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Diary of the Dead is an independent horror film to be released in 2007. It will not be the fifth film chronologically in director George A. Romero's Dead series. However, in "an attempt to re-establish a lucrative franchise," the film will, technically and philosophically, be a reboot, "a rejigging of the myth " says Romero. Even though the fourth film was studio-produced through Universal Studios, Diary of the Dead will be produced by Romero's and his producer friend Peter Grunwald's Romero-Grunwald Productions with Artfire Films. The film began its four-week shoot in Toronto on October 19, 2006.
Romero announced the film in August 2006 after signing a deal to write and direct it. The plot involves a group of film school students who are filming a horror movie in the wilderness, and are attacked by zombies. It will take place during the same night as Night of the Living Dead. It will give a new perspective on the whole phenomenon as the students learn about the zombies through first-hand experience as opposed to the people locked up in the farmhouse in Night of the Living Dead. Interviewed in Fangoria #261, George says it won't be like the Blair Witch Project, but he wants more of a non-realistic view of things.
The film is scheduled to have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 8, 2007.
Romero announced the film in August 2006 after signing a deal to write and direct it. The plot involves a group of film school students who are filming a horror movie in the wilderness, and are attacked by zombies. It will take place during the same night as Night of the Living Dead. It will give a new perspective on the whole phenomenon as the students learn about the zombies through first-hand experience as opposed to the people locked up in the farmhouse in Night of the Living Dead. Interviewed in Fangoria #261, George says it won't be like the Blair Witch Project, but he wants more of a non-realistic view of things.
The film is scheduled to have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 8, 2007.