Milla Jovovich Will Star within the Closing George A. Romero Zombie Movie, Twilight of the Useless

George A. Romero was engaged on what would’ve been his final zombie movie ever when he handed away in 2017 and now, after years of teases, it’s lastly taking place. Romero’s estate has teamed with the manufacturing firm Roundtable to deliver the movie, referred to as Twilight of the Useless, to life. And whereas the company had already hired Brad Anderson (Session 9) to direct, they’ve now added Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element) and Betty Gabriel (Get Out) to star.

“We’re thrilled to share Milla Jovovich’s return to the zombie style on this contemporary and authentic approach with Twilight of the Useless,” Roundtable’s Sarah Donnelly advised Deadline. “With Brad’s masterful, visionary route and Milla’s distinctive capacity to command the display as a bona fide motion star with emotional depth and resiliency, there’s little doubt this movie will likely be a riveting, compelling standout within the style.”

Twilight would be the seventh movie within the Romero saga, which began with 1968’s landmark Evening of the Dwelling Useless and continued in 1978’s Daybreak of the Useless, 1985’s Day of the Useless, 2005’s Land of the Useless, 2007’s Diary of the Useless, and 2009’s Survival of the Useless. This time, the movie will happen on a tropical island and “delve into the darkish nature of humanity from the angle of the final people on earth who’re caught between factions of the undead,” in line with Deadline.

“I see this movie in the identical approach as profitable post-apocalyptic thrillers equivalent to I Am Legend, A Quiet Place, The Street, and The Final of Us—style tales which might be as emotional as they’re intense,” Anderson mentioned. “Once I first learn Twilight of The Useless I teared up on the finish. Which is bizarre for a movie of this sort. But it surely has that form of pull, that combo of horror and heartbreak that I like.”

No phrase on who Jovovich or Gabriel are enjoying, or when the movie will come out, nevertheless it’ll shoot in 2025.

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