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slashfilm.com - 3/1/2009

Romero Reveals His Latest Plans For The Dead… And Virtual Reality

— slashfilm.com — Last weekend, the Zombies Take Charlotte folk presented American Zombie , a retrospective of pictures by George... Romero with an emphasis on the GAR-Z, his zombie movies. Brilliantly, the good man himself was there to hold a Q&A; sadly, I didn’t ... (more) Romero Reveals His Latest Plans For The Dead… And ...

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filmstalker.co.uk - 3/2/2009

Romero drops zombies for virtual reality

— filmstalker.co.uk — George A. Romero seems to be pulling away from zombies for his next film, something that perhaps... his hardened zombie fans (is there a joke in there?) would be rather annoyed at. Not only is he not doing zombies, but he's looking at something that's ... (more) Romero drops zombies for virtual reality

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Romero drops zombies for virtual reality
Filmstalker — ... through Quiet Earth . "Romero revealed that he’s working on a script about virtual reality. He’s basing it upon advances in the tech that he’s heard about and is concerned by. Expect this to be more like eXistenZ than Virtuality or Hackers. Romero talked about people changing their appearance in virtual worlds, as well as recreation of the cross-sensational stimuli in drinking a cold drink, for example." There's certainly plenty to explore within virtual reality, and the idea of people being someone else is a good one to explore, but is this going to be more based in the real ...

George Romero Trades Zombies For Cyberpunk
Film Junk — ... Romero has admitted to taking a break from his beloved zombies to work on a cyberpunk script. At first it may seem that he’s coming late to the party, but I think delving into well-worn yet abandoned subject matter is probably his greatest strength. Innovations in medicine have become so commonplace that we accept the ramifications without thought, when this is the time when we should be most curious. But most of all I’m glad that he’s still willing to take risks so late in his career. ...