George A. Romero Talks Empire of the Dead
Steve Barton
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Our friends over at Blastr caught up with the man himself to talk to him about the TV adaptation of George A. Romero’s Empire of the Dead, the 15-issue graphic novel published by Marvel Comics.
“I think I’ll hopefully be directing a couple of [the episodes],” says Romero. “First of all, it has to get made. All we have is a deal to write it and pre-produce it. We don’t have a production deal yet, but our fingers are crossed and it looks good. So we’ll see. But I hope to direct a couple, and I’m writing the pilot and probably at least most of the first season if it flies.”
The series will be written by Romero and longtime partner Peter Grunwald and executive produced by Romero and Grunwald with Demarest’s Sam Englebardt and William D. Johnson.
Romero’s iconic 1968 film Night of the Living Dead conceived the idea of a zombie apocalypse. Empire of the Dead mixes in vampires with zombies.
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