Pre-production on George A. Romero's Land of the Dead continues apace as more casting news comes out:
Variety reports that a cast has been set for LAND OF THE DEAD, George Romero's long-awaited return to the zombie genre. Simon (THE RING 2) Baker, Asia (THE STENDHAL SYNDROME) Argento and John (SPAWN) Leguizamo will play soldiers who are among the living survivors in a walled city surrounded by a zombie-populated wasteland. The trio set out to do battle with the massing creatures in an armored vehicle called the Dead Reckoning (which was an early title for this project). Also in the cast is Robert Joy, a veteran of genre pics including AMITYVILLE 3-D, THE DARK HALF and the recent HELTER SKELTER TV movie, joining previously announced Dennis Hopper. LAND, which producing entity Atmosphere Entertainment hopes will launch a series of undead films, rolls October 11 in Toronto. — Michael Gingold
It's a start. Obviously, no one is going to mistake Baker, Argento, and Leguizamo for Will Smith, Julia Roberts, and Tom Cruise, but compared to the unknowns Romero's had for his first three Dead films, this might as well be one of those Cornelius Ryan movies.
Given the tone of the earlier films, it's safe to assume Land of the Dead will be a dark affair, and one I'm looking forward to. Having said that, one mustn't discount the comedic potential of a giant tank named "Dead Reckoning" rolling over the living dead.
"Send...more...armored cav...hggrkkk."
Pete, have you seen Shaun of the Dead yet? It was hilarious! (And I don't do gore!!)
Are there any movies where zombies have sex, and turn out to be really good at it, because, like, they can go forever?
Not as such. There are variations on that theme in Dead Alive and Re-Animator, as well as some of the stories in the Books of All Flesh, but they're not very, uh, romantic.
Pete, have you seen Shaun of the Dead yet? It was hilarious!
Not yet, sadly. No screening was scheduled for press, and those are pretty much the only movies I get to see in the theater anymore. I'll be first in line for the DVD, however.
Yes - tis hard to imagine Zombie romance... (Or Zombie sexiness for that matter). Anyway - it's an idea for a very creative macabre film producer ;-)
Are there any movies where zombies have sex, and turn out to be really good at it, because, like, they can go forever? Just a thought. We neeed new ideas here, people.