George Romero’s LAND OF THE DEAD didn’t really set the U.S. box office ablaze, but it did pretty well overseas. Universal/Rogue is so pleased with the movie’s overall performance that they are already starting to talk about a sequel. Romero recently confirmed this with Empire Online: “Now that LAND OF THE DEAD did so well in European markets and Japan, and the DVD is flying off shelves, there’s talk of a sequel”

The new film will follow the survivors of LAND OF THE DEAD as they journey north. This will be the first time any of Romero’s zombie flicks has had a direct sequel. “It won’t be in April but it might now be August or something. I hope to God we don’t have to do the winter again, but there’s a real buzz happening now about a sequel,” said Romero. The zombie sequel will push back both of Romero’s announced Stephen King adaptations: FROM A BUICK EIGHT and THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON.