George A. Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is Getting an Official Sequel From The Original Team

50 years after the late George A. Romero released his classic 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead, fans are going to get an official sequel the original production team that worked with Romero on the first film.

According to Bloody-Disgusting, the sequel is being plotted by Living Dead Media. It’s explained that this film is separate from the five Return of the Living Dead films as well as Romero’s Trilogy of the Dead series.

Here’s an explanation for the officially licensed sequel:

“Night of the Living Dead first brought zombies to the silver screen in 1968. The world was unprepared for the film’s flesh starved ghouls, which resulted in a groundbreaking and commercial success. It remains one of the most influential and revered horror films of all time and now sits in the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art for its cultural significance. Written by John A. Russo and directed by George A. Romero, Night of the Living Dead created the foundation for the five Return of the Living Dead films that gave us TARMAN and his famous catch phrase “More Brains!”, popularizing brain eating zombies and defining the modern dark comedy-horror genre in the process. Romero’s Trilogy of the Dead series also owes its roots to the classic. In addition, Night of the Living Dead is not only credited with spawning a generation of zombie films, but all modern horror films.

“That history and Night of the Living Dead’s place on the Mt. Rushmore of horror films is known by most horror fans and people all over the world. But, unknown to most is that in the 1970’s, the original writers and producers of Night of the Living Dead penned a sequel to their masterpiece. A sequel that inexplicably has gone unproduced for over forty years – until now. Living Dead Media has brushed away the dirt from this amazing follow up to a classic and brought together a great team to produce the new film.”

Living Dead Media plans to release Night of the Living Dead Part II in 2019. There aren’t any details on the story to share with you, but I imagine that more information will be revealed as the project get closer to production.

It’s pretty cool to learn that after 40 years a script that was written for Night of the Living Dead Part II is actually going to be produced! Are you excited to see how it will turn out?