After 6 films, this iconic zombie saga will come to an end… with an actor who specializes in the genre

Immortals never die! It’s in their DNA (or what’s left of it), but even more so in George A. in Romero’s DNA, which survived their creator, who died in July 2017. term effectively heralds the beginning of Twilight of the Dead, which will not be a sparkling vampire and zombie reunion, but the seventh and final episode of the saga that began in 1968 with the success we know.

With its political statement on racism mixed with the horror visions staged by the author, Night of the Living Dead still serves as a reference in the genre that George A. The Walking Dead, Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead and Saving the Dead) and more or less successful.

Although inspired by an adaptation he wrote, Twilight of the Dead will be the first opus in the franchise not to be directed by him. And the pressure must already be heavy on the shoulders of Brad Anderson, revealed twenty years ago thanks to The Machinist and his skeletal Christian Bale, but who is no stranger to this terrible register, as he proved with Empire of Shadows or Last Blood. .

The Last of Us as an inspiration

This will be her first foray into the realm of the dead, but she’ll thankfully be able to count on a specialist in the genre in the form of Milla Jovovich. The hero of six Resident Evil opus, the actor is even more indestructible than the zombies he likes to face, as he will headline this new feature film, in addition to the video game adaptation of House of the Dead, which Paul. WS Anderson prepares.

He will team up with Betty Gabriel ( Go ) in this story set on a tropical island where the last survivors of humanity are among several groups of the dead. Citing I Am Legend, Quietly, The Road or the TV series The Last of Us as sources of inspiration, Brad Anderson promises a feature film as exciting as it is intense, and claims he cried after reading the script.

While it’s rare to prepare your tissues before watching a horror movie, that’s what you should do with Twilight of the Dead, which has yet to be released.