We had learned just about a year ago that rights holders Living Dead Media were developing a reboot of the Dan O’Bannon-created horror-comedy franchise
The Return of the Living Dead, which hasn’t spawned a new movie in almost 20 years. This week, Bloody Disgusting has learned that a big announcement is going to be made by the team tomorrow, December 13.
In the meantime, Living Dead Media and director
Steve Wolsh (
Muck, Kill Her Goats) have provided Bloody Disgusting with two exclusive still images from that upcoming
Return of the Living Dead movie, suggesting that the project is indeed still happening and coming soon.
Both exclusive images tease a Christmas/Winter theme for the next installment in the
Return of the Living Dead franchise, the first one seemingly teasing a chilly new take on the Tarman.
Check out the images below and expect Living Dead Media’s announcement (plus a teaser!) at 9am PST on Friday the 13th (that’s tomorrow!) over on
the franchise’s official website.
One of the greatest horror-comedies of all time, Dan O’Bannon’s 1985 movie
The Return of the Living Dead ended up launching a franchise that to date includes five total movies.
The first sequel came in 1988 and featured returning actors, but 1993’s Brian Yuzna-directed
Return of the Living Dead 3 went in an entirely different direction with a wildly different storyline. And then we got
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis and
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave, which were both released direct-to-television in 2005.
Living Dead Media previews, “Our reboot of
Return of the Living Dead will expand the existing world created by the original 5 films, while staying true to the R-rated, sci-fi, horror, dark comedy roots adored by fans of the cult classic around the world for the last 35 years.”