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As Hollywood events return to full force in New York and Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a look at the week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings, including Colin in Black and White, Spencer, Last Night in Soho and The Shrink Next Door.

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Paul Feig unveiled the second season of his HBO Max anthology series at a Tribeca Fall Preview event on Sunday, in which William Jackson Harper takes over as the main character of the show from Anna Kendrick. “This main character is from such a different walk of life; it’s such a different lens, but it still has that inherent relatability,” Kendrick, who is staying on this season as guest star and executive producer, told THR on the red carpet. “There’s so many moments of the season that just make me go like, ‘Oh my God, I’ve been exactly there,...

Simon West Productions (Black Hawk Down, Con Air, The Expendables 2) and the Graphic Film Company, in association with 2020 Entertainment and Indus Media and Entertainment, announced today that Bollywood actor R. Madhavan (3 Idiots, 13B, Tanu Weds Manu) will star in the upcoming Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D, which is a 3D re-imagining of George A. Romero's classic horror film Night of the Living Dead.

Directed by Zebediah DeSoto and co-written by DeSoto, Warren Davis and David Schwartz, the film also stars veterans Tony Todd (Candyman) and Tom Sizemore (Black Hawk Down), along with scream queen Danielle Harris (Halloween), Sarah Habel (Hostel: Part III, Sydney Tamiia Poitier (Grindhouse), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw 3D) and Joseph Pilato (Pulp Fiction). The film is being produced by Simon West, Jib Polhemus, Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda of the Graphic Film Company, Paresh Ghelani of 2020 Entertainment, and Naveen Chathappuram and Charles Leslie of Indus Media and Entertainment.

Newly-formed international sales company Meyers Media Group announces today that they have picked up all international rights to director Zebediah DeSoto's Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D from Simon West Productions. Simon West (director of The Expendables 2) will produce alongside Jib Polhemus (The Mechanic), Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda. Written by DeSoto, David Reuben Schwartz and Warren Davis, the film is a motion capture re-imagining of the George A. Romero zombie classic that stars Danielle Harris (Halloween 5), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan) and Tony Todd (Candyman). The deal was brokered by Lawrence Steven Meyers and Randy Dannenberg of Meyers Media Group and Polhemus on behalf of Simon West Productions.

In the film, New York lies in ruin when zombies have overtaken the city. For the few people left alive there is only one dream - survival. That includes Ben (Tony Todd) and Barbra (Danielle Harris), two survivors...

It's been a long road to get Night of the Living Dead: Origins, one of several recent new takes on the classic George A. Romero film, out of the starting gate and into the hands of the general public, but that could soon be changing.

According to Variety the newly formed sales banner Meyers Media Group will handle international sales on director Zebediah De Soto's Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D from Simon West Prods.

This announcement came on April 16th following a screening of the flick hosted by West for three dozen buyers at the SoHo House in West Hollywood.

West (director of Expendables 2) is producing alongside Jib Polhemus (The Mechanic), Gus Malliarodakis and Matty Mangone-Miranda. Written by De Soto, David Reuben Schwartz and Warren Davis, Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D is a motion-capture reimagining of George A. Romero's 1968 zombie film.

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It's been a long time coming, but then again some things are worth the wait. Especially hungry dead things looking to make you their next meal. Hold on to your asses, kids, for your first look at a new take on the classic George A. Romero film entitled Night of the Living Dead: Origins.

Directed by Zebediah De Soto, lending their likenesses and voices to the project, which showcases a zombie apocalypse in New York City, are Tony Todd as Ben, Danielle Harris as Barbra, Joe Pilato as Harry Cooper, Alona Tal (Jo on "Supernatural") as Helen Cooper, Bill Moseley as Johnny (reprising his portrayal of the same character in Tom Savini's 1990 Notld remake), Erin Braswell as Judy, Mike Diskint as Tom, Jesse Corti ("Heroes") as a news reporter, and Cornell Womack (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) as a no-nonsense New York cop.

Director de Soto, who also...

We recently got our hands on some old test render footage from the upcoming Night of the Living Dead: Origins project helmed by our buddy Zeb De Soto.

Even though this was a very early test, what really stands out are the facial features and how natural their animation is. Zeb actually developed his own facial capture system to achieve these results, and we have to say the expressiveness in the eyes especially is pretty impressive. And it's fast, too. Capture one hour of motion data, and you can sync it up to your footage in fraction of that time.

