Again?

Actually keen on this. Then found out it involved a walking dead writer. Hard pass

It already had a sequel, well technically 2, and a good remake.

And whatever is made now isn't going to be nearly as good as Dawn of the Dead or Return of the Living Dead so why bother?

We don't really need another sequel.

well, the remake of day of the dead was odd and bad and had very little to do with the org movie.

I don't think I mentioned the Day of the Dead remake, I did mention the Night of the Living Dead remake from 1990 by Tom Savini though, which is good.

did not say you did, the 1990 remake is a real remake apart from a bit in the ending, the remake of dawn of the dead not so much but it also takes place at a mall and it's also an ok movie.

So it'll basically be a soap opera. Ergh.

Even more than that.

Dawn of the Dead

Day of the Dead

Land of the Dead

Diary of the Dead (slight update/parallel story, kinda using Marvel Comics' "sliding timescale" rules; supposed to take place at the same time as the original movie)

Survival of the Dead

Empire of the Dead (official sequel comic written by Romero, with direct ties to the original movie; also introduces vampires to the series)

Oh I know it has many, many entries as the series goes on, of insanely varying quality, but I was talking direct sequels, of which there are only 2 as far as I know.

Land of the Dead and Empire of the Dead are also direct sequels.

I mean, aside from Diary and Survival, none of the films have any character or story through line aside from "the dead are rising and eating people" and offering social commentary. But they can fit neatly on the same timeline. Zombies start rising > zombies start overrunning everything > zombies have overrun everything, people are forced into hiding > people start to adapt more and carve out a place and rebuild society in part of a major city > a major (albeit different) city is almost completely reclaimed and there's more of a semblance of normalcy, zombies still pose a threat but are mostly kept in check (plus vampires are there).

Oh, is it? I wasn't aware of that, I thought it followed some time after Day. Always thought it was Night > Dawn > Day > Land, showing the fall of humanity over decades.

Anything you could link me to confirm that?

Edit: damn you changed your entire comment and now I look like a rambling lunatic answering questions that weren't answered haha.

I’m someone who has a soft spot for WD. It’s my ultimate guilty pleasure. But full agreement here that is not the right pick imo. Maybe I’d have to see what episodes they did though.

A 3rd reboot of the sequel? What are they going to do, have an amazon warehouse instead of the mall?

Dang it. I was sick of TWD after the 3-4 season. I couldn't stand Carl anymore. Wanted that kid to die so badly. It took waaaaaaay too long to kill him off.

Add it to the list:

Every Night of the Living Dead timeline:

Romero timeline: • Night of the Living Dead (1968, with colorizations by Hal Roach Studios in 1986, Anchor Bay Entertainment in 1997, Legend Films in 2004, and Legend Films again in 2009/2010, plus an alternate cut 30th Anniversary Edition in 1999, a 2010 Reanimated collab cut, and the 1999 parody redub NOTDOT) • Dawn of the Dead (1978) • Day of the Dead (1985) • Land of the Dead (2005) • Diary of the Dead (2007) • Survival of the Dead (2009)

Russo timeline: • Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition (1999) • Children of the Living Dead (2001)

Remake timeline: • Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Dawn of the remake timeline: • Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Day of the remake timeline: • Day of the Dead (2008)

Bloodline of the remake timeline: • Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018)

3D timeline: • Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006) • Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation (2012)

Resurrection timeline: • Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection (2012)

Darkest Dawn timeline: • Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn, aka Origins, aka Origins 3D (2015)

Contagium timeline: • Night of the Living Dead (1968) • Dawn of the Dead (1978) • Day of the Dead (1985) • Day of the Dead 2: Contagium

Return of the Living Dead timeline: • Night of the Living Dead (1968) • Return of the Living Dead (1985) • Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) • Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993) • Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005) • Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005)

SyFy timeline: • Day of the Dead 10 episode show

Zombi timeline: • Night of the Living Dead (1968) • Dawn of the Dead, aka Zombi (1978) • Zombi 2, aka Zombie Flesh Eaters, aka Zombie (1979) • Zombi 3, aka Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 (1988) • Zombie 4: After Death, aka Zombie Flesheaters 3 (1989) • Zombi 5: Killing Birds, aka Zombie Flesheaters 4 (1988)

Alt. Zombi timeline: • Night of the Living Dead (1968) • Dawn of the Dead, aka Zombi (1978) • Zombi 2, aka Zombie Flesh Eaters, aka Zombie (1979) • Zombie 3: Return of the Zombies, aka The Hanging Woman (1973) • Zombie 4: A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973 and an alternate 1981 cut) • Revenge in the House of Usher: Zombie 5 (1982) • Zombie 6: Monster Hunter, aka Absurd (1981) • Zombie 7, aka Antropophagus, aka The Grim Reaper (1980)

Alt. alt. Zombis: • Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, aka Zombi 3 (1974) • Zombie Holocaust, aka Doctor Butcher, M. D., aka Zombi 3 (1980) • Nightmare City, aka Zombi 3 (1980) • Burial Ground: The Night of Terror, aka Zombi 3 (1981) • Panic, aka Bakterion, aka Zombi 4 (1982) • Pulgasari, aka Zombi 34: The Communist Bull-Monster (1985) • Zombie '90: Extreme Pestilence, aka Zombie 2001: Battle Royale, aka Zombi 7 (1991) • Zombie 1, aka Zombi 1 (1995 short film on the Nether Horror Collection)

Animated • Night of the Animated Dead

Carol!? CAROL?!??

But why?

You can't come up with your own zombie film ideas?

ROTLD isn't a sequel.

The Romero zombies and Trioxin zombies are quite different.

John Russo worked on the original NOTLD also but those films went in totally different directions.

https://livingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Return_of_the_Living_Dead_(film_series)

I used to like it before they insisted on using automatic weapon fire and pretending there would be a shortage of ammunition in this country so quickly.

You mean to tell me that vampires exist canonically in Romero’s Living Dead series??

Yeah they did differ but its still basically a sequel all but officially. Wasn't it that Romero wasn't allowed to use the 'of the Living Dead' fixture when he and Russo had differing ideas for the sequel and it's tone, Russo wanted more comedy and talking zombies so Russo kept that title fixture and created Return of the Living Dead, as in return of the zombies from Night, as his sequel, and Romero removed 'Living' from the title and went with just 'of the Dead' with how he wanted the zombies and series to go, and created Dawn as his sequel. Night is even mentioned in the original Return as a cheeky nod.

The zombies in Night are different from those in both Dawn and Return. They're smarter and know to use weapons etc and overall are much more human like, they're arguably closer to the Return zombies than what Romero ultimately went with going forward.

At least that's how I've always understood it.

Russo zombies are indestructible, comedic zombies.

Romero zombies are quite easily dispatched unless they're offscreen when they appear from nowhere.

Snyder zombies are just lame.

Oh the Snyder thing we can agree on, Dawn 2006 is fucking awful and he fundamentally misunderstood everything the original was about.

He's just a silly hack with delusions of grandeur.

In Land of the Dead Tom Savini plays the zombie version of his character in the original Dawn of the Dead. To my knowledge he is the only recurring character from the original 3 movies.

upvote deserved

[deleted]

Don't you love the Public Domain?

I've read things that correlate zombies as a type of vampire. Basically zombies are a feral vampire that consumes blood by chewing it out of the flesh

I used to watch the early seasons and I actually hated how few guns they had, given it's the USA and you could raid any Grandpa's basement almost anywhere.

There is also FleshEater (1988), a sequel(ish) written and directed by Bill Hinzman, who played the cemetery zombie in NotLD. He reprises his part in it, as does one of the posse guys.

I had no idea that Zombi got its own unofficial sequels. That's so appropriate.

Just poor writing and show building.

Smh

Yuuuuup!

Ooooh! That's an interesting take I can't recall hearing before.

CORAL!

[removed]

>Yeah they did differ but its still basically a sequel all but officially. Wasn't it that Romero wasn't allowed to use the 'of the Living Dead' fixture when he and Russo had differing ideas for the sequel and it's tone, Russo wanted more comedy and talking zombies so Russo kept that title fixture and created Return of the Living Dead, as in return of the zombies from Night, as his sequel, and Romero removed 'Living' from the title and went with just 'of the Dead' with how he wanted the zombies and series to go, and created Dawn as his sequel. Night is even mentioned in the original Return as a cheeky nod.

The zombies in Return of the Living Dead aren't Russo's, but Dan O'Bannon's. When Romero and Russo went their separate ways, Russo wrote a screenplay titled Return of the Living Dead. In that story, it is a direct sequel to Night and follows the sheriff seen at the end. From what I remember there was also a cult involved. Originally, Tobe Hooper was signed on to direct it. When he left the project, O'Bannon was brought in and he kept the title, but completely rewrote the story and created the talking, running, braining hungry zombies. Russo was able to adapt his screenplay into a novel, also called Return of the Living Dead.

Honestly, Russo's original story isn't that bad. I have the paperback of it and read it maybe 15 years ago. I remember thinking it actually would've made a decent movie, assuming it weren't made by Russo who, by all accounts, is a really nice guy but kind of a hack when it comes to filmmaking. I'm going to need to go back and give it another read, but it was definitely serious in tone and featured the same kind of zombies you saw in Night.

Romero estate did a posthumous novel the living dead and its fucking awesome. I'm willing to see what this becomes with his wife overseeing.

I am legend was romeros primary inspiration. Makes more sense if you know that.

They have a ton of guns in basically every season except a few ten years later. Then they find more guns than ever.

Never understood why these complaints always seem to not be remotely accurate to the show lol

I mean TWD is by far the most successful and liked zombie property in the last 20 years likely ever (romero legacy notwithstanding since it started it) not exactly an odd choice.

TWD is also basically pure romero from the beginning lol. Literally nothing exists closer to romeros films.

The hate train got out of hand years ago and has eclipsed logic.

TWD is explicitly based on night lol.

It's being made by the romero estate lol. I think they are allowed to use romero movies

Other than for marketing purposes, what's the point?

Well you'd have to know details about the film to answer that wouldn't you?

And why would romeros production company and wife connect a new zombie movie to his works?

Does that need to be spelled out? Really?

What?

This isn't complicated

Because they're not capable of making a zombie film that will attract an audience w/o using Romero's name and the family wants a quick payday?

If you want to be an asshole about it sure but in reality? No.

The estate has already produced a novel and it rocked so I have no reason be worried about them doing more

Maybe they needed to make the last 3 Romero zombie films then as they stunk on ice.

We've never needed a zombie movie. It doesn't matter

In keeping with social commentary, that could actually work.

So set in the 1960s literally right after the first one ends? Because if it’s set in modern times then it would be the 7th or 8th story in the timeline???