Somehow those kooks over at USA Today snagged themselves a brand new image from the latest George Romero zombie opus, known for now as “ISLAND OF THE DEAD”, even though it’s a good bet that it’ll get a title change before we finally see it… All we know for the moment is that it takes place on an island, has two differing groups of survivors, and that one of the walking dead wears a grungy flannel shirt and has a bad hairlip. Creeepy.
The article has a few quotes from Romero as well, explaining that – surprise! – the zombies aren’t the only cold-blooded sonsofbitches in his tale.
“There are two factions. It’s the idea that even when faced with a crisis, tribal concerns about power control people’s motives.”
“It’s this whole idea of tribalism, that we can’t pull it together,” he says. “News reports about the presidential race still bring up religious topics or racism. That’s pretty much the central theme.”
Obviously, this isn’t a new theme for the director – all of his zombie flicks are in one way or another about how society can’t seem to band together to face a common enemy. Yeah, we get it George, we suck!
So what’s everyone got their panties in a bunch over? One side wants to kill off zombified loved ones before cannibalistic urges strike. The other would rather wait to see if there is a cure for such cravings. “They want to leave Grandma in the rocking chair for a while longer,” he says. “It’s not a good idea.”
Romero goes on to say that if DIARY OF THE DEAD – which this is a follow-up to – was like NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, then this one is more like DAWN, in that it has a lot of action. Sounds good to me! Just lose the videocamera, okay?
Asia Argento from LAND OF THE DEAD. Wouldn’t mind seeing her again…