A network (CBS) has finally gotten wise and decided to make a pilot focusing on zombies. From today's Variety:"On the fantasy/sci-fi side, "Babylon Fields" is an hour Tassler describes as " 'Ordinary People' meets 'Day of the Living Dead.' " In other words, yes, there are zombies -- but the show's also about personal relationships, and what happens when the ex-wife you thought was dead suddenly is back in your life."
Cinematically, the genre has stretched itself pretty thin, but a TV series could be everything George Romero's Land of the Dead should've been. The pilot's being directed by Wesleyan University's own Michael Cuesta, who's most famous for directing other quality TV-shows, such as Six Feet Under. Coincidentally, Six Feet creator Alan Ball is working on a show for HBO about vampires called "True Blood".
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