Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...

Ryan Rotten and Uncle Creepy over at the brand new Horror Channel site sent over a link tonight that should cause all zombie fans to dance and sing when they read it:

CLICK HERE FOR A BIT OF UNDEAD BLISS!!

I know many people had been griping to me, including my co-writer Obi-Swan, about the fact that Savini wasn’t going to be involved with Romero’s latest DEAD picture, so if this all pans out, it should warm the hearts of even the most jaded gore fans. When I was at KNB getting my own zombie make-up applied before the SHAUN OF THE DEAD event a few weeks back, Greg Nicotero spoke with me about some of the plans he has for the KNB effects on LAND OF THE DEAD, and I have to say... it sounds like it’s going to be one of the biggest, craziest make-up effects shows ever.

We also got in this report about George Romero’s appearance at the same convention that spawned the Savini news:

Saw Mr. Romero talk today Aug 28, at the Rue Morgue horror festival in Toronto... some of this may be older news but here's what the session included:

He talked as openly as he could about Land of the Dead. He says production starts in about two weeks here in Toronto, and will stretch into the Xmas season. He's had discussions with Dennis Hopper about what I'm assuming would be a major role... although he made sure to make it clear nothing was signed, but that he had high hopes. He also talked a bit about CGI and how it may be used in the movie, saying it will more than likely be used to flesh out mass zombie scenes but that he still prefers the personality that 100+ extras bring. He says the movie will more than likely get a restricted rating and he'll have to cut it down a bit depending on where it's being shown but that there will be a DVD version containing the directors cut.

As for the basic plot, he said it has a similar feel to the captive zombie plot of Day of the Dead, except theres a few more of them and they are still learning... but the good news is that there will be no running zombies ala the remake of "Dawn" earlier this year (he found that a bit cheezy but a good action film). He mentioned that Tom Savini has a cameo role in the movie if they can get him cleared to work up here, but Savini seems to think it will happen so fingers crossed. Also the 2 guys who wrote Shaun of the Dead will get cameos if they can work out the timing... he says Shaun of the Dead is the best zombie film hes seen since his own flicks.

As for Diamond Dead, he says he really wants to get this movie made and that it's still on the plate but that it's unusual concept has made it a hard sell. But he says he's ready to go on it whenever he gets the greenlight. He also mentioned that he would be VERY interested in doing another Creepshow movie... nuff said.

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Great stuff, and, since I am already talking about zombies, here’s me and Obi-Swan on the night of the SOTD event with Ken Foree, zombie-killer extraordinaire!!

Grooooooooooovy!!

"Moriarty" out.