Dawn of the Dead is a 2004 American motion horror movie directed by Zack Snyder in his directorial debut, with a screenplay by James Gunn. A remake of George A. Romero's 1978 horror movie of the equal name, it stars an ensemble cast that includes Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, and Mekhi Phifer. Scott Reiniger, Tom Savini, and Ken Foree from the original movie make cameo appearances. Set in Milwaukee, the movie follows a set of survivors who take shelter in an upscale suburban shopping center all through a zombie apocalypse.
Producers Eric Newman and Marc Abraham evolved the movie as a substitute for a "re-envisioning" of the authentic Dawn of the Dead, aiming to reinvigorate the zombie genre for contemporary-day audiences. Newman and Abraham have surpassed the rights to the authentic courtesy of its manufacturer and rights holder Richard P. Rubinstein; after which Gunn changed into delivered in to put in writing the script, which followed the authentic's simple premise but is orientated around the motion genre. Snyder, who formerly labored as an industrial and track video director, got here on board to direct with the aim of preserving each factor of the manufacturing as grounded in reality as possible. Filming happened from June nine to September 6 of 2003, in the vicinity of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in which a now-defunct shopping center that changed into slated for demolition was changed into used. The unique make-up effects for the movie have been created by David LeRoy Anderson.
Dawn of the Dead changed into launched by Universal Pictures on March 19, 2004, topping the container workplace on its the United States establishing weekend, and went directly to gross $102. three million international towards the finance of $26 million. Upon launch it acquired typically fine critiques from movie critics, a number of whom took into consideration its development over its predecessor in phrases of acting, manufacturing values, and scares; even though others determined it missing in man or woman development, excessively gory, and detached to the sociopolitical subtext of the authentic. Retrospective critics have known Snyder's satisfactory movies and located many of the satisfactory zombie movies ever made. A religious successor, Army of the Dead, was launched on May 14, 2021.
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