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We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes casting details on The Chair, Camp of the Damned, and Love Sick, trailers for Chimeres and Phantasmagoria, production and distribution news on Australian film, The Pack, and much more:

Exclusive Casting News for The Chair: We’ve been told that Travis Love (Shumpert from The Walking Dead) has been added to the cast of the upcoming horror/thriller, The Chair. Love will play the Commanding Officer in a flashback scene that features Jimmy (Jacob Banser) and Sullivan (Brian Thompson).

Synopsis: “Based off of the Alterna Comics graphic novel of the same name, The Chair follows the story of Richard Sullivan, an innocent man struggling to escape execution on death row. Witnessing the torture and murder of his fellow inmates at the hands of the prison’s sadistic and psychotic Warden,...

Night of the Living Dead: Origins has been shambling around for a few years now, and it will just not stay dead! The next stop for this 3D animated retelling of the George A. Romero classic is Cannes, and we have new stills and more for ya!

From the Press Release

With a seemingly unquenchable appetite for zombie movies, movie-goers will get their fill in 2014 with Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D, a 3D animated reboot of the original 1968 horror classic.

The film features visual effects from The Graphic Film Company, Los Angeles, which relied on the iPi Soft iPi Motion Capture markerless motion capture software solution. The software’s ability to easily create massive amounts of zombie action and seamlessly integrate it with the studio’s complex workflow provided the filmmakers limitless creative freedom.

“There are a scant few examples of animated horror films, let alone ones...

That image you see is the latest look at Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D. And guess what? It sounds like the film is done because a press release we received today says the film is screening to potential buyers at Cannes. This has been a project we've been tracking since 2009, just to give you a sense of time. Directed by Zebediah De Soto and co-written by De Soto, Warren Davis II and David Reuben Schwartz, the film stars veterans Tony Todd and Tom Sizemore, along with scream queen Danielle Harris, Sarah Habel, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Bill Mosley and Joseph Pilato.

The post Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D is Finally Done and Screening appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.

Because one 3D remake was not enough, George Romero‘s 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead will be resurrected once more, this time by director Zebediah de Soto as Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D. As you might have briefly registered somewhere in your mind, there was a 3D Night of the Living Dead remake in 2006, as well as a follow-up called Night of the Living Dead 3D: Reanimation. To put it bluntly, they were not great. De Soto has the power of time and quality on his side, though. He has a solid cast, consisting of Bollywood star R. Madhavan, and a slew of B-movie horror favorites, like Tom Sizemore, Tony Todd (who was actually in Tom Savini’s 1990 remake), Danielle Harris, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Bill Mosley, Sarah Habel and Joseph Pilato battling the zombies. And when I say time, I mean that we are now in the hey-day of zombie-themed programming. Romero...

When George A. Romero created Night of the Living Dead, the movie originally carried the title Night of the Flesh Eaters. The title was changed at the last moment and the copyright was lost, immediately putting the film into public domain.

That means that anyone can remake or re-imagine the movie and one of the newer projects is Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D. The movie has been in development for a number of years now, but it’s alive and well and we have a new casting update:

via Dread Central: “Simon West Productions (Black Hawk Down, Con Air, The Expendables 2) and the Graphic Film Company, in association with 2020 Entertainment and Indus Media and Entertainment, announced today that Bollywood actor R. Madhavan (3 Idiots, 13B, Tanu Weds Manu) will star in the upcoming Night Of The Living Dead: Origins 3D, which is a 3D re-imagining of George Romero...

Next on the remake train is George Romero's zombie classic Night of the Living Dead. But this one is getting very weird.

The supporting cast is pretty standard, a who's who of genre faces: Tony Todd, Danielle Harris, Tom Sizemore, Bill Mosely, Sydney Tamiia Poitier (Grindhouse), Sarah Habel (Hostel III), Joseph Pilato (the original Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead), and Alona Tal (Cult). But the male lead, starring opposite Danielle Harris, is a Bollywood star named R. Madhavan in what appears to be his first American film. Interesting, but not too weird. The director and co-writer is Zebediah De Soto, in his feature film debut. This is also the first script from the two other credited screenwriters, Warren Davis II and David Reuben Schwartz.

But then it gets downright strange. The story is no longer set in a cemetery, but a NYC apartment building, where...