Obivously this is not a finished product, but if the stills we were sent a few weeks back are any indication, Zeb's efforts are certainly worth checking out.

Having developed his own 3D motion capture setup called The Beast, and now creating a really impressive facial capture system, Zeb De...

Coming via the films official Facebook page is this all-new promo art for Zebediah De Soto’s Night of the Living Dead: Origins. The film is a 3D CGI re-imagining of the George A. Romero zombie classic, but not in the traditional sense. According to De Soto:

I want to see a helicopter clipping its propeller on a building and careening into a crowd of people. Zombies going through the streets. A thousand people tearing each other apart, zombies tearing them apart, total chaos. One of the first horror films I owned was Night of the Living Dead, it made a huge impression on me. There are all of these interesting little back stories in terms of the other characters, but we only got to follow Barbara in the original. They were always describing these really big scenes, like Ben says a truck is chased down by a horde of zombies.

More living dead inspired goodness coming in for Zebediah De Soto's latest 3D take on the world created by the legendary George A. Romero, Night of the Living Dead: Origins.

Over on the official Night of the Living Dead: Origins Facebook page some new promo art popped up, which you can see below.

Directed by Zebediah De Soto, lending their likenesses and voices to the project, which showcases a zombie apocalypse in New York City, are Tony Todd as Ben, Danielle Harris as Barbra, Joe Pilato as Harry Cooper, Alona Tal (Jo on "Supernatural") as Helen Cooper, Bill Moseley as Johnny (reprising his portrayal of the same character in Tom Savini's 1990 Notld remake), Erin Braswell as Judy, Mike Diskint as Tom, Jesse Corti ("Heroes") as a news reporter, and Cornell Womack (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) as a no-nonsense New York cop.

Director de Soto, who also pulls co-writing duties on the project,...

Update: Scroll down for a new promo image! Writer-director Zebediah de Soto revealed the logo for his Night of the Living Dead: Origins , the CG-animated prequel (of sorts) to George Romero's film. He has also established a Facebook page where you can find more information right here . We spoke to De Soto not long ago about this project - which stars Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Tony Todd, Joe Pilato, Jesse Corti, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack - click here for the interview!

So how do you kick off your work week? If you're anything like us, you do it by scouring for horror news you may have missed over the weekend, putting away your polyester leisure suit until Friday, oh, and looking for stuff to do on Facebook while nobody's lookin'! Speaking of which ...

The official Night of the Living Dead: Origins Facebook page was launched today, and it's home to the nifty title treatment you see below.

Directed by Zebediah De Soto, lending their likenesses and voices to the project, which showcases a zombie apocalypse in New York City, are Tony Todd as Ben, Danielle Harris as Barbra, Joe Pilato as Harry Cooper, Alona Tal (Jo on "Supernatural") as Helen Cooper, Bill Moseley as Johnny (reprising his portrayal of the same character in Tom Savini's 1990 Notld remake), Erin Braswell as Judy, Mike Diskint as Tom, Jesse Corti ("Heroes") as a news reporter,...

More exclusive artwork has come our way for Zebediah de Soto's upcoming 3D animated feature film Night of the Living Dead: Origins, and like everything else we've seen from this project, things are lookin' pretty damned cool.

"I wanted to make this look like a living Monet; it's expressionism," de Soto said in an earlier interview. "It's going to be the first zombie movie played on a epic scale. This is the 'Empire of the Sun' of zombie films ... I lived through the L.A. riots and saw the city on fire; I remember seeing people running, people getting pulled out of cars. And with 9/11, these images have been ingrained on people of my generation. I just thought that is the way it would really be, a lot of chaos."

Director de Soto, who also pulls co-writing duties on the project, describes Notld: Origins, which will be in 3D,...

Of all the films in production, the one I might be most excited for is Zebediah de Soto's Night Of The Living Dead: Origins, a new animated 3D feature starring Tony Todd, Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack. Zeb has impressed me off the scale in previous years and I'm quite sure whatever he puts out will be quite simply stunning. Beyond the break you'll find your first ever look at Tony Todd as Ben from the film that once again follows a group of humans trying to stay alive during a zombie attack.

You want badass? This is pretty damned badass! We've scored your first ever look at Tony Todd as Ben in Zebediah de Soto's upcoming 3D animated feature film Night of the Living Dead: Origins, and all we can say is wow. Just wow.

