You all know the story by now: a handful of humans, trying to stay alive during a zombie infestation on their city.
However, I doubt we’ve seen it like this. Night of the Living Dead: Origins will be an all-CGI production and according to the Hollywood Reporter, six cast members have already signed on. Two of the actors have worked in George Romero projects before: Billy Moseley and Joe Pilato. The production is still in the animation process and voice work is in its early phases.
Newcomer Zebediah de Soto will be directing the project and he has some interesting views on the zombie genre and how he perceives it. ”I wanted to make this look like a living Monet; it’s expressionism,” De Soto said. “It’s going to be the first zombie movie played on a epic scale. This is the Empire of the Sun of zombie films. I lived through the L.A. riots and saw the city on fire; I remember seeing people running, people getting pulled out of cars. And with 9/11, these images have been ingrained on people of my generation. I just thought that is the way it would really be, a lot of chaos.”
Here’s an interesting thought. With super-hero movies relying on heavy CGI, do you think there will be a time where big-name franchises will be in all CGI? Like Superman, Wonder Woman, or maybe even Quasar?
Okay that last one is a long shot, but think about it: you don’t have to worry about an actor or actress “looking the part”. I think that’s why these DC animated features work so well. How would you feel about that?
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:36 am
It’s an interesting way to go. It seems that zombies would still work best live action though. There is something about the gore that CGI just would have trouble capturing.
As far as the CGI movies, being a classic Star Trek fan, I have often said the remaining cast members should do several audiobook type plays with the intent they could be turned into movies someday as CGI continues to improve. (I’m still trying to pull Kirk from that ridiculous fate. Collapsing bridge?!? Come on man!)I can dream.