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‘The Walking Dead’s Greg Nicotero & Jimmy Miller To Make Film On The Making-Of George Romero’s Zombie Classic ‘Night Of The Living Dead’

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EXCLUSIVE: As reams of San Diego Comic-Con attendees mill around dressed as flesh eaters or take part in zombie-themed events, filmmaker Greg Nicotero and his Monster Agency Productions has teamed with Jimmy Miller’s Mosaic to mount a movie about the making of George Romero’s 1968 film Night of the Living Dead.

From unlikely origins and a budget around $15,000, the film hatched the whole zombie genre and is regarded as arguably the greatest horror movie ever.Nicotero is one of many creatives in film, TV and videogames who’ve benefited from Romero’s pioneering in the carnivorous corpse genre.

He has directed 39 episodes of The Walking Dead, including the series finale he’s still finishing. Though he’s got a long list of genre credits, Nicotero actually learned his craft on Romero’s films.

They are both from Pittsburgh, and so for that matter is Miller, and they all knew each other well. Nicotero said the idea for the movie came after he attended a memorial for the late Romero.

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