No, Land of the Dead had a 2,253 theater release.

not sure if it's been mentioned yet but it looks like stephen king, wes craven, quentin tarantino, simon pegg and guillermo del toro will be doing voice work as 'news readers'. that's a pretty good group of cameos.

I swear I thought it was much less, but you're right.

Wouldn't have helped the film's poor box office regardless.

DIARY OF THE DEAD is coming to a town near you!

Check out the latest confirmed theaters and release cities for DIARY's February 15, 2008 release. Keep checking back for more updates as theaters are added! Stay tuned and stay scared!

NEW YORK CITY
AMC Empire 25
(212) 398-3939
Visit AMC Empire 25

City Cinemas Village East
(212) 529-6998
Visit City Cinemas Village East


LOS ANGELES
AMC CityWalk Stadium 19 (opening 2/22/08)
(818) 508-0711
Visit AMC CityWalk Stadium 19

Landmark Nuart
(310) 281-8223
Visit Landmark Nuart

Mann Chinese (opening 2/22/08)
(323) 464-8111
Visit Mann Chinese Theater


CHICAGO
AMC Pipers Alley 4
(312) 642-6275
Visit AMC Pipers Alley 4


SAN FRANCISCO/EAST BAY
Landmark Lumiere
(415) 267-4893
Visit Landmark Lumiere

Landmark Shattuck Cinemas
(510) 464-5980
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Camera 12 Cinemas
(408) 998-3300
Visit Camera 12 Cinemas


ORANGE COUNTY
AMC 30 At The Block (opening 2/22/08)
(714) 769-4262
Visit AMC 30 At The Block


SACRAMENTO
Regal UA Laguna Village 12 (opening 2/29/08)
(916) 689-0483
Visit Regal UA Laguna Village 12


PHILADELPHIA
Landmark Ritz - Bourse
(215) 440-1181
Visit Landmark Ritz at Bourse

AMC Neshaminy
(215) 722-4AMC
Visit AMC Neshaminy


NEW JERSEY
AMC Jersey Gardens 20
(908) 289-1855
Visit AMC Jersey Gardens 20

AMC Cherry Hill
(856) 486-7420
Visit AMC Cherry Hill


DENVER
Landmark Starz FilmCenter
(303) 820-3456
Visit Landmark Starz FilmCenter


BOSTON
Revere 20
(781) 286-1660

AMC Boston Commons
(617) 423-5801
Visit AMC Boston Commons

Landmark Kendall Square
(617) 621-1202
Visit Landmark Kendall Square


DALLAS
Angelika Film Center and Cafe-Dallas
(214) 841-4700
Visit Angelika Film Center and Cafe-Dallas

AMC Mesquite 30
(972) 724-8000
