Land of the Dead (formerly known as Dead Reckoning) (2005) is the tentative name for the fourth installment of the Living Dead zombie movie series. The movie was shot in Toronto, Ontario, despite director George A. Romero's wishes to continue the series in Pittsburgh.

The movie began filming on October 11, 2004, and was partially credited to fans, according to Romero, who kept on bugging him to do another zombie movie.

The movie will be the fourth in the series, started by Night of the Living Dead, and continued with sequels Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead.

In an interview Romero jokingly said that he would like to do a film where Zombies existed as a part of everyday life and people went on with their normal lives with Zombie Patrol.

The script for the movie was released on the internet, but was taken down after Universal Studios took action.

Sometime ago an unimaginable catastrophe destroyed much of human civilization. The recently dead, for an unknown reason, had returned to life and taken the lives of their living brothers and sisters. These "zombies" multiplied rapidly by adding to their ranks with every new victim. Many years later, the dead greatly outnumbered the living. The remnants of humanity fled to a city, where a feudal like government had taken hold. Fiddler's Green, the center of this fortress city, is where the rich and powerful lived in luxury while the rest of humanity lived in poverty around them. Paul Kaufman, leaving no room for freedom in his kingdom, rules with an iron fist and overwhelming firepower.

In order to ensure his dominance, and upscale lifestyle, Kaufman financed the construction of Dead Reckoning, a fortress-like vehicle that could venture out into the world with relative ease. Riley Denbo, both the designer and commander of Dead Reckoning, has had enough and just entered retirement. Unlike Kaufman, Riley is respected by the citizens of the fortress city for his work to protect them from a dangerous world. However, after a series of incidents, Riley winds up in jail with his best friend Charlie Houk, a member of the Dead Reckoning team, and Slack, a prostitute.

Meanwhile, Cholo DeMora, the second in command of the Dead Reckoning team, has gone rogue. Having his dreams shattered by Kaufman, Cholo is out to even the score. With the Dead Reckoning, as well as the rest of its team, he sets his plan into motion. With no where else to turn, Kaufman and the city elite turn to Riley to fix the situation. Riley is in a race against the clock to stop Cholo from exacting his revenge and killing a lot of innocent people in the process.

However, the living will not be the only threat. As hinted in both Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, there is more to the undead than first meets the eye.

Cast

• Lara Amersey .... Teenage Zombie Girl
• Pedro Miguel Arce .... Pillsbury
• Asia Argento .... Slack
• Simon Baker .... Riley Denbo
• Boyd Banks .... Featured Zombie
• Jennifer Baxter .... Number Nine
• Michael Belisaro .... Teenage Zombie Boy
• Joanne Boland .... Pretty Boy
• Krista Bridges .... Teahouse
• Darrin Brown .... Bettor
• Eugene Clark .... Big Daddy
• Christian Estrada .... Zombie
• Phil Fondacaro .... Chihuahua
• Jason Gautreau .... Gus
• Grant Hayes .... Zombie
• Dennis Hopper .... Paul Kaufman
• Robert Joy .... Charlie
• John Leguizamo .... Cholo
• Max McCabe .... Mouse
• Tony Munch .... Anchor
• Christopher Allen Nelson .... Veteran soldier
• Simon Pegg .... Zombie Cameo
• Sasha Roiz .... Manolete
• Christopher Russell .... Barrett
• Tom Savini .... Blade (Zombie)
• David Sparrow .... Arena Policeman
• Jeff Teravainen .... Kauffman's Guard
• Alan Van Sprang .... Brubaker
• Jonathan Walker .... Cliff Woods
• Edgar Wright .... Zombie Cameo

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