George Romero’s 1985 film Day Of The Day is one of the great underrated horror classics of all time, and for many years there has been talk of a modern remake being in the works throughout the often troublesome land of Hollywood. Nick Cannon starred in one remake not long ago, but given the limited release the film saw we’re choosing to act like it never existed. Now, according to Deadline, some actual progress on the long-gestating project has been made.

Millennium Films has set Mark Tonderai to direct a ‘modern-day retelling’ of Day Of The Dead. This will be the second theatrical directorial effort for Tonderai, who co-wrote the remake script with Lars Jacobson, previously worked with Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence on the downright atrocious suburban thriller House At The End Of The Street. His version will take place in a future where the rise of zombies has essentially wiped out the human race and will focus on a group of scientists and survivors who attempt to find a cure, but instead open Pandora’s box.

When Daily Dead spoke with George Romero earlier this year they asked him if he was involved in the new Day Of The Dead. He responded:

“I’m not involved, but they’ve been trying to get me involved. Initially, they called my partner and I, and they asked to make the original script. Originally, I wrote a longer script for Day of the Dead, but it was too expensive and I had to cut it back. The result was the Day of the Dead that now exists. It wasn’t that different and a lot of the characters were still the same, but it was bigger and there were a lot of action sequences above ground.

They wanted to make it and that script is available on the internet. I said that I had no idea who owned the rights. Even though I never shot that movie, I knew that the rights were held by my ex-partner and I didn’t know where he sold the rights. Then they asked If I’d write a new script and I said I didn’t want to do that. It’s sort of “been there, done that.” The movie has already been remade and it was terrible. [Laughs]“

Filming for Tonderai’s Day Of The Dead remake is likely to begin in summer 2014. No casting has been announced at this time, but it’s likely additional details will begin to surface in the weeks ahead.

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