Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted September 11, 2004 According to Fangoria http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=2756 This is the best news I've seen all day. At last, a new zombie film by the man himself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted September 11, 2004 Rumor has it that Tom Savini will have an acting role in the film and that he may get to kill Blades. For those that don't know, Blades was Savini's role in Dawn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted September 11, 2004 I believe it has also been confirmed that Dennis Hopper and Tom Savini will have roles in the film. I've heard that too. All I can say is Dennis Hopper+Zombies+Tom Savini=brillience! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted September 11, 2004 I believe it has also been confirmed that Dennis Hopper and Tom Savini will have roles in the film. I've heard that too. All I can say is Dennis Hopper+Zombies+Tom Savini=brillience! quote my edit...original post makes me look like a jackass that didn't read the article Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted September 13, 2004 Now, I just have to figure out a way to get to be a zombie.... any ideas? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted September 13, 2004 you'd have to fly to Toronto. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted September 13, 2004 you'd have to fly to Toronto. I totally would.....anyone know casting dates or a good way to find out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted September 13, 2004 Check out Romero's official site, you may be able to contact them and get some info on extras casting. http://www.georgearomero.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted September 13, 2004 Jeeze.....I don't know why I didn't think of that. Good idea..... Damn Monday and my beginning of the week memory loss...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2004 Can't find a single contact on that site. I know a few agents and casting companies here in Toronto, so I'm gonna be looking into how to get on as at least an extra. I'll share any info I find out here.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
{''({o..o})''} 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2004 From the Observer --The Casting people at RDC Casting are looking for a Samoan wrestler to appear in a feature film called "Land of the Dead." They would be particularly interested if the wrestler was based in Canada. For more info you can e-mail Sara Kay at [email protected] Might help point you in the places to look. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2004 Interesting.. RDC is probably doing the main casting for Canadian actors. I just fired off an email to the extras casting agency who did extra casting for both the Dawn of the Dead remake and Resident Evil: Apocalypse up here in Toronto. *crosses fingers* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted September 14, 2004 PLEEEEEAAASSEEEE let me know if you find out ANYTHING vivisectivi......I'm dying to be in this in any capacity..... hmmmm......irony. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted September 15, 2004 If you want to be a zombie or extra on LOTD, stay tuned to www.rue-morgue.com. They'll post an update asap. Source: bloody-disgusting.com Here's more about Romero from the Toronto Horror Convention... Horror icon George A. Romero was the guest of honor at the first annual Festival Of Fear. The man needs no introduction. He is the most influential director of the genre. Romero has without a doubt the most distinguished filmography that includes the Dead series to Martin to Creepshow. The list goes on and on. There was no question that this thrilling panel would be mainly focused towards the highly anticipated Land Of The Dead, the fourth chapter of the Dead series. It's been a 19-year wait! Romero was clearly excited to finally be able to bring it the big screen. -Land Of The Dead begins shooting in Toronto from October 4th-11th right up to mid-December. He wrote LOTD's script before 9/11 and once that happened he couldn't get the funding for the project. But since then people have been more at ease and Romero was able to not only inject those original aspects of the screenplay back but also tweak in some new stuff dealing with post-9/11 attitudes like living with the threat of terrorism. -LOTD will be R-rated in North America during the initial theatrical release but Universal has allowed him to shoot the film the way he envisions it. Markets like Japan and Germany will get a director's cut during the theatrical run. He jokingly apologizes that probably like Dawn, there will be like 14 editions released on DVD. I wouldn't be surprised. -Like Savini, Romero loved Shaun Of The Dead which releases on September 24th theatrically in North America. He felt that it was the only zombie film that he didn't make that was better than anything he'd ever done! I saw the film recently and personally I feel that there is NO FUCKING WAY that it matches even a tiny fraction of almost anything Romero has ever done and I enjoyed SOTD! -Shaun Of The Dead star Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright want to do a cameo. It all depends if SOTD really hits. They might have to do a tour with the film. Romero would love for them to be part of it as well. Also there are talks with Dennis Hopper and Asia Argento to star in the film but nothing is official as of yet. -He didn't care one way or the other about the Dawn Of The Dead remake. It was a lot better than he originally felt it would be. Romero felt it was a "decent action flick" but thought that it lost some of its reason of being and satire along the way. He would rather have zombies develop "mental powers than body coordination". He doesn't think they should run until they've learned. Romero feels that his zombies were menacing because they were misunderstood. He was always into the humor since growing up with EC Comics so instead he always went for synthetic scares, motion and sound. It was never meant to be scary but and "allegory of social behavior". -He brought up a great incident in which Stephen King answered a fan's question concerning what he felt about people ruining his books. King responded by saying that in fact it will never be ruined, the books are right up on the shelf. Romero feels the same way concerning remakes of his films. -Romero co-wrote with his partner, six drafts for the Resident Evil adaptation he was originally attached to do. Capcom and a German company called Constantine produced it. Constantine is one of those companies that are basically run by one guy who lives in Germany. He would show up every eight weeks and say what he liked and didn't like. Capcom and everyone associated with the project loved the script...except that German producer, Bernd Eichinger. Romero felt that the guy didn't get it. He just bought the rights because it was popular. So after a year and a half of work on Resident Evil, Romero got fired. He found the end product to be a "bit cheesy". That's an understatement in my opinion. -CG zombies have not been officially confirmed but there are scenes that more zombies are