Simon West Productions (Black Hawk Down, Con Air, The Expendables 2) and the Graphic Film Company, in association with 2020 Entertainment and Indus Media and Entertainment, announced today that Bollywood actor R. Madhavan (3 Idiots, 13B, Tanu Weds Manu) will star in the upcoming Night Of The Living Dead: Origins 3D, which is a 3D re-imagining of George Romero’s classic horror film Night Of The Living Dead.

Directed by Zebediah De Soto and co-written by De Soto, Warren Davis II and David Reuben Schwartz, the film also stars veterans Tony Todd (Candyman) and Tom Sizemore (Black Hawk Down), along with scream queen Danielle Harris (Halloween), Sarah Habel (Hostel: Part III, Sydney Tamiia Poitier (Grindhouse), Bill Mosley (Texas Chainsaw 3D) and Joseph Pilato (Pulp Fiction). The film is being produced by Simon West, Jib Polhemus, Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda of the Graphic Film Company, Paresh Ghelani of 2020 Entertainment, and Naveen Chathappuram...

3 Idiots star cast in 3D 'origins' version of George Romero's zombie horror classic

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With one eye, no doubt, on the potential for a crossover hit, Bollywood star R Madhavan has been cast in a new CGI 'reimagining' of zombie horror classic Night of the Living Dead.

Madhavan, who made his name in Indian cinema in films such as Run, Guru and 3 Idiots, will play what is described as 'an ex-marine' alongside the likes of Tom Sizemore, Tony "Candyman" Todd and Danielle Harris.

In a press release, the makers of Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D describe their film as a "new take on Romero's 1968 original ... the story of a group of survivors fighting to stay alive when a mysterious plague unleashes the undead on New York City".

Directed by Zebediah De Soto and produced by Expendables 2 director Simon West, the...

Get ready for a Bollywood dance number with zombies.

Simon West Productions, Graphic Film Company, 2020 Entertainment and Indus Media and Entertainment are all teaming to create "Night Of The Living Dead: Origins 3D," a (very) loose remake of the George Romero classic.

The story follows a group of survivors who barricade themselves in an abandoned New York apartment building when the zombie plague breaks out.

The project is also being shot "in a CG setting using stereoscopic 3D" which will give the film a look described as a "hybrid of graphic novel and traditional animation."

Bollywood actor R. Madhavan leads a cast that includes Tony Todd, Tom Sizemore, Danielle Harris, Sarah Habel, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Bill Mosley and Joseph Pilato.

Zebediah De Soto will helm from a script he co-wrote with Warren Davis II and David Reuben Schwartz.

Source: Deadline...

Simon West Productions and the Graphic Film Company, in association with 2020 Entertainment and Indus Media and Entertainment, have signed Bollywood actor R Madhavan to Night Of The Living Dead: Origins 3D. Meyers Media Group handles international sales.

Zebediah De Soto’s re-imagining of George A Romero’s 1968 zombie classic uses state-of-the-art facial capture technology to create the effect of a graphic novel-traditional animation hybrid.

Madhavan’s credits include 3 Idiots and the Tanu Weds Manu franchise. The key cast includes Tony Todd, Tom Sizemore, “scream queen” Danielle Harris, Sarah Habel, Bill Mosley and Joseph Pilato.

De Soto co-wrote the screenplay with Warren Davis II and David Reuben Schwartz.

Producers are Simon West, Jib Polhemus, Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda of the Graphic Film Company, Paresh Ghelani of 2020 Entertainment, and Naveen Chathappuram and Charles Leslie of Indus Media and Entertainment.

I revere director George Romero for unleashing the modern zombie upon the world with his low-budget classic Night of the Living Dead (and even more so for the even more impressive Dawn of the Dead), but sometimes I damn his name for giving lazy filmmakers subject matter that can be replicated ad nauseum without a real need to make their films distinctive. Zebediah De Soto, who first brought up remaking Night of the Living Dead back in 2009, is stilling trying to get that film off the ground (or out from beneath it), according to Deadline. Only this time, he.s got the star power of Bollywood actor R. Madhavan and an actual title for the movie: Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D. Romero.s film actually became public domain years ago due to a copyright error, which allows anyone who doesn.t care about originality rip the film off...

