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by dr_gonzo » 05 Nov 2008, 22:25
Set a couple week's after the outbreak in the original 1968 film, the story revolves around the inhabitants of an isolated island off the North American coast, who find their relatives rising from the dead to eat their kin. The leaders of the island feud over whether or not to kill their reanimated relatives or preserve them in hopes of finding a cure.LATEST NEWS
11.03.08
A lot of info has been brewing on this project the past few days. Filming has wrapped in Canada and now there's word that the title is "Island of the Dead," which has not been confirmed, but right now looks to be just a rumor and nothing more. Fango also reports that this will be western-themed since it revolves around two rural families on the island. Lastly, you can visit the gallery for a couple pics from the film, thanks to USA Today and Fango.
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- Filmed in Ontario, Canada.
- Some cast and crew from previous Dead films will return, but as differen't characters.
- It's said that this film will have a narrative connection to Diary of the Dead.
- The film will have a western theme.
- The story's timeline is said to occur a couple of weeks after the original outbreak in 1968's Night of the Living Dead.
- The film is said to revolve around " tribalism," where a power struggle between two factions ensues and also having to deal with a crises by controling people's actions.
- The first project listed on UHM that bares no official title.
- This project started out as a sequel to Diary of the Dead, but after numerous script changes ended up an entirely different film.
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