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George A. Romero Foresees the Return of Bub?!
Friday, May 9, 2008


By: BC
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The other day B-D reporter BC chatted with legendary director George A. Romero about his forthcoming DVD release of Diary of the Dead, which streets on May 20 (more details here). During the interview something interesting came up where Romero teased the possibility of 'Bub' (from DAY OF THE DEAD) returning in his next zombie picture. Read on for the skinny.

Romero talked with B-D about the possibility of characters from DAWN OF THE DEAD or DAY OF THE DEAD ever appearing in the upcoming films. "I had to go to great lengths for Savini to appear in LAND [OF THE DEAD] in his old costume from DAWN [OF THE DEAD]. The problem is those films are owned and controlled by other people," he explains. "They're no longer mine, and it's very expensive. I can't do like Steve King did with CASTLE ROCK. However, if i could get the permission.... there's a character in my new script which could be become Bub, in other words, he would be alive now. But they'd probably want a lot of money for that. I'm bad with that business stuff (laughs)."

Will we see the return of the infamous Bub? Let us all cross our fingers. Until then check out DIARY OF THE DEAD on DVD May 20 from Dimension Extreme and Genius Products.



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Slashaholic
5:32pm, May 9, 2008

Man i hope this is not a rumor i'd love to see Bub come back that would kick major ass ..

Trioxin83
5:38pm, May 9, 2008

hell yeah, i welcome any zombie movie made by Romero

coldblood
5:43pm, May 9, 2008

I love Romero's stuff. But Bub fucking sucked ass. I hope if he comes back that he gets a chainsaw up his ass.

graham7x
5:57pm, May 9, 2008

didn't simon pegg have the bub make up in his cameo in land

disanti
8:12pm, May 9, 2008

George....c'mon. You can think of anything else? Nothing? Not a single thing? Maybe you didn't watch Fido...go watch that. Then you will see why it's a bad idea to make a movie about Bub.

kaicooper
8:18pm, May 9, 2008

who is bub?

RustinPeace
8:22pm, May 9, 2008

too bad romero is a tool

HeadBangin voorhies
8:31pm, May 9, 2008

That zombie who was "domesticated" and stduied by the scinetist in day of the dead. Wasent bub in land of the dead? played by Simon pegg

Caligari_Nosferatu
9:33pm, May 9, 2008

This would be interesting to see. So does this mean his new script isn't a sequel to Diary of the Dead? I know he never confirmed a new Diary but he sure made it seem like he may make one. Hmmm... I love all his zombie films, but I'd like to see something non-zombie from him.

biledemon3
10:21pm, May 9, 2008

bub kicked ass and fido was a great film.

CJ_01976
10:27pm, May 9, 2008

Someone please tell Romero to stop doing zombie movies. He is terrible at it now.

Osirilen
11:33pm, May 9, 2008

First off there is zero reason to bad mouth Bub. Bub was great and it would be interesting to see him in some sort of cameo or something in the next film. However, if you pay attention to what was said it wouldn't actually be 'Bub'. The character would be the living person who eventually ends up as the Bub we all know. As for what the next movie is, who knows really. But if it contains a living Bub it could make theoretical senst if it were a sequel to Diary. Afterall, Diary is supposedly set during the same period as Night, so a sequel could be during the same period as Dawn. They would just kind of have to kill 'Bub' off and not have the characters shoot take the zombie out.

Regicidal
11:59pm, May 9, 2008

I hope this means the return of Sherman Howard as Bub! Pegg's zombie was an homage to Bub, but he was NOT Bub. There is only one Bub, Sherman Howard. It'd be like getting ANYONE except Terry Kiser to play Bernie in a third Weekend film.

BloodySatan
12:11am, May 10, 2008

Another zombie movie from Romero? Geez, can't he think of anything else...

elbastardo1b
12:19am, May 10, 2008

dumb shit

BloodFlow
12:23am, May 10, 2008

hey man, I'm sick of Romero doing the same shit again but I thik the return on Bub would actually be pretty cool!!! But yeah, besides that, George we love you, but please come up with something else, then finish it all up with "WORLD OF THE DEAD". Go out with a bang baby! I'm lighting up a cigarette for you right now, buddy! Much respect.

