DOC OF THE DEAD - Poster Art Unleashed at Comic-Con!

‘THE PEOPLE VS GEORGE LUCAS’ TEAM ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE ZOMBIE DOCUMENTARY
 ‘WALKING DEAD’ ARTIST CHARLIE ADLARD TO SIGN POSTER ART AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON

DENVER, CO (July 5, 2012) – The creators of the groundbreaking participatory documentary THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS are already hard at work on DOC OF THE DEAD—the definitive and most comprehensive tribute to zombie culture and fandom ever made. Shot and edited in a cinematically edgy, high-octane style, DOC OF THE DEAD will host a rich pop culture dialogue with zombie experts and celebrities, seek participation from YouTubers and indie filmmakers, and even investigate the possibility and ramifications of an actual zombie outbreak with sociologists, virologists, chemists, and members of the Zombie Research Society.

The Exhibit A Pictures triumvirate—Writer/Director Alexandre O. Philippe, Producer Kerry Deignan Roy, and Producer/DP Robert Muratore—teams up again with Editor Chad Herschberger and the multi award-winning post-production facility Milkhaus (Oscar winner SAVING FACE; Sundance winner CHASING ICE) to stamp their unique brand of entertainment and pop culture commentary on one of the most viral and enduring fan phenomena in recenthistory. This will also mark their first full-fledged collaboration with Geekscape’s own Jonathan London and Red Letter Media’s massively popular Mr. Plinkett—both of whom will contribute recurring, fictionalized segments to the film. In other words: expect plenty of fan service and gory surprises!

Artist Charlie Adlard (THE WALKING DEAD), who created a stunning original poster for the film, will autograph a number of San Diego Comic-Con exclusive limited edition prints at the Geekscape Booth #3919 on Friday, July 13, 2012 at 4:30pm.

Filming is already under way, and the Exhibit A team is currently focusing on key interviews with countless personalities, critics, scholars, writers, filmmakers, comedians, and notorious zombie culture enthusiasts. Notables (to date) include Simon Pegg (SHAUN OF THE DEAD), and Matt Mogk (ZOMBIE RESEARCH SOCIETY). Zombie icon George A. Romero has agreed to participate, and will be interviewed in Toronto in early August.

Principal photography for DOC OF THE DEAD will begin in the Fall of 2012, with key interviews/B-roll/fictionalized segments filmed by the Exhibit A crew, and additional segments concurrently produced by Geekscape and Red Letter Media. Post-production is anticipated to begin in the Spring of 2013, with a completed film ready for delivery by Fall 2013. Crowdsourcing will be ongoing during the production and post-production periods. DOC OF THE DEAD will premiere in 2014.

For future updates, please follow DOC OF THE DEAD at: 
http://www.docofthedead.com
http://www.facebook.com/thedocofthedead

                              

• Exhibit A Pictures’ most recent feature doc, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PAUL THE PSYCHIC OCTOPUS, is currently on the festival circuit. It recently premiered to rave reviews at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Filmfest München, and Sheffield Doc/Fest, and will soon screen at the famed Sitges Fantastic Film Festival (Spain), PiFan (South Korea), and Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival. Additional festival screenings will be announced in the near future.
• THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS is widely recognized as one of the best films ever made about geek culture, and remains groundbreaking in its use of crowdsourcing and fan participation. PvsG premiered at a number of top-tier festivals, including SXSW (Spotlight Premiere), Hot Docs, Edinburgh IFF, AFI Silverdocs, Filmfest München, Rome IFF, Stockholm IFF, Istanbul Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, and CPH:DOX (among many others). Following a limited theatrical run, THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS was released on DVD/Blu-Ray by Lionsgate Entertainment (US), Wrekin Hill Entertainment (UK, Australia, NZ, South Africa), Kinosmith (Canada), Capelight (Germany, Switzerland), Initiative One/BAC Films (France), and Fine Films (Japan).
• Director Alexandre O. Philippe graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is Creative Director of Denver-based Cinema Vertige, and has also directed several documentaries and award-winning shorts, including LEFT and THE SPOT.
• LEFT was the first film in history to have been recorded, edited and mixed at the highest possible resolution (192kHz / 24-bit) for Dolby’s new process of lossless encoding in TrueHD 5.1 surround sound technology. It screened at 39 festivals around the world (including Montreal, BFI London, Sao Paulo, Bilbao, and Santa Barbara), and won the Governor Award at the Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition in Japan, and the Special Jury Prize at Cinema Jove in Valencia, Spain.
• THE SPOT won the MySpace Award for Best Non-Fiction Film at IMAGO 2008 in Portugal, and has been selected by 25 international film festivals.
• Producer and Director of Photography Robert Muratore started his career with Trey Parker and Matt Stone. He shot their early efforts TIME WARPED and CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL, in which he also starred as Frenchy Cabazon.
• GEEKSCAPE is a popular geek culture podcast and online community. The website receives 100,000 visitors a month, while the popular podcast has a subscription base of 20,000 weekly listeners.
• Geekscape is a sponsor of ZomBCon Seattle, an annual zombie culture convention that has featured horror guests Bruce Campbell, George Romero, Tom Savini, and Max Brooks—among many others.
• RED LETTER MEDIA (launched by Mike Stoklasa and Jay Bauman) was responsible for creating the infamous "70-Minute Phantom Menace Review" (4 million hits on YouTube), as well as other popular film reviews via an online persona named Mr. Plinkett.
• In 2010, Mike Stoklasa was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s top 25 filmmakers to watch, and his reviews have received praise from Damon Lindelof (Co-Creator and Executive Producer of LOST), Simon Pegg, Patton Oswalt, Rob Zombie, and Roger Ebert.