This project alleviated confusion by including a scene in which a character acknowledges the George Romero films and explains that while they are based on true events, the events of the Return series are the "true story". įollowing Hooper's departure from the project, Russo, along with his new partner, Dan O'Bannon, wrote a new script (with Russo adapting it into an accompanying novel), also titled The Return of the Living Dead. Hooper dropped out of the project, though, and the script never came to fruition. Although the film rights were initially sold in 1979, they were passed along by several different studios and directors before finally being obtained by Tobe Hooper, for whom Russo wrote a script. Following this decision, Russo wrote a horror novel, Return of the Living Dead, which he planned on adapting into a film script. Thus, each man was able to do what he pleased with the series, while still having one another's work distinct and be considered canon.
The two reached a settlement wherein Romero's sequels would be referred to as the Dead movies, and Russo's sequels would bear the suffix Living Dead. Romero over how to handle sequels to their 1968 film, Night of the Living Dead. The series came about as a dispute between John A. ( October 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
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