Known for his films about people who live on after death, George A. Romero is set to do the same at least artistically.
According to Romero’s widow, Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, the filmmaker left behind dozens of unused scripts that she’d like to see developed into movies.
“George was a prolific writer,” she told Comicbook.com , which reported on the scripts last Thursday. “He loved to write, and we have 40, 50 scripts that he’s written, and a lot of it is very good. He had a lot to say, and he still does, because I’m gonna make sure that he does. It’s my mission.”
Often called the father of the zombie film , Romero died in 2017 at age 77. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his 1968 classic “Night Of The Living Dead.”
While he made a name for himself mainly in the horror genre, Desrocher-Romero says one of Romero’s films, made in 1973, shows another side of his work.
“We’re gonna restore it, and we’re gonna show it to Romero cinephiles,” Desrocher-Romero said. “It’s a scary movie, but it’s not a horror movie, and it’s about ageism.”
Romero famously disliked AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” perhaps the most well-known current use of the zombie trope in TV and film. Still, the show dedicated the first episode of Season 8 to Romero when it aired just after his death.
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