For me, the hallowed ground horror movies are John Carpenter‘s Halloween, Jonathan Demme‘s The Silence Of The Lambs, Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, William Friedkin‘s The Exorcist, and especially Night Of The Living Dead. George Romero’s atmospheric original created the template for the contemporary zombie, and I always thought it would be very difficult to follow in the lumbering footsteps of George’s army of flesh eaters with a remake. Well, get ready for what is being called a 3D re-imagining of the classic. Simon West Productions, and the Graphic Film Company, in association with 2020 Entertainment and Indus Media and Entertainment, have set Bollywood actor R. Madhavan (his films include 3 Idiots, 13B, and Tanu Weds Manu) to star in Night Of The Living Dead: Origins 3D. It’s being directed by Zebediah De Soto and co-written by De Soto, Warren Davis II and David Reuben Schwartz.

Simon West Productions and the Graphic Film Company, in association with 2020 Entertainment and Indus Media and Entertainment, announced today that Bollywood actor R. Madhavan will star in the upcoming Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D, which is a 3D re-imagining of George Romero's classic horror film Night of the Living Dead.

Directed by Zebediah De Soto and co-written by De Soto, Warren Davis II and David Reuben Schwartz, the film also stars veterans Tony Todd and Tom Sizemore, along with scream queen Danielle Harris, Sarah Habel, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Bill Mosley and Joseph Pilato. 

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Simon West Productions and the Graphic Film Company, in association with 2020 Entertainment and Indus Media and Entertainment, have signed Bollywood actor R Madhavan to Night Of The Living Dead: Origins 3D. Meyers Media Group handles international sales.

Zebediah De Soto’s re-imagining of George A Romero’s 1968 zombie classic uses state-of-the-art facial capture technology to create the effect of a graphic novel-traditional animation hybrid.

Madhavan’s credits include 3 Idiots and the Tanu Weds Manu franchise. The key cast includes Tony Todd, Tom Sizemore, “scream queen” Danielle Harris, Sarah Habel, Bill Mosley and Joseph Pilato.

De Soto co-wrote the screenplay with Warren Davis II and David Reuben Schwartz.

Producers are Simon West, Jib Polhemus, Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda of the Graphic Film Company, Paresh Ghelani of 2020 Entertainment, and Naveen Chathappuram and Charles Leslie of Indus Media and Entertainment.

In what sounds like an attempt to spread the demographic net as wide as possible by producers, the new "Night Of The Living Dead" movie will be completely animated and look like moving artwork from a comic book. To me this doesn't sound too experimental. It sounds like the end result will be very similar to rotoscoping: remember "A Scanner Darkly"? New production company Meyers Media Group has announced that it has picked up international rights to writer/director Zebediah De Soto’s Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D from Simon West Productions. Simon West (director of Con Air) will produce alongside Jib Polhemus (The Mechanic), Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda. In the film, New York lies in ruin when zombies have overtaken the city. For the few people left alive there is only one dream – survival. That includes Ben (Tony Todd) and Barbra (Danielle Harris), two survivors who...

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"Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master' has a budget of $30 million ($5 million more...

According to Synthia.Ca, new film sales company Meyers Media Group report they have picked up the international rights to director Zebediah De Soto's "Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D" from Simon West Productions.

West (director of "The Expendables 2") will produce alongside Jib Polhemus ("The Mechanic"), Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda.

Written by De Soto, David Reuben Schwartz and Warren Davis, the film is a 'motion capture re-imagining' of director George A. Romero's public domain black and white 1960's horror classic, "Night Of The Living Dead".

Cast of the new film includes Danielle Harris ("Halloween V"), Tom Sizemore ("Saving Private Ryan") and Tony Todd ("Candyman") :

"...New York lies in ruin when zombies have overtaken the city. For the few people left alive there is only one dream – survival. That includes 'Ben' (Todd) and Barbra (Harris), two survivors who find themselves trapped and fighting to escape...

Newly-formed international sales company Meyers Media Group announces today that they have picked up all international rights to director Zebediah De Soto.s Night Of The Living Dead: Origins 3D from Simon West Productions. Simon West (director of .Expendables 2.) will produce alongside Jib Polhemus (.The Mechanic.), Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda. Written by De Soto, David Reuben Schwartz and Warren Davis, the film is a motion capture re-imagining of the George A. Romero zombie classic that stars Danielle Harris (.Halloween V.), Tom Sizemore (.Saving Private Ryan.) and Tony Todd (.Candyman.). The deal was brokered by Lawrence Meyers and Randy Dannenberg of Meyers Media Group and Polhemus on behalf of Simon West Productions.

