However, fans shouldn’t get their hopes up about seeing familiar faces from Land of the Dead return. But one final race-one that will determine the fate of the world-draws them back.īirman also revealed that this movie is intended as a chronological sequel to Land of the Dead, skipping past Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead. This forces Hal Cain and his Special Ops trained daughter, Julia, to attempt an escape. Of course, as this is a horror movie, things go terribly wrong and a number of zombies are unleashed on the island’s inhabitants. Related: Night Of The Living Dead: Why George Romero Rewrote Ben's Character

Jane’s test subjects are supplied to her by General Styles who uses the remaining zombies he captures to stage drag racing events as entertainment for the social elite in a modern-day Coliseum of sorts. Set in the darkest and most hopeless days of the zombie apocalypse, Road of the Dead takes place on a Canadian island where the citizens are protected from the undead in exchange for being subjected to harsh laws and high taxes under the ruler Brigadier General Leon “Copperhead” Styles.ĭr Harriet Jane and her mentor, Hal Cain, are the central characters of the story, a team working on creating an antigen to dampen the zombies’ need to consume human brains as a way to help humans and zombies successfully cohabitate. Birman said that this spurred the thought in him, “ Why don’t just get in the car and follow them wherever they’re going?” He explained that Road of the Dead is a movie he conceived and wrote based on the idea set up by Land of the Dead that the zombies are slowly evolving and remembering how to do things they learned in life, such as using tools and firing guns. Three years after Romero’s passing, Birman sat down with Bloody Disgusting in 2020 to discuss his script for Road of the Dead and what inspired the story. Everything We Know About Road of the Dead Thanks to Birman, there’s a lot of information out there about Road of the Dead including its basic plot, the premise, and some of the characters fans can expect to see in the new movie if it ever comes to fruition and gets a release date. Related: The Living Dead: How George Romero's Last Zombie Story Continues His Legacy However, according to writer and director Matt Birman, the project is still something he’s very passionate about and does intend to make, albeit under the name Wolfe Island now that Romero has passed. Road of the Dead’s inexplicable stall is strange for a project that initially spurred a great deal of excitement within the horror genre, and with fans of Romero's work specifically.

Written and to-be-directed by Romero’s friend and collaborator Matt Birman, Road of the Dead has been idling in development for the last five years without much explanation. Romero’s Of the Dead series, was first announced in 2015, but still hasn't started production. Road of the Dead, which was originally intended to an ode and spiritual successor to George A.

Road of the dead fullscreen