George Romero heeft niet zoveel trek in The Walking Dead

RDJ134 19 augustus 2010 om 20:56 uur

Frank Darabont heeft al eens eerder laten doorschemeren dat hij graag zou zien dat George Romero (de man die het huidige zombie genre bedacht heeft) één of meerdere afleveringen van The Walking Dead zo filmen. Maar deze meester lijkt hier niet zoveel zin in te gezien de onderstaande uitspraken die hij tijdens een interview met Shock till you drop deed.

While talking about the August 24 DVD and Blu-Ray release of his sixth zombie outing Survival of the Dead, Romero told me he hasn't been approached yet to contributing to The Walking Dead and he was frank in explaining why he'd likely turn down the gig.

"I'd probably say no," he said. "I'm sitting here at home, my zombies are in the closet and I have my own peculiar way of using them. I'm clinging to my own franchise, as peculiar as that is. It's not big box office, but it's mine and I'll stick with it."

While those zombies are stored away for the time being - awaiting to be released once again if Romero has his way and directs two back-to-back undead pictures - the man he presently writing an original film.

"It's a non-zombie horror thing," he revealed. "It's the first thing I've written where I'm really trying to get under your skin a little bit. Actually scare you. Not since Night of the Living Dead have I tried to be creepy with anything. It's all been comic book, tongue-in-cheek scares. A loud scare and a quick movement can make you jump, but it's not scary. So I'm writing that. If the zombie films don't happen, maybe this one will."

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