NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD director George Romero is back in business. After years of being stuck in development hell, Romero's fourth zombie apocalypse film has been given a greenlight and will begin shooting this fall under the title LAND OF THE DEAD. The legendary horror helmer that paved the way for such films as 28 DAYS LATER and this year's hit remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD will direct LAND OF THE DEAD from his own screenplay.

The movie is described as being as THE ROAD WARRIOR meets zombies, which is what was used to describe the project back when it was titled DEAD RECKONING. The story will continue to follow the aftermath of the resurrection of the dead, with the survivors in this film fortified inside a walled city that keeps out the zombies. The town's wealthy get to live inside sealed skyscrapers while the lower class have to fend for themselves on the streets. The principal characters are said to be city scavengers who have to try and prevent a plan that would throw the city into chaos and leave it vulnerable to attack. Meanwhile, the dead are starting to show strange abilities, seeming to evolve from slow and dumb into a more dangerous foe.