Genre:
Musical/Comedy/Horror.
Studio:
Unknown.
Production Company:
Unknown.
Project Phase:
In Development.
Who's In It:
Unknown.
Who's Making It:
George Romero (Director); Brian Cooper, George Romero (Screenwriters); Richard Hartley (Producer).
Premise:
On the verge of their big break, a 1980s-style rock and roll band die tragically and are resurrected by Death as zombie musicians. That doesn't stop them from being rock superstars.
Release Date:
Unknown.
Comments:
George Romero is, of course, best known for being the writer and director of the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD trilogy of films. If Bram Stoker can be considered the father of all vampire stories, Romero is the proud pappa of the modern zombie.
Scoop Feedback:
November 25, 2003... NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD helmer George Romero is finally going to be filming more dead folk...except it's not going to be for the fourth DEAD film, DEAD RECKONING, at least not right now. Romero has been hired to direct DIAMOND DEAD, a dark comedy/musical about a 1980s-style rock and roll band who, on the verge of their big breakthrough, die tragically and are resurrected as zombie musicians.
Richard Hartley, the composer for the cult classic THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, is working with Romero on the film. The lyrics for the picture's songs were written by Brian Cooper, the same fellow who wrote the initial draft of DIAMOND DEAD before Romero gave it a polish.
Romero explained the concept of the film to Variety, describing how the band's female singer is the one who accidentally kills the band. The singer then makes a deal with Death to bring the band back to life, but Death plays a trick and brings them back as zombies. Audiences love the undead musicians and they become a big hit even though they look worse than Keith Richards. "Whatever problems with things like decay doesn't mean they can't still play a mean lick," Romero adds. [Variety.]
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