This 4th installment was thought to be titled "Dead Reckoning", "Twilight of the Dead", "Dusk of the Dead", and a few others. I REALLY hope this film gets made!!"The first order of business is, of course, the long-mooted fourth in his zombie trilogy. Undead fans have been waiting nearly 20 years for a follow-up to DAY OF THE DEAD, and rumors began circulating back as far as 1998, with the latest buzz that a script has been making the rounds for backing. Romero advises that this film, currently titled LAND OF THE DEAD, is definitely an active project, but it has no set production date and its fate is still uncertain. Among Romero’s three active features, LAND is the furthest from production; he has an agreement with Fox Searchlight (which scored this past summer with the zombie variation 28 DAYS LATER) to write and direct LAND, but this is still tentative. “I have other possibilities if Fox drops it,” he notes. “I have interest from another place.” Romero also reveals that John Carpenter may be involved: “John would like to produce it or do the music.”
Searchlight’s current concern is that the budget may be too steep, and Romero may have to compromise his original script. “Right now it’s pretty expensive, and it might be another situation like DAY OF THE DEAD where I have to drop it way back, scale it way down, in order to get it made. Everyone’s so afraid.”
A rights dispute is also delaying progress on LAND. “I have to do an arbitration with the MPAA over the title, and I don’t know how long that’s going to take.” Romero elaborates that Richard Rubinstein, his former business partner at Laurel Entertainment, has registered the title NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD with the MPAA, despite the fact that Rubinstein did not form his relationship with Romero until long after the original NOTLD. Romero only recently joined the MPAA and is unsure when the arbitration would occur. He confirms that “that’s what’s hanging [LAND] up right now.”
The army of Pittsburgh zombie wannabes counting on appearing in LAND, should it reach production, should pack their bags and perhaps prepare their passport for a trip to Canada, where Romero filmed BRUISER. Regarding the prospect of shooting in Pittsburgh again, the director says, “I don’t know, I’d love to… I wrote the zombie films for this area. You know, all the locations and everything were here,” but now, “It’s just too expensive. The crews aren’t here anymore. So it’s tough.” "
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Source: Fangoria
At this past weekend’s Chiller Theatre convention in New Jersey, Fango got the scoop on the DAWN OF THE DEAD special edition coming from Anchor Bay Entertainment. The company has completed a new transfer of George Romero’s zombie classic, which Fango got a peek at and looks absolutely stunning; it’ll come out as a single-disc release in early 2004. Then, sometime in the spring, Anchor Bay will unleash a boxed set that looks to be a high-water mark for DVD horror releases. The set, which will contain at least three and possibly up to five discs, will showcase both the theatrical version and the longer uncut edition of DAWN, with discussions under way to include the European ZOMBI cut as well. An audio commentary by producer Richard Rubinstein has already been completed, and plans are to record a new track with Romero and Tom Savini as well. There will also be a huge still gallery and lots of other features yet to be announced. Keep watching this site for further details.