Why, oh why, couldn't "zombie" rhyme with "commie"? I mean other than the letter "b." Regardless, big news out of Cuba is that the Castro Brothers have green-lit La República's first zombie movie, Juan of the Dead. According to director Alejandro Brugues, Juan sounds like it's going to be close in tone to Shaun of the Dead, fun but also traditional. What I find even more interesting is that in the film the Cuban government blames the whole outbreak on a Washington conspiracy. I only hope that they actually did read the script before they approved it and Brugues isn't going to disappear mid-shoot. Then again, maybe after all this time Fidel has finally started to enjoy the lighter side of his oppressive paranoia. Or maybe he just love a good zombie film, too.
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