HELL-GEAR
12:56am, May 10, 2008

Yeah I Would Like To See Bub Back Again but Hopefuly Not in DiaryOTD Sequel ... Because DiaryOTD Sucks Bug Time !!!!

LanceJr
1:15am, May 10, 2008

Whoa..Whoa...Whoa... "there's a character in my new script which could be become Bub, in other words, he would be alive now" So in the new film a cure has been found or zombies got all their memories back? Maybe this is a way to end the Romero zombie stories. We saw it happen...not how but the result, and now a possible conclusion? I can imagine what George could think up and very excited if this hopefully comes true.

Zombie Hell
5:55am, May 10, 2008

I think what he may have meant is it would be Bub from before he died and became a zombie. I can't see him introducing a cure into the Dead movies. And for those of you bashing Romero for doing zombie flicks, you DO realize you don't have to watch them.. right? Anyway, Day is my favorite of the Dead films, and as much as I love Bub, I think he should be left alone. If George wants to do more Dead flicks, I'm cool with that. But let them continue to be indipendant of one another. Save for the small cameo here and there. But let's leave Bub's past and future up to our imaginations. That's my two cents on it.

Dr Phibes
6:31am, May 10, 2008

George, george, george... You're starting to sound like my grandma who tells us the same fucking story everytime we go visit her in the home. Now this doesnt mean we dont love you george, but it does mean you are not safe with sharpe objects or to bathe unsupervised...silly old fucker ;p

Big Bad Wolf
7:24am, May 10, 2008

What's the big deal? Zombies are his baby. He created the modern zombie film. You mention a zombie to anyone on the street, and the thought they're going to have is one resembling Romero's zombies. If he wants to keep on making movies in the genre he, let's face it, created, why should anyone be against that? As for Bub, I'd like to see him back, but it really depends on how it's done.

disanti
1:59pm, May 10, 2008

He also created the Modern Zombie Film with Russo Remember. And for some reason when Russo left the quality got a little less dark and a little more....weird and "Artisitc" or "Stupid". I wonder what Russo's script looked like before they tore it apart to make Return of the Living Dead....Love that movie by the way. BBRRAAAAIIINNNSSSSSS

H200
8:10am, May 11, 2008

It would be wonderful to see Bub again, let alone Savini and some other guys. Is there any chance we can see, let's say, Uwe Boll in it? Just kidding.

BloodFlow
12:59pm, May 11, 2008

H200 don't ever bring up Uwe Boll again. You know that fucker is smoking crack and unsafely fucking a toothless whore right now

bloodypete
10:58am, May 12, 2008

Romero is god, he is still hammering out the good stuff where other horror movie makers are contemplating making a Casper straight to DVD flick. It would be great to see the character of Bub back in the franchise being that (from my gatherings) Diary of the Dead happened the same time as Night of the Living Dead so it would be stupid not to have Bub in it...perhaps he started out as one kick ass take no shit GI Joe! Romero tell these studios that you created these movies, you concieved of these characters so you are going to use them the way you see fit...corporate dicks!

Vasquez
11:42am, May 12, 2008

Romero aint much without Savini doing the gore -- Day of the Dead was the best movie hes ever done (Bub rocks), Land of the Dead fucking blew chunks and Diary of the Dead had some terrible gore/acting but was a pretty entertaining movie overall... but Romero zombie movie with bad gore just does not seem right. Bring Savini back and by all means George, make "The Bub Movie!" and ide watch it a hundred times.

Vasquez
11:47am, May 12, 2008

oh... and Fido was a great movie damnit :)

gilbavel
1:00pm, May 13, 2008

Diary was SO horrible... I saw it in the theater and it only had a budget of $2 million... crappy story. Greg Nicotero was in it, but didn't do any special makeup effects, they were all digital! This movie blew. Might have made a good episode of masters of horror, but there was no story there. Please, George, don't follow these characters around, I'd much rather follow the characters that survived Land of the Dead into Canada... don't just make more awful zombie flicks for their own sake. PLEAASSSSE, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


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