Night of the Living Dead 2 - The Day survivors are reprising their roles?

[nycbsn]

As we all know, Romero's spouse is in the process of completing his Dead series with "Twilight of the Dead". I was checking around to see if there were any recent updates on it and then I came across this bit of info on the wikipedia page for Night '68...



Night of the Living Dead II (2022)

Decades after the zombie apocalypse, Night of the Living Dead II takes place on a remote island where a small group of survivors take shelter, only to face fresh terror when the flesh-eaters find their way ashore. Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, and Jarlath Conroy respectively reprise their roles as Dr. Sarah Bowman, John "Flyboy", and William "Bill" McDermott from Day of the Dead.

Has anyone heard about this? I had no clue. Is this really legit? If So, then there are two sequels in development?

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More on it... https://screenrant.com/night-living-dead-2-movie-day-sequel/amp/

[JDP]

According to the IMDb entry for that movie, it seems like the characters they play have different names:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14996434/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2

[Neil]

This just stinks of a lazy grab on the existing title/canon/Romero name?

[EvilNed]

I've heard of NOTLD2 being in development, yes.

I have low hopes. In fact, so low that they would be able to break into Fort Knox without tripping any wires.

[JDP]

The question now: is this movie the same, or related somehow, to this project that was announced several years ago?:

https://theplaylist.net/night-living-dead-sequel-romero-20181106/

Where it was said that the story was written in the 1970s by "the original writers and producers" of Night of the Living Dead?

[beat_truck]

Very strange.

A sequel / offshoot with the survivors from Day would be cool if properly done, but calling it NOTLD2 and saying it was written in the '70s doesn't make a bit of sense.:duh: It sounds like two different rumors that got mixed together.

[Neil]

Very strange.

A sequel / offshoot with the survivors from Day would be cool if properly done, but calling it NOTLD2 and saying it was written in the '70s doesn't make a bit of sense.:duh: It sounds like two different rumors that got mixed together.

I agree... To see how their (the Day survivors) community has grown and the issues they're facing now 20yrs on...?

[nycbsn]

The question now: is this movie the same, or related somehow, to this project that was announced several years ago?:

https://theplaylist.net/night-living-dead-sequel-romero-20181106/

Where it was said that the story was written in the 1970s by "the original writers and producers" of Night of the Living Dead?

Ah yes i remember reading this when it first appeared. I forgot all about it. Hmm, good point, this could be the same thing(?). But as far as casting the Day trio in it, it must be a cash grab lile Neil said and they are playing different people. That would suck. Im so sick of these alternate story paths following Night, if only there were a way to go back in time and inject Romero with the "savvy businessman" antedote, Night and the entire series would be 100% his.

On a related note, I am assuming that Daniel Kraus' book "The Living Dead" is considered canon along with Romero's films? Because i heard from someone who read it that the survivors of Day are actually mentioned in it and are confirmed as having eventually died on their island, where they now roam as zombies. The author himself also implied (in an AMA on reddit) that Peter and Fran made it to a community in Canada.

[Skinrash]

Sounds reminiscent of John Russo's Notld sequels (Children and Escape of the living dead)

[Neil]

Sounds reminiscent of John Russo's Notld sequels (Children and Escape of the living dead)

And Return Of The Living Dead?

https://memorabilia.homepageofthedead.com/?id=56

[JDP]

First couple of released pictures from the movie here:

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3689149/first-image-original-day-dead-cast-reunited-upcoming-night-living-dead-2-exclusive/

No word yet on whether these are true Romero zombies (slow, mostly dumb, moaning/groaning/grunting but mostly incapable of speech, craving warm human flesh, can only be killed by inflicting heavy trauma to their brains) or one of the screaming, marathon runner athlete super-zombie types that have (unfortunately) become so popular in later years (mostly due to the influence of Return of the Living Dead, which was acceptable in what is obviously a PARODY of the genre, but NOT in "serious" zombie movies, even less in those that purport to be in line with "Romero's legacy"), and which in fact go against the very grain of Romero's zombies. No word either on whether this movie has any relation whatsoever to that sequel to Night of the Living Dead that was announced years ago and said to have been written by "the original writers and producers".

[MinionZombie]

https://i0.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Living-Dead-2-Cabin-Showdown.png?ssl=1

https://i0.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/living-dead-2.png?ssl=1

[beat_truck]

Hmm, those makeup effects don't exactly look the greatest, now do they?:rockbrow:

[Neil]

For some reason that fat zombie made me think of...

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/78/c2/f4/78c2f4ce1f3b1d4cfafc12b9e42f0840--tor-outer-space.jpg

[JDP]

For some reason that fat zombie made me think of...

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/78/c2/f4/78c2f4ce1f3b1d4cfafc12b9e42f0840--tor-outer-space.jpg

Let's hope that that's the only "Ed Woodesque" connection.

[MinionZombie]

Yeah, those zombies aren't exactly in-keeping with what we had in Day of the Dead.

I think I read somewhere that the characters might not even have the same names (possibly for rights issues) ... so is the whole movie a bit of a nod-and-a-wink type of deal, then? :rockbrow:

[JDP]

Yeah, those zombies aren't exactly in-keeping with what we had in Day of the Dead.

I think I read somewhere that the characters might not even have the same names (possibly for rights issues) ... so is the whole movie a bit of a nod-and-a-wink type of deal, then? :rockbrow:

See post #2 in this thread. The names are definitely not the same. If this was due to some copyright issues, I think you could work your way around that simply by using first names for the three characters in question, no surnames, and making no clear explicit reference whatsoever to the events of Day of the Dead. For example, how could you prove that the "Sarah", "John" and "Bill/William" of this movie are the exact same as the ones in Day of the Dead? These are extremely common names. And since the script makes no specific reference to the events of Day of the Dead, how could you possibly prove anything in this regard? The most likely conclusion, though, is that these characters are not meant to have any connection whatsoever to the ones from Day of the Dead. It's just that three of the actors from that movie are being used to portray them. Other than that, this seems to be a completely unconnected movie. The real question is: what the heck does this movie have to do with Night of the Living Dead, though? And does it have any connection whatsoever with that "Night of the Living Dead 2/II" project that was announced years ago, which was said to have been written by "the original writers & producers" back in the 1970s?

[Neil]

All seems to have gone quiet - https://livingdead2.com