Hey folks, Harry here with a buncha tidbits sent in from our bud Ronnie, all about the gorey world of George Romero. BRUISER seemed to have gotten a warm reception at the screenings at Cannes, and hopefully will get at least a small release in the United States. As for a fourth ZOMBIE film from Romero? Ya know.... I'm surprised that noone has picked up the money jar and financed this. Yeah, I know the MPAA would shit all over the film. WE KNOW. But, go ahead with a hardcore NC-17 release and aim it for the month of October. Play up the fact that this is horror beyond anything you've seen on the screen. PUSH THE FACT YOU HAVE AN NC-17. Leave the computers at home. Call up every practical effects guy on the planet. Bring in KNB and Savini and Bottin. Make that gore action drama that we've never seen. And publicize it. Set up ZOMBIE watches around the country. But don't softball it. The studios (mainstream and independent) need to let their balls drop and come out swinging. This movie doesn't have to cost a lot. Make the hardest most intense horror film ever. Do it now!
Also if you want to download the teaser and promo for BRUISER, you can do it by clicking here for the teaser and by clicking here for the promo!!!!
Head Geekness:
When it rains it pours. Hot on the heels of the news of Romero embarking on an indie vampire film known as THE ILL, the latest issue of Wicked magazine contains an interview with Romero that his fans must read. Romero spills some fairly big beans in this interview...
Highlights:
"Bruiser" is still in search of a US distributor, and Romero feels that it will have a better chance at getting a limited theatrical run than of going wide. "I don't know if anyone will ever show this movie." He says, but goes on to add "It will probably make its money in video. That stuff seems to have a shelf life."
On John Russo's "Night of the Living Dead" 30th Anniversary Special Edition: "Those guys are still friends of mine and I said to them that I'm not going to put a heavy slam on it. So, I won't. As far as I'll go is to say that I certainly didn't like it."
News on a new "Dead" film is pretty much as it's been for some time: "It's really just a tangled web," Romero laments, but doesn't seem to rule it out, citing that it "could be put together, but it would take a lot of work and it's not going to be a high-paying job."
The biggest revelation for "Dead" fans? Romero is currently writing a serialized novel set in the world of the "Dead" films and plans to release it in chapters on the Net.
He also mentions "playing around with an idea of sort of a gunslinger type, hired gun, who goes around and cleans out towns [filled with zombies]. I don't know if I want to do that or not."
The last bombshell dropped in the interview is this: Romero has written and plans to start production this summer on an adaptation of Stephen King's novel, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Le Studio Canal+ is financing (they funded "Bruiser").
This news, coupled with reports that Romero's doing "Carnivore" for the Wachowski's, tells us George has been a busy boy.
Lastly, I've read his "Resident Evil" script. A cross between Romero's own "Dead" films and "The Crazies" with a little "Aliens" trhown in for good measure, the script was fast, action packed, and contained some huge, horrific action sequences. "His script wasn't good, so he was fired," one of the suits said about Romero's dismissal fromt he project. Said suit obviously didn't read the script that I read. Quite a shame...
Ronnie