"I wanted to make this look like a living Monet; it's expressionism," de Soto said in an earlier interview. "It's going to be the first zombie movie played on a epic scale. This is the 'Empire of the Sun' of zombie films ... I lived through the L.A. riots and saw the city on fire; I remember seeing people running, people getting pulled out of cars. And with 9/11, these images have been ingrained on people of my generation. I just thought that is the way it would really be, a lot of chaos."

Director de Soto, who also pulls co-writing duties on the project, describes Notld: Origins,...

Danielle Harris is getting some help fighting off the zombie hordes in writer-director Zebediah De Soto's "re-imagining" of George Romero's horror classic Night of the Living Dead, titled Night of the Living Dead: Origins.

THR reports that Bill Moseley (1990's Night of the Living Dead), Joe Pilato (Romero's Day of the Dead), Alona Tal (Supernatural), Jesse Corti (Heroes) and Cornell Womack (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) will join the previously cast Harris to do voice work on the CGI-animated movie. Moseley will play Johnny, Harris' brother, while Pilato and Tal will play the voice of the Coopers, the couple who argue to stay in the basement in Romero's original. Corti will play a no-nonsense New York cop and Womack a news reporter.

Moseley and Pialto's ties to Romero are no coincidence, and De Soto calls the casting "a nod to Romero fans. Horror is a genre and zombie movies...

According to recent reports, Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack have all signed on to voice characters in the upcoming 3D CGI “Night of the Living Dead: Origins.” Pilato has also appeared in 1978’s “Dawn of the Dead.” The upcoming re-imagining of the classic George A. Romero zombie flick is being directed by Zebediah de Soto, with Jib Polhemus, the president of Simon West and Simon West Productions, onboard as producer. The film’s story will follow a group of humans trying to stay alive during a worldwide zombie attack. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more “Dead” news. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)...

The unconfirmed cast of director Zebediah De Soto's CGI "re-imagining" Night of the Living Dead: Origins is finally official. Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal were all previously announced, but were unconfirmed. Well, dust off that tie and drive to the church because this cast is confirmed! 

Moseley will return as Johnny, the part he played in Tom Savini's 1990 remake, and will likely play Johnny in every remake made from here on out. Harris will play Barbara, and Pilato (who appeared in Romero's Dawn of the Dead) and Tal will voice the Coopers.

The casting of Piluto and Moseley is obviously a calculated one, one De Soto explained is "a nod to Romero fans. Horror is a genre and zombie movies are a subgenre that people have been following for years and years." De Soto is one of those followers, and claims that Night of the Living Dead...

There's a lot going on in the horror world right now, a welcome change for the traditionally bland month of December. Below the jump you'll find quick updates from around the web and the trades for True Blood, Night Of The Living Dead: Origins, Daybreakers, The Chronicles Of Riddick 3, Zombieland 2, Invasion, [Rec] 3, Resident Evil: Afterlife, and more.

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True Blood has gained a new werewolf and a new vampire. THR announced that Ugly Betty's Grant Fowler has joined the cast as a werewolf named Coot, with newcomer Theo Alexander as Talbot, an "intensely beautiful" vampire. This comes just a day after Prison Break's Marshall Allman and Quarantine's Denis O'Hare joined the cast (as Sam's lost brother and the Vampire King of Mississippi) as reported on our Starlog site. Filming on Season 3 began this week. Night Of The Living Dead: Origins, a CGI "reimagining/prequel" of/to George A. Romero...

I'm willing to admit when I was wrong and boy was I wrong this time! When we first told you about Night of the Living Dead: Origins here, I was pretty skeptical about the project, but it now seems like things are moving along at a pretty brisk pace, especially with the recent voice talent casting announcement.   According to THR, 'Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack are lending their voices to 'Night of the Living Dead: Origins.' 'The 3D CGI re-imagining of the George A. Romero zombie classic being directed by newcomer Zebediah de Soto. Simon West and Simon West Prods. president Jib Polhemus are producing. The story again follows a group of...

Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack are all lending their voices to The Night Of The Living Dead: Origins, the upcoming re-imagining of George A. Romero's 1968 classic, which is being made in 3D CGI.

Newcomer Zebediah de Soto is directing the horror remake, which follows a group of humans trying to stay alive during a zombie attack.

Corti (Heroes) is voicing the part of a news reporter, Harris (Halloween II) plays a woman broken by the loss of her family, Moseley (Carnivale) is reprising the role of a Wall Street-type that he portrayed in a 1990 live-action remake of Living Dead, Pilato (Dawn Of The Dead) is voicing Harry Cooper, a blue-collar worker who lives for his injured daughter, Tal voices his wife Helen, and Womack (Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen) is a no-nonsense New York cop.