In the film, New York lies in ruin when zombies have overtaken the city. For the few people left alive there is only one dream . survival. That includes Ben (Tony Todd) and Barbra (Danielle Harris), two survivors who...

Newly-formed international sales company Meyers Media Group announces today that they have picked up all international rights to director Zebediah De Soto’s Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D from Simon West Productions.

Simon West (director of Expendables 2) will produce alongside Jib Polhemus (The Mechanic), Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda.

Written by De Soto, David Reuben Schwartz and Warren Davis, the film is a motion capture re-imagining of the George A. Romero zombie classic that stars Danielle Harris, Tom Sizemore and Tony Todd.

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Newly-formed international sales company Meyers Media Group announced today that they have picked up all international rights to director Zebediah De Soto's Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D from Simon West Productions. Simon West (director of The Expendables 2 ) will produce alongside Jib Polhemus ( The Mechanic ), Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda. Written by De Soto, David Reuben Schwartz and Warren Davis, the film is a motion capture re-imagining of the George A. Romero zombie classic that stars Danielle Harris ( Halloween V ), Tom Sizemore ( Saving Private Ryan ) and Tony Todd ( Candyman ). In the film, New York lies in ruin when zombies have overtaken the city. For the few people left alive there is only one dream . survival. That includes Ben (Tony Todd) and...

It's been a long road to get Night of the Living Dead: Origins, one of several recent new takes on the classic George A. Romero film, out of the starting gate and into the hands of the general public, but that could soon be changing.

According to Variety the newly formed sales banner Meyers Media Group will handle international sales on director Zebediah De Soto's Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D from Simon West Prods.

This announcement came on April 16th following a screening of the flick hosted by West for three dozen buyers at the SoHo House in West Hollywood.

West (director of Expendables 2) is producing alongside Jib Polhemus (The Mechanic), Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda. Written by De Soto, David Reuben Schwartz and Warren Davis, Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D is a motion-capture reimagining of George A. Romero's 1968 zombie film.

In the...

With the 11th annual Screamfest La Film Festival having kicked off October 14th (it runs through the 22nd at Manns Chinese 6 in Hollywood, CA at Hollywood and Highland), Dread Central hit the carpet that night to bring you some eye candy and to catch a screening of director Kim J-hoon’s Korean monster flick Sector 7 in 3D.

Check out our overflowing gallery below, and then get your tickets to the venerated event by clicking here.

Those walking the black carpet and in attendance for the packed opening included (take a breath) the following: Gravedancers director Mike Mendez, Abominable director Ryan Schifrin, actresses Chelsea Rendon and Jessica Cameron, Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli, Madison County director Eric England and actors Ace Marrero and Matt Mercer, The Tunnel director Carlo Ledesma with producers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey and actors Steve Davis and Bel Delia, actor-producer Tom Malloy (The Alphabet Killer), filmmaker...

Night of the Living Dead is getting yet another update though this time around, it's coming to us via animation.

Zebediah De Soto's Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D retells Romero's classic tale but moves the story to New York City, locking a group of individuals in an apartment trying to stay alive against the growing horde of zombies.

We haven't been tracking De Soto's project all that closely but the release of a trailer over the weekend prompted a closer look at the production which, for my money, looks like a low budget video game. In fact, it's very reminiscent of 2000's Activision and Nihilistic Software's "Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption" which was based on White Wolf"s "Vampire: The Masquerade" role-playing game.

I don't whole dislike this trailer which shows off the film's style which De Soto has coined as "American style anime" but it's also highly unimpressive.

I must say once this project was announced a year or so ago I have been sitting on my hands awaiting this very trailer. It's finally here and I am just as excited as I thought I would be. Below is the trailer for the CG animated "Night of the Living Dead: Origins," which is a new take on the original 1968 film. The new movie is directed by Zebediah de Soto, who described his movie as "a living painting" and promises "no one has ever seen anyt…...

