Well with how many times Romero’s movies are being remade so far it was only a matter of time before Day of the Dead got this treatment. With how the last Day of the Dead ‘remake’ was let’s hope this one can do somewhat better. Honestly Romero’s classic was probably my favorite of his films so I’m skeptical about hearing this news. At the very least it’s being done by a team that has had some luck with remakes as Arrow in the Head has let us know it will be created by the team behind Texas Chainsaw 3D. So at the very least it should be watchable.
Christa Campbell and Latie Grobman who were behind Texas 3D actually have received quite a few good reviews for the film so I’ll bite that I’m at least curious about what they will do. If for no other reason then to wash the horrible excuse for the first remake of Romero’s Day of the Dead out of my brain. I can’t complain enough about that one and if you’ve seen it you’ll understand why.
The remake is being co-produced by Millennium Films (who were involved with Texas 3D) and Campbell had this to say on it:
“We want to keep it as close to the Romero version as possible to make sure that his fans are happy. These are not going to be zombies climbing walls and doing back flips like in ‘World War Z.'”
I don’t know about you but that quote gives me hope. With a budget of $10-$20 million it’ll probably look good, if gritty, as well.
We’ll just have to wait to see since they do want to get it out and into theaters by next year.