De Soto said some of the...

It's been a little over a month since last we talked about Zebediah de Soto's Night of the Living Dead: Origins, and since then two more stars have agreed to lend their voices to this truly original spin on the classic.

According to The Hollywood Reporter joining the previously announced Mos Def as Ben, Danielle Harris as Barbra, Joe Pilato as Harry Cooper, Alona Tal (Jo on "Supernatural") as Helen Cooper, Bill Moseley as Johnny (reprising his portrayal of the same character in Tom Savini's 1990 Notld remake), and newcomers Erin Braswell as Judy and Mike Diskint as Tom will be Jesse Corti ("Heroes") and Cornell Womack (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen).

Corti will be voicing a news reporter, and Womack will portray a no-nonsense New York cop.

"I wanted to make this look like a living Monet; it's expressionism," de Soto tells THR. "It's going to be the first...

Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack are voicing characters in the 3D CGI re-imagined version of George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead: Origins." Zebediah de Soto helms. Simon West and Jib Polhemus of Simon West Productions are producing the 3D CGI re-imaginining of the George A. Romero zombie classic . Yes, it's the same bleh over and over again - the story follows a group of humans who battle to remain alive while being attacked by zombies. Whoopie! Kill, these off already, please. Corti (of "Heroes") is news reporter, Harris ("Halloween II") a woman who held her family together and now has to deal with their absence. Moseley ("Carnivale") plays the same role he had in a 1990 live-action remake "Living Dead":...

Zebediah de Soto’s ode to Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” has filled out its cast with some more names. Previously, the only name we had was Danielle Harris. Joining her will be Jesse Corti, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack. The 3D CGI animated film is a “re-imagining” of Romero’s movie, set in a major city as the dead rises to dine on the living. De Soto has me interested when he says that “Origins” will be “played [out] on an epic scale”, but then loses me when he says he wants to “make this look like a living Monet; it’s expressionism”. Um. Okay. Here’s the cast/character breakdown: Corti (”Heroes”) is voicing a news reporter, and Harris (”Halloween II”) plays a woman who held her family together forced to come to grips with its absence. Moseley (”Carnivale”) is reprising the role...

Like the unstoppable march of the slavering undead themselves, Night Of The Living Dead: Origins, the CG re-interpretation of George A Romero's 1968 horror classic is still headed for our screens - and now it has actors attached.Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Alona Tal, Joe Pilato and Cornell Womack have all signed on to provide vocal performances for director Zebediah de Soto and producer Simon West. As in the original, the story will follow a group of humans (including, in this case a news reporter, a Wall Street yuppie type and a no-nonsense Noo Yoik cop) as they try to survive the zombpocalypse. There are even a few nods to Romero's work here - Moseley is a veteran of the 1990 remake of Living Dead, while Pilato was among the cast of 1978's Dawn Of The Dead. And de Soto has been talking to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog about the film,...

Jesse Corti, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack are the latest additions to Zebediah de Soto's Night of the Living Dead: Origins . According to THR, Pilato, star of George Romero's Day of the Dead , will voice the role of Harry Cooper while Tal is his wife Helen. Cooper was previously essayed in Night of the Living Dead '68 by Karl Hardman and the 1990 remake by Tom Towles. Corti plays a reporter, meanwhile Womack is a cop. They'll join Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley and Mos Def as Barbara, Johnny and Ben, respectively - all announced on Shock Till You Drop here . De Soto's prequel to the undead milestone is currently in production. To learn more about how he is pulling this off, read our exclusive interview here !

Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack are lending their voices to "Night of the Living Dead: Origins."

The 3D CGI re-imagining of the George A. Romero zombie classic being directed by newcomer Zebediah de Soto. Simon West and Simon West Prods. president Jib Polhemus are producing.

The story again follows a group of humans trying to stay alive during a zombie attack.

Corti ("Heroes") is voicing a news reporter, and Harris ("Halloween II") plays a woman who held her family together forced to come to grips with its absence.

Moseley ("Carnivale") is reprising the role he portrayed in a 1990 live-action remake "Living Dead": a Wall Street-type with an expense account attitude.

Pilato, who appeared in 1978's "Dawn of the Dead," is voicing Harry Cooper, a blue-collar worker who lives for his injured daughter, and Tal ("Supernatural") voices his wife, Helen, who blames...