After meeting its pre-production goal on Indiegogo, Radar Pictures has come on board to produce writer-director Cameron Romero’s Origins, the genesis story of his father’s iconic Night of the Living Dead, says Variety.
George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead was released in 1968 and starred Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea and Karl Hardman. The film, which follows seven people trapped in a rural farmhouse attacked by zombies, was shot in black and white for $114,000 and grossed $30 millon worldwide, spawning five more “Living Dead” films.
The project is set at the height of the Cold War when one scientist tried to give the world its best hope for survival and instead, unleashed its worse nightmare.
The film’s story is by Romero, who will also direct, with a screenplay by Romero, Darrin Reed and Bryce C. Campbell. Radar’s Ted Field will produce with Aldo LaPietra, Campbell, Reed and Romero. Executive producers are Mike Weber and Thomas van Dell.
As of this writing George A. Romero does not have his name on this project.
Production is planned for later this year.
