The Zombie Research Society has put together an IndieGoGo for raising money for something anyone who loves the undead would be happy to see have happen – George A. Romero getting a Hollywood Star. We’re clearly seeing some great support for Romero already on this one and rightfully so. Read on to see what the plan is for getting the star requested and click through at the end to see what you get for helping donate!
WHY SHOULD I DONATE?
If you’re a fan of zombie movies, zombie video games, or zombie books. If you participate in zombie walks, or you’re involved in zombie culture in any way, you have legendary director George A. Romero to thank for that.
Romero invented the modern zombie with his 1968 horror classic Night of the Living, launching a global phenomenon that continues to infect pop culture more than 40 years later.
Help give something back to the man who’s given us so much by donating to the effort to get George Romero a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
If you can only spare a dollar, give a dollar. If $5 is your limit, that’ great.
Our hope is that zombie fans around the world take advantage of this opportunity to show Romero what the monster he created has meant to us all.
Together we will make it happen!
WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?
All proceeds from this campaign will go towards getting George Romero the Star he deserves, and helping him to enjoy the honor. The more money we raise ABOVE our base goal, the better job we’ll be able to do on behalf of fans everywhere.
This is the one and only time that we the fans can make a profound and lasting statement of gratitude directly to the man himself, and we want to do it right!
Here’s how the budget breaks down:
1) COST OF THE STAR
The Star alone costs $30,000 paid directly to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for its installation and lifetime maintenance, so that amount gets taken right off the top of whatever we raise.This is by far the largest chunk of our goal. NOTE: The price for the Star was recently raised from $25K to $30K, so your donation is more important than ever!
2) APPLICATION PROCESS
We want to make sure that Romero’s application is accepted in the first place, which means a big promotional push that will include paid advertising, public relations consultants, and celebrity networking. It does no good to apply on behalf of Romero and get turned down. But if we do fall short the first time, we’ll keep trying until we make it happen!
3) HOSTING ROMERO
Once Romero is selected we want to show him just how much he’s meant to tens of millions of fans, filmmakers and artists across the globe by flying him out to Hollywood to receive his Star, and giving him the royal treatment.
4) FIXED COSTS
Lastly there are nuts-and-bolts expenses, such as the fees collected by indie gogo and the taxes that we must pay to the government to make sure no one ends up in jail after all of this.
For all of the details click through to IndieGoGo!