Today we have the trailer for the CG animated "Night of the Living Dead: Origins," which is a new take on the original 1968 film. Check it out below. The new movie is directed by Zebediah de Soto, who described his movie as "a living painting" and promises "no one has ever seen anything like this on the big screen." "Origins" revolves around a zombie apocalypse in New York City and is voiced by Tony Todd, Danielle Harris, and Bill Moseley. The plan is to release the film in 3D. Trailer: If you cannot see the player, click here.

Hey, did you forget about Night of the Living Dead: Origins ? Can't blame you. Updates are sporadic, but such is the case for a film which is entirely CG animated. A re-tooling of George Romero's classic, Origins is directed by Zebediah de Soto and features the vocal work of Tony Todd, Danielle Harris, Joe Pilato and Bill Moseley. A trailer hit the web, but it's really a teaser that takes its time rolling through a graveyard before showing off a scene of mayhem in the streets of New York. Not entirely sure if this represents finished product.

It's been a long time coming, but then again some things are worth the wait. Especially hungry dead things looking to make you their next meal. Hold on to your asses, kids, for your first look at a new take on the classic George A. Romero film entitled Night of the Living Dead: Origins.

Directed by Zebediah De Soto, lending their likenesses and voices to the project, which showcases a zombie apocalypse in New York City, are Tony Todd as Ben, Danielle Harris as Barbra, Joe Pilato as Harry Cooper, Alona Tal (Jo on "Supernatural") as Helen Cooper, Bill Moseley as Johnny (reprising his portrayal of the same character in Tom Savini's 1990 Notld remake), Erin Braswell as Judy, Mike Diskint as Tom, Jesse Corti ("Heroes") as a news reporter, and Cornell Womack (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) as a no-nonsense New York cop.

Director de Soto, who also...

Writer-director Zebediah de Soto is deep into production on Night of the Living Dead: Origins , starring Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Tony Todd and Joe Pilato. We've seen very little from this unique undead romp so we have to cling to whatever the film's participants have to say. Here we have Moseley (playing "Johnny" - a role he slipped into for Night of the Living Dead '90) - talking again about De Soto's vision and the fact that the story is set in New York City: "It is animation but it is also like live action animation. I never actually worked with anyone; it was just me and the director, Zebediah DeSoto," he tells Movie Mike. "We stood in a recording booth and ran the dialogue. They then take photographs of you and try and sculpt you Then...

It's 25 years since Day Of The Dead first hit screens, how do you feel it has influenced cinema?

Joe Pilato: "Well, to paraphrase The Beatles, it was 25 years ago today that George A. Romero taught the fans to play. I think the significance of the movie is the fact that it's the third in the series and great things happen in threes. I think over the 25 years, the expansion and growth from the very simplistic guerrilla filmmaking aspect of Night Of The Living Dead to the more sophisticated Dawn Of The Dead to the third story George created stands above as having the most modern sensibility. George has always referred to it as his favourite child of the three. I think it's held up to the test of time and has brought an incredible amount of new fans into the genre."

Why do you think the film has endured so long?...

This past weekend After Dark's Horrorfest 4 rolled out the red carpet for writer/director Brian Pulido's entry into the genre film fest, The Graves, at the Beverly Center.

On hand for the event was Pulido as well as Graves stars Bill Moseley, Jillian Murray, Clare Grant, and Shane Stevens. Dread Central's Heather Wixson was on the scene to capture all the excitement from the carpet.

Synopsis:

"In The Graves, two inseparable sisters, Megan (Grant) and Abby (Murray) Graves, are taking one last wild road trip before Megan has to start a new job. The journey includes a trip through remote Arizona in search of a kitschy roadside attraction. Instead, Megan and Abby happen on Skull City Mine, a weather-beaten, abandoned mine town converted into a self-guided tour. What seems like a fun day in the sun turns into a mind-bending fight for survival against menaces both human and supernatural.

Danielle Harris is getting some help fighting off the zombie hordes in writer-director Zebediah De Soto's "re-imagining" of George Romero's horror classic Night of the Living Dead, titled Night of the Living Dead: Origins.

THR reports that Bill Moseley (1990's Night of the Living Dead), Joe Pilato (Romero's Day of the Dead), Alona Tal (Supernatural), Jesse Corti (Heroes) and Cornell Womack (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) will join the previously cast Harris to do voice work on the CGI-animated movie. Moseley will play Johnny, Harris' brother, while Pilato and Tal will play the voice of the Coopers, the couple who argue to stay in the basement in Romero's original. Corti will play a no-nonsense New York cop and Womack a news reporter.

