Romero heads to Canada

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:35 pm

[Community -> Update]

George Romero likes to shoot his movies in Pittsburgh, and following the theme of his previous zombie films, Land of the Dead was to be no different. The budget didn't turn out to be big enough, unfortunately, so he's headed to Canada.
 
 <blockquote>"I can't tell you how disappointed I am, and George is incredibly disappointed," producer and Pittsburgh native Bernie Goldmann said. He is president of Atmosphere Entertainment, which will produce the movie.
 
 "We all very much wanted to make the movie in Pittsburgh," he said, but it came down to money, and going to Canada will save millions, with the exchange rate and a government tax rebate of $1.5 million to $2 million. Goldmann said a new Pennsylvania bill, designed to lure filmmakers to the commonwealth, is "imperfect" and couldn't guarantee the same return.</blockquote>
 
 You can read more <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04210/35 ... m">here</a>. It's a shame, someone as renowned as Romero should be able to get the funding he needs. I guess there are parallels with the game industry, with some people wanting to follow their art rather than going for the money (thinking of Tim Cain here, though I'm not sure how fair a comparison that is).
 
 Spotted at: <A HREF="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04210/352823.stm">Bloody Disgusting</A>

Role-Player · Post by **Role-Player** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:40 pm

So Volourn gets a special guest appearance?

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:41 pm

The attack of the dumb arguments and hoardes of mindless smileys.... sounds about right.

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:45 pm

Aww--not Canada! WHAT A TERRIBLE THING IT IS TO BE IN CANADA! WHY OH WHY!

I mean, okay, so they couldn't afford Pittsburgh, but they make it sound like shooting in Canada is equivalent to the death penalty. Given that Pittsburgh is an incredibly ugly industrial city, I'd be eager to get away from all the smog, but hey, I'm just a Canadian.

Post by **King of Creation** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:13 am

He should make it in Hartford, the self described "Rising Start of New England."

The city is attention starved, and money starved.

Plus, I could be a zombie extra then

Post by **Retlaw83** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:10 am

DAMN IT!!! I wanted to be an extra!!!

FUCK.

Alot of the old people down the road from me were zombies in the first one. And I've shopped at the mall from the one movie a couple times.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:30 am

Hopyfully they'll do it in Montreal.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:32 am

He's never got the money he needed (remember Day of the Dead?). Besides, I love his movies and all but I don't think he should make another. The whole OMG ZOMBIES LEARN approach he takes and will most likely build on is idiotic at best, to me.