George A. Romero Presents: Road of the Dead

George Romero and zombie movie fans might be happy to hear that a new “…of the Dead” movie is being prepped.

George A. Romero Presents: Road of the Dead will be co-written by Romero and Matt Birman who will also direct.  Birman has served as second unit director on Romero’s last three “… of the Dead” movies.

Sounds good so far, right?

Here’s where it literally goes off the tracks for me.

The story is set on an island where zombie prisoners race cars in a modern-day Coliseum for the entertainment of wealthy humans. Birman describes the project as “Road Warrior” meets “Rollerball” at a Nascar race, with significant inspiration from “Ben-Hur.”

Sounds more like Death Race 2000 meets Dawn of the Dead.  I can’t imagine this being more than a Netflix viewing for me.  Or maybe instead I’ll just rewatch Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead.  You can never go wrong with NOTLD.

Source: IndieWire.