KMC Forums - George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

Diary of the Dead is an independent horror film to be released in 2007.[1] It will not be the fifth film chronologically in director George A. Romero's Dead series.[2] However, in "an attempt to re-establish a lucrative franchise," the film will, technically and philosophically, be a reboot, "a rejigging of the myth [sic]" says Romero.[1] 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.[3] The film began its four-week shoot in Toronto on October 19, 2006.[4]

Romero announced the film in August 2006 after signing a deal to write and direct it.[3] 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.[5] 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.[citation needed]

The film is scheduled to have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 8, 2007.[6]

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