Another one from the ‘What the hell?!’ files.
Reader James K sent us news that apparently, there’s a second remake of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, and that it’s already been filmed! Not only that, it’s in 3-D! What the hell, indeed. Seems as though Fango once again came through with the news on this Midnight Movies Entertainment and Lux Digital Pictures flick.
Shot in and around locations in Los Angeles last summer under the direction of Jeff Broadstreet, helmer of the indie films SEXBOMB and DR. RAGE, this version uses a script by Robert Valding, which reportedly uses the original film more as a jumping-off point than 1990’s Tom Savini-directed version. “We are re-imagining Romero’s film, but we are remaining faithful at the same time,” explains Broadstreet. “Robert Valding wrote a very clever script, and we tried to comment on society now the way the 1968 film commented on its own time.”
Okay, so who’s in this update? Probably the most familiar name is Sid Haig, who you last saw as Captain Spaulding in THE DEVIL’S REJECTS, and who’s also in the upcoming HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: DEAD AIM (is it just me, or did they rip off the title from that crappy RESIDENT EVIL light-gun game of the same name?).
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