Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) and Betty Gabriel (Get Out) have been set to star in Twilight of the Dead, the next feature from The Call and The Machinist director Brad Anderson.
The George A. Romero estate is teaming up with L.A.-based financier-producer Roundtable on the “seventh and final installment” of the seminal Living Dead franchise. Horror icon Romero had written a treatment for the movie before he died in 2017 and he regarded Twilight of the Dead as the conclusion to his epic saga, which comprised six movies and various spinoffs and remakes.
Fortitude International will present the project at next week’s American Film Market, with production being lined up for March.
Set on a tropical island, we’re told Twilight of the Dead will “delve into the dark nature of humanity from the perspective of the last humans on Earth who are caught between factions of the undead.”
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Respected veteran makeup effects designer Greg Nicotero and his KNB EFX Group will create and lead the makeup effects. Nicotero began his career with Romero’s 1985 sequel Day of the Dead and was a frequent collaborator with the filmmaker. He also is known for working on the Walking Dead series.
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Director Anderson explained: “I see this film in the same way as successful post-apocalyptic thrillers such as I Am Legend, A Quiet Place, The Road and The Last of Us — genre stories that are as emotional as they are intense. When I first read Twilight of The Dead, I teared up at the end. Which is weird for a film of this type. But it has that kind of pull, that combo of horror and heartbreak that I love.”
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The team behind the project previously told us they haven’t closed the door on the possibility of additional movies in a new franchise, should this one go well.
I was a pretty big fan of the franchise at the time and following a lot of the news at the time. Don’t have much more than that to offer up. The few things I found were summations of the lawsuits . There was a shitshow during that time eventually the only person blamed was the driver of the car with the crane,
The whole thing went down awful with basically no one on production being held accountable. It was legally recorded as a road accident.
The actress was left hanging with the production not having enough insurance (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/death-injuries-amputations-is-resident-evil-hollywoods-dangerous-franchise-1244726/) Basically Olivia Jackson got 33k in coverage and production did not fully cover her medical bills. Everyone with top billing on the movie was involved in making sure none of it stuck to the production, so the film could finish and everyone get paid out.
I’m just some salty film fan on the internet, but at the time it was shady as all get out and everyone was running cover as opposed to properly caring for the stunt actress. Milla involvement with the production and her husband wasn’t used to make things right.
I went from being a fan to not. As much as I enjoy this genre I’m skipping anything with her in it.