If you are like me and you wonder where the legal problems behind Night of the Living Dead came from, look no further:

Dead Reckoning: “Night of the Living Dead” Director Geogre Romero talked about his next entry in the series this past weekend and W&W Video has the details: In regards to the legal issues facing the film, he explained the back history of the franchises past rights debate: “When we made the original film, we titled it Night of the Flesh Eaters. We registered that title with the copyright office, but at the last minute the producers changed the title to Night of the Living Dead and neglected to copyright the new title, leaving us without rights to our own film, which is why you see so many people putting it out on video and DVD all the time. The 1990 remake directed by Tom Savini was an attempt to reclaim some of the rights. It wasn’t entirely successful in that regard”. As for “Dead Reckoning”, what can we expect storywise: “After the events in Day of the Dead, the remaining survivors are living in exclusive gated communities that protect them from the dead outside. They attempt to live normally while ignoring the problem in the world outside their walls. The real horror and adventure comes into play with the group of people living in the gated city whose job it is to leave the safety of the city and venture out into the dead wasteland to gather supplies and things”.