Moseley and Pialto's ties to Romero are no coincidence, and De Soto calls the casting "a nod to Romero fans. Horror is a genre and zombie movies...

The unconfirmed cast of director Zebediah De Soto's CGI "re-imagining" Night of the Living Dead: Origins is finally official. Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal were all previously announced, but were unconfirmed. Well, dust off that tie and drive to the church because this cast is confirmed! 

Moseley will return as Johnny, the part he played in Tom Savini's 1990 remake, and will likely play Johnny in every remake made from here on out. Harris will play Barbara, and Pilato (who appeared in Romero's Dawn of the Dead) and Tal will voice the Coopers.

The casting of Piluto and Moseley is obviously a calculated one, one De Soto explained is "a nod to Romero fans. Horror is a genre and zombie movies are a subgenre that people have been following for years and years." De Soto is one of those followers, and claims that Night of the Living Dead...

There's a lot going on in the horror world right now, a welcome change for the traditionally bland month of December. Below the jump you'll find quick updates from around the web and the trades for True Blood, Night Of The Living Dead: Origins, Daybreakers, The Chronicles Of Riddick 3, Zombieland 2, Invasion, [Rec] 3, Resident Evil: Afterlife, and more.

Castings:

True Blood has gained a new werewolf and a new vampire. THR announced that Ugly Betty's Grant Fowler has joined the cast as a werewolf named Coot, with newcomer Theo Alexander as Talbot, an "intensely beautiful" vampire. This comes just a day after Prison Break's Marshall Allman and Quarantine's Denis O'Hare joined the cast (as Sam's lost brother and the Vampire King of Mississippi) as reported on our Starlog site. Filming on Season 3 began this week. Night Of The Living Dead: Origins, a CGI "reimagining/prequel" of/to George A. Romero...

Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack are all lending their voices to The Night Of The Living Dead: Origins, the upcoming re-imagining of George A. Romero's 1968 classic, which is being made in 3D CGI.

Newcomer Zebediah de Soto is directing the horror remake, which follows a group of humans trying to stay alive during a zombie attack.

Corti (Heroes) is voicing the part of a news reporter, Harris (Halloween II) plays a woman broken by the loss of her family, Moseley (Carnivale) is reprising the role of a Wall Street-type that he portrayed in a 1990 live-action remake of Living Dead, Pilato (Dawn Of The Dead) is voicing Harry Cooper, a blue-collar worker who lives for his injured daughter, Tal voices his wife Helen, and Womack (Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen) is a no-nonsense New York cop.

De Soto said some of the...

Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack are voicing characters in the 3D CGI re-imagined version of George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead: Origins." Zebediah de Soto helms. Simon West and Jib Polhemus of Simon West Productions are producing the 3D CGI re-imaginining of the George A. Romero zombie classic . Yes, it's the same bleh over and over again - the story follows a group of humans who battle to remain alive while being attacked by zombies. Whoopie! Kill, these off already, please. Corti (of "Heroes") is news reporter, Harris ("Halloween II") a woman who held her family together and now has to deal with their absence. Moseley ("Carnivale") plays the same role he had in a 1990 live-action remake "Living Dead":...

Like the unstoppable march of the slavering undead themselves, Night Of The Living Dead: Origins, the CG re-interpretation of George A Romero's 1968 horror classic is still headed for our screens - and now it has actors attached.Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Alona Tal, Joe Pilato and Cornell Womack have all signed on to provide vocal performances for director Zebediah de Soto and producer Simon West. As in the original, the story will follow a group of humans (including, in this case a news reporter, a Wall Street yuppie type and a no-nonsense Noo Yoik cop) as they try to survive the zombpocalypse. There are even a few nods to Romero's work here - Moseley is a veteran of the 1990 remake of Living Dead, while Pilato was among the cast of 1978's Dawn Of The Dead. And de Soto has been talking to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog about the film,...

Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack are lending their voices to "Night of the Living Dead: Origins."

The 3D CGI re-imagining of the George A. Romero zombie classic being directed by newcomer Zebediah de Soto. Simon West and Simon West Prods. president Jib Polhemus are producing.

