Twitch Film recently sat down with the Godfather of zombies, George A. Romero, and was actually talking about something non-film related. It looks as if Romero is sitting down with Marvel to put out a new zombie themed comic book. What is it about? When is it coming out? No one knows! This is the first official word from it and the direct quote goes a little something like this:
TWITCH – You’ve said if you were ever given something like fifty-million dollars, you’d just make ten five-million dollar movies. In that regard, what is next? Or even what is the next project you’d dream to make? Is there a novel out there you want to adapt, even non-dead related?
ROMERO – I am in fact adapting a novel right now, and it is a zombie novel, but it’s not my kind of zombies. It’s a novel called The Zombie Autopsies written by a Harvard medical doctor. It’s a wonderful book and I’m having a wonderful time adapting it into a screenplay. I am also working on an original story, which I guess if I had to categorize it, I would say it’s a psychological thriller. it’s….mmm, Psycho like? But it’s not really. I don’t know how to tell you anything more without giving it away. But in reality I don’t actually know for sure what the next one is going to be. It often comes up out of the blue. You just don’t know which one the money is going to come through for. I am also writing a comic for Marvel. I’m writing it now, but it’s plot is a secret.
TWITCH – Awww c’mon George, just a little nibble? A tid bit?
ROMERO – Well I can tell you it won’t involve any of their on-going characters, there will be no superheroes. But it will involve zombies!
So there we go. We’re getting a screenplay of The Zombie Autopsies AND a new Marvel Comic. I’ll always bite when Romero comes up with anything new so hopefully we’ll see