required then they can possibly recruit in terms of physical bodies. Romero felt in the new Dawn that the big mob scenes looked like "worms in can". They were faceless. He prefers that the zombies become characters through wardrobe and the things that they are carrying. There are slated to be between 8 to 12 CG shots to enhance crowd shots. But what they are planning to do is shoot 100 to 300 live action zombies in some days in the foreground and then add the CG zombies in the fog. He doesn't want to do a swarm. -The City Of The Dead video game has nothing to do with anything Romero has written. A video game company called Asylum wants to simply attach "George A. Romero Presents" to it. He has no script or creative involvement. He knows nothing about the game but he has approval over the contents of the game like the storyline. Universal is supposedly trying to get that deal away from Asylum and make it part of LOTD. -Romero is involved in a six-part DC comic series. It was one of the greatest experiences he ever had. It is supposedly very good and much gorier than even Romero's films. It is slated to release in October. This is part of DC's plan on a six issues a piece series made by filmmakers. -Romero still wants to work on Diamond Dead once he completes LOTD. He described the film as being "spoofy". Richard Hartley of Rocky Horror Picture Show fame wrote the music. It's about a garage rock band that is having no success. The lead musician's girlfriend wants to join the band but they won't allow it since they are a boy band. She gets pissed off and kills them with an "atomic subwoofer". She has remorse over it so she makes a deal with the devil to bring them back to life. But that ole' devil screws her once they are revived. Their noses start to fall off since they are dead. It's not like Rocky Horror. There are no homosexual overtones. Marilyn Manson was going to play Jesus in a sequence set at the MTV awards in the afterlife in which the band are sitting next to him. Romero loves the project and felt it was the most fun he had in a very long time. Let's keep our fingers crossed! -Romero has made more money in the past 10 years writing and rewriting scripts than during his whole life! -George wrote a whopping 32 drafts for a project titled Before I Wake. He loved the project but sadly it went nowhere. Romero loved the 12th draft but felt it went downhill from there. -He has been working on a novel for 19 years titled Alligator Point. It isn't finished yet. -There will be a remake to The Crazies by Paramount. He has no involvement with it but supposedly someone really cool is working on the screenplay. -Romero would kill to do another Creepshow. He would like to incorporate CG in order to make it look more like an EC comic book. The film is also being remade by the same fools that are behind Day Of The Dead: Contagium. Be afraid, be very afraid! Source: bloody-disgusting.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted September 15, 2004 Thanks for link there Satanico........Thanks for posting the article too...... Anyone hear anything about the Day of the Dead: Contagium? I know it was finished filming but.......I haven't heard anything in a while.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frisco 0 Report post Posted September 16, 2004 It all sounds good. I'm a fan on the series so it should be a good addition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted September 18, 2004 http://www.torontocasting.ca/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted September 20, 2004 I figured that I would post this here. I was checking out the diamond dead site and in the questions area someone asked if they could be used as a zombie extra in Land. Their question was answered as no, because apparently so they don't lose funding they must cast Canadians only..... Now it's official..............I FUCKING HATE CANADA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted September 20, 2004 Ahh, that sucks dude. Seriously. I never thought there was such a big deal behind being an extra.. I've been pulled off the street to be an extra before and they didn't ask for any info as to where I was from, etc. I guess because they have to spend money on the makeup and effects for these extras that they go the extra mile when following the rules. Lame! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted September 21, 2004 Ahh, that sucks dude. Seriously. I never thought there was such a big deal behind being an extra.. I've been pulled off the street to be an extra before and they didn't ask for any info as to where I was from, etc. I guess because they have to spend money on the makeup and effects for these extras that they go the extra mile when following the rules. Lame! Apparently Canada has a LOT to do with funding the flick....so they are forcing him to use all Canadian extra's or else they will lost funding....... damn it all to hell!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2004 I know it doesn't matter much anymore, Kido, but I just heard back from the TCA - the agency that's doing the extras casting for LotD. In order to be an extra, you've got to be registered with the agency. So I guess the odds were against you already. Sorry man.. Though, I'm going to register first thing tomorrow morning, so wish me luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted September 24, 2004 Land of The Dead adds 4 to the cast Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2004 MmmMmmMmmm, Asia Argento. I hope she gets naked at least twice.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted September 24, 2004 She's probably like a daughter to George, so I doubt it. It's great that she's continuing the Romero/Argento history, now they need Dario for a cameo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2004 She's probably like a daughter to George, so I doubt it. It's great that she's continuing the Romero/Argento history, now they need Dario for a cameo. Didn't stop Dario. REALLY didn't stop Dario. But I doubt she is nude anyway. Really doesn't fit into the stories of the Dead series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted September 24, 2004 Well Dario's a European...they're alittle different... :waves to Europeans on this board: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 She's probably like a daughter to George, so I doubt it. It's great that she's continuing the Romero/Argento history, now they need Dario for a cameo. Didn't stop Dario. REALLY didn't stop Dario. But I doubt she is nude anyway. Really doesn't fit into the stories of the Dead series. Well - she's gotta take a shower at some point.. right? RIGHT?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2004 But I doubt she is nude anyway. Really doesn't fit into the stories of the Dead series. We see titty for a full 30 seconds in Dawn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2005 Attention: Land of the Dead pictures are online, here: http://moviesonline.ca/movie-gallery/thumb...?album=1&page=1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoCalMike 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2005 I can't wait for this flick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
