "universe". Diary and survival were absolute crap IMHO but I loved the others.

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