Day of the Dead TV series: Gary Pullin creates new poster for Syfy show

A television series inspired by but clearly not based on George A. Romero’s 1985 classic Day of the Dead (watch it HERE) is set to begin airing on October 15th, and today the folks at Daily Dead were the first to unveil a new poster that was created by “Ghoulish” Gary Pullin. Pullin’s Day of the Dead art can be seen below.

Pullin said the Day of the Dead creative team asked that

some of their political themes were incorporated into the piece and they wanted the image to be bright, bold and have a sense of humour so we came up with the “zombie sun” concept. The rays gave me the opportunity to hide tons of easter eggs from the series. I hope George Romero fans check out the show with an open mind and have as much fun watching it as I did creating this limited edition poster. Long live Romero!”

Syfy has ordered 10 episodes of Day of the Dead, which was written by showrunners Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas and tells the story of

six strangers trying to survive the first 24 hours of an undead invasion. This ode to Romero’s famous flesh-eaters reminds us that sometimes all it takes to bring people together is a horde of hungry zombies trying to rip them apart.

Four of the episodes were directed by Steven Kostanski (Leprechaun Returns, Psycho Goreman).

Here’s some character information:

Keenan Tracey is playing Cam McDermott, “a high school senior and son of a local police detective who spends his free time working odd jobs to get out of his small Pennsylvania hometown.”

Daniel Doheny’s character is Luke Bowman, “the son of town mayor, Paula Bowman.”

Natalie Malaika takes on the role of Lauren Howell, “a sarcastic assistant mortician at the local mortuary.”

Newcomer Morgan Holmstrom is Sarah Blackwood, “former Special Forces now working on a fracking crew outside of town. She discovers a mysterious body which plunges her into the middle of a zombie invasion.”

Kristy Dinsmore is playing Amy, “a life coach and daughter of the town doctor. When the dead start to rise, she begins a transformation as she fights for survival.”

I’m still not sold on this version of Day of the Dead, but I’ll try to keep an open mind like Pullin advised.