The story again follows a group of humans trying to stay alive during a zombie attack.

Corti ("Heroes") is voicing a news reporter, and Harris ("Halloween II") plays a woman who held her family together forced to come to grips with its absence.

Moseley ("Carnivale") is reprising the role he portrayed in a 1990 live-action remake "Living Dead": a Wall Street-type with an expense account attitude.

Pilato, who appeared in 1978's "Dawn of the Dead," is voicing Harry Cooper, a blue-collar worker who lives for his injured daughter, and Tal ("Supernatural") voices his wife, Helen, who blames...

Earlier this morning Bloody Disgusting's Johnne Marrone took a trip to the set of Jim Mickle's (Mulberry Street) now filming Stake Land, a new vampire pic that looks quite extraordinary. During the visit, Marrone had a chance to chat with star Danielle Harris who revealed to Bd that both Mos Def and Bill Moseley have joined the voice cast of Zeb de Soto's Night Of The Living Dead: Origins S3D. Moseley will be playing Johnny, the same role he took on in Tom Savini's 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead. Joseph Pilato, Mike Diskint and Helen Cooper also star. On the story front, De Soto, who wrote the script with David R. Schwartz, wants to update the tale partially by bringing out the characters backstories and make what he called an American-style anime.

In our exclusive interview with director Zeb de Soto, he reveals that Joseph Pilato aka Captain Rhodes has been cast as Cooper in his 3D feature Night Of The Living Dead: Origins. In addition, starring alongside Danielle Harris as Barbara are Mike Diskint as Tom and Alona Tal as Helen Cooper. You can read our exclusive chat by clicking here, which includes your first ever look at the film, along with more details on the plot (I know you've had a ton of questions). De Soto, who wrote the script with David R. Schwartz, wants to update the tale partially by bringing out the characters backstories and make what he called an American-style anime.

Caught in the confused chaos of the Los Angeles riots of the early '90s, a young Zebediah de Soto witnessed first-hand smoke-filled skies and people in the throes of panic. For his largest endeavor yet, a 3-D CGI Night of the Living Dead film subtitled "Origins," co written by David Schwartz and produced by Simon West Productions, De Soto wants to take those riot images etched into his brain and translate them to the screen. Adding in a horde of ravenous zombies, of course. "I want to see a helicopter clipping its propeller on a building and careening into a crowd of people. Zombies going through the streets. A thousand people tearing each other apart, zombies tearing them apart, total chaos," De Soto expresses with an air of enthusiasm that is fighting...

ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Danielle Harris ( Halloween II ) has been cast as Barbara in the 3D CGI pic Night of the Living Dead: Origins . The film, to be directed by newcomer Zebediah de Soto and produced by Simon West and Simon West Productions president Jib Polhemus, will be an origin story without the involvement of George A. Romero. De Soto, who wrote the script with David R. Schwartz, wants to update the tale partially by bringing out the characters' backstories and make what he called "an American-style anime."...

Genre vet Danielle Harris has scored the starring role in Zebediah de Soto's Night Of The Living Dead: Origins, a prequel of sorts to George A. Romero's classic zombie film that started it all. "All you're good luck wishes worked! Guess who's gonna be Barbara?!," Harris tells fans on Twitter adding, "Michael, vamps, and now zombies!!" On the story front, De Soto, who wrote the script with David R. Schwartz, wants to update the tale partially by bringing out the characters backstories and make what he called an American-style anime. Harris is also starring in Stake Land and can be seen in both of Rob Zombie's Halloween films. You can read more about the 3D project by clicking here.

Hollywood owes me a new TV. They made me break my new 50″ plasma and I’m mad as heck about it. How did this happen and why? I’m glad you asked. Here’s the story:

It’s well after midnight. I’m flipping channels trying to find something that isn’t an infomercial for the Sham-wow, Slap Chop, Snuggie or Extenze (I own two of those items and let’s just say my wife is warm and happy). I settle on a re-run of Head of the Class, the one with Billy Connolly not Howard Hesseman, because it reminds me of Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day. All is right in the world until all of a sudden, a commercial starts up for a new movie, Night of the Living Dead: Origins. Hot dang! I’m pumped and the commercial cranks up; it’s bright, excessively loud and the...

The latest casualty in the continuing onslaught of remakes is none other than George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Being worked on without any sort of involvement from Romero, newcomer Zebediah de Soto takes the reigns on this 3D CGI origins story. De Soto and screenwriter David R. Schwartz put together the script, along with Simon West producing along with his company Simon West Productions.

Trying to gain advantage of the remake with using the latest technology, the duo created and designed a real-time effects system, known as ‘The Beast’, which allows filmmakers the ability to direct CG performances the same way they would direct real live actors. The aim of the process is to make tennis balls on a stick representing real people or monsters a thing of the past by allowing actors interact with CG elements as if they are tangible (THR). The title for the...

Poor George Romero. He made what is probably the seminal horror/zombie movie, and he doesn’t even own it. In fact, no one owns it. “Night of the Living Dead” is in the public domain, thanks to a screw-up by the film’s original distributor (and lack of attention from George) back in the ye old days of the ’60s when the film was originally released. As a result, basically no one actually “owns” the film, and anyone can do whatever they wish with it, such as continuing to release it on DVD or, in this case, usurp the title and “remake” it in 3D. That’s the idea behind Zebediah de Soto and Simon West’s upcoming “Night of the Living Dead: Origins”. According to de Soto, who wrote the script with David R. Schwartz, the remake will be “an American-style anime” that will bring out the characters’ backstories.

Three years ago, we were subjected to an atrocity that gave us a new spin and a white Ben in Jeff Broadstreet's Night of the Living Dead 3-D. With public domain rights, any Joe Shmoe can make his or her version of the classic 1968 George Romero film. That last statement is once again proven with the news of another 3-D version of the undead film. Directed by the unknown Zebediah de Soto and written by When A Stranger Calls remake director Simon West, this remake will be titled Night of the Living Dead: Origins. Sounds like a prequel doesn't it? Well, it kind of is and here is what I mean: From The Hollywood Reporter website: "On the story front, De Soto, who wrote the script with David R. Schwartz, wants to update the tale partially by bringing out the characters’ backstories and make what he called 'an American-style anime.

Yet another remake of George Romero's classic zombie movie Night Of The Living Dead is being prepped by Simon West Productions with director Zebediah de Soto at the helm and Simon West and Jib Polhemus producing. The catch this time? It'll actually be a 3D CGI interpretation depicting a new origins storyline. Night Of The Living Dead: Origins will update the original tale by fleshing out the backstories of the characters. De Soto, who co-wrote the script with David R. Schwartz calls his version "an American-style anime." New Golden Digital, a company founded by De Soto and Gus Malliarodaki will be creating brand new technology to capture their vision. According to the original post on The Hollywood Reporter, "The duo created and designed a real-time effects...

The Hollywood Reporter 's Heat Vision Blog reports that Night of the Living Dead is being remade as a 3D CGI origin story and without the involvement of George A. Romero. Titled Night of the Living Dead: Origins , the re-imagining is being directed by newcomer Zebediah de Soto and produced by Simon West and Simon West Productions president Jib Polhemus. De Soto, who wrote the script with David R. Schwartz, wants to update the tale partially by bringing out the characters' backstories and make what he called "an American-style anime." The latter will be done by using new technology the filmmaker is inventing which you can read more about here .

It won’t be a virus or radioactive comet that brings the dead back to life this time; it will be CGI.

Director Zebediah de Soto, whose best known work to-date has been a short called War Dogs, will direct and co-write a 3-D update of George Romero’s classic zombie film entitled Night of the Living Dead: Origins. The project will be produced by Jib Polhemus and Simon West—the man responsible for such films as Con Air and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, original Living Dead helmer George Romero will not be involved in the remake, which will take a different approach to both story and visuals. For the former, De Soto and David R. Schwartz plan to bring out the back stories of the main characters, who in the 1968 classic found themselves in a farmhouse, fighting off the mysteriously-revived dead.

The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision Blog is reporting that Zebediah de Soto is set to direct Night of the Living Dead: Origins, a 3D CGI format re-imagining of George Romero's landmark zombie film. However, Romero is not involved in this project.

De Soto wrote the script with David R. Schwartz, wants to update the tale partially by bringing out the characters' backstories and make what he called "an American-style anime."

No production date has been set.