Zombieland, George Romero and Daybreakers Invade Fantastic Fest 2009

Posted on Monday, August 10th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta

Every September, Fantastic Fest, America’s greatest genre film festival, is held in Austin Texas at the greatest movie theater in the world: The Alamo Drafhouse. Last month Fantastic Fest announced that Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess‘ new film Gentlemen Broncos would be opening up this year’s fest, and 32 first wave films were also revealed. This morning Tim League unveiled the second half of the Fantastic Fest content, which includes gala premieres of Zomblieland, George Romero‘s new zombie film Survival of the Dead, and Daybreakers, as well as a list of other film discoveries which you can read more about after the jump.

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Jennifer’s Body and Romero’s Survival of the Dead Premiere During Toronto’s Midnight Madness

Posted on Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 by Russ Fischer

Well, now we know the title of George Romero’s formerly untitled new zombie film. The Toronto International Film Festival announced its Midnight Madness program today, and that film, now called Survival of the Dead, is on the list. So is Jennifer’s Body, which is a pretty big coup for the program. See the whole list and read some thoughts after the break.

Midnight Madness is among my favorite aspects of TIFF. The festival has parallel schedules for press/industry and public screenings, but the MM films are ones I always make an effort to catch during the actual midnight public screenings, because it is a hell of a lot of fun to sit in a massive theatre full of exicted genre fans. That makes the next morning difficult, but it’s always worth the effort.

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