George Romero

George Lucas plans 'Star Wars 3-D'

Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

George Lucas plans to re-release all six Star Wars movies in 3-D.

George Romero Clueless About Dead Rising? [Kotaku Stalku]

Kotaku (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

Back in late February, we brought word of a Dead Rising lawsuit. Capcom was being sued over the game by the MKR Group, which holds the rights to George Romerso's Dawn of the Dead film. MKR claimed...

George Romero - Zombie Master

Articles Database (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008

George Romero has a talent for tapping moviegoers’ shoulders with an icy touch of horror. Best known for the most celebrated horror film of all time, Night of the Living Dead, Romero created a cult classic with a low budget and a high aim to achieve. Born February 4, 1940, George Romero started his filmmaking [...]

Quote: George Romero Says Zombies Can’t Run

/Film (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008

Legendary horror filmmaker George Romero (Night of the Living Dead) insists that Zombies can’t run. “The dead can’t run. Their ankles would break. (...) Comment on this now or read more at slashfilm.com . Tags: George Romero

"Have George Romero and Steven Soderbergh killed." "But sir..." "DO AS I SAY!"

Infinite Monkeys (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008

I took my son to see "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull" last night. Now I know what a geriatric action picture looks like. It was just OK -- not terrible but not anything close to good....

Review: Diary of the Dead (2007)

Locusts & Honey (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008

Diary of the Dead is a documentary reminiscent of The Blair Witch Project . It is taken from footage recovered from a group of college film students in Pennsylvania. Compiled and edited by world-renowned zombie expert George Romero, it is an interesting exploration of how people respond differently to undead outbreaks. Here is the trailer: [ YouTube Link ] The film highlights this critical...

Yahoo: Merger of the Living Dead

Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008

Mathew Ingram submits: I think even infamous zombie-movie director George Romero would have felt outmatched by the ongoing Yahoo (YHOO) takeover saga, which has gone beyond drama into farce, then back into drama, then taken a right turn into the bizarre, and now threatens to become The Takeover/Merger That Wouldn’t Die . Microsoft (MSFT) wants to buy it, then it doesn’t, then Carl Icahn...

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MS should leave Yahoo be

Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

Mathew Ingram explains that there are things strnger than fiction - like the long running MS/Yahoo saga: I think even infamous zombie-movie director George Romero would have felt outmatched by the ongoing Yahoo takeover saga, which has gone beyond drama into farce, then back into drama, then taken a right turn into the bizarre, and now threatens to become The Takeover/Merger That Wouldn’t...

American Zombie

DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008

Reviewed by Tom Becker Quote: " American Zombie is a funny and original faux documentary that works as a social satire as well as a send up of the horror subgenre made famous by George Romero."

Let's go to the (zombie) mall

Pop Candy (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008

Pop reader Kristy L., aka Undeadhead, is always eager to share the latest zombie news, and today she told me about a semi-spooky event at Pittsburgh's Monroeville Mall last weekend. "On Saturday night, 500 diehard zombie fans watched George Romero's...

“Night of the Living Dead” - The Making of a Classic

Article Master (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008

It’s not often that a nightmare turns into a ‘dream’, but in the case of the movie “Night of the Living Dead”, that’s exactly what happened. Made in 1968, this black-and-white horror film impacted the genre and fulfilled director George Romero’s dream of successfully entering the entertainment industry. In many ways, this film broke new [...]

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Movie fans dying to don Zombies gear

Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008

Smith's latest film, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" -- which features scenes from Monroeville Mall where George Romero shot "Dawn of the Dead" 30 years ago -- introduces its audience to the fictitious hockey team.

“Night of the Living Dead” - The Making of a Classic

Articles Database (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008

It’s not often that a nightmare turns into a ‘dream’, but in the case of the movie “Night of the Living Dead”, that’s exactly what happened. Made in 1968, this black-and-white horror film impacted the genre and fulfilled director George Romero’s dream of successfully entering the entertainment industry. In many ways, this film broke new [...]

L'orrore! L'orrore!

FLiXER: Entertainment Industry News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008

May I just take a moment to go on record as saying that I totally don't get celebrated and influential Italian horror maestro Dario Argento ? I'll grant you, the man deserves numerous props for co-producing George Romero 's great Dawn of the Dead , and the fact that he's father to Asia Argento (woo hoo!) means he's entitled to respect from mere mortals like you and I. But as a director?...

Misquoted in “that special way only the Russian media can manage”

Maud Newton (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008

Bad news: Moscow’s eXile is shutting down. “Last night I met with my Russian publisher to ‘put one in its brain,’ as George Romero’s humans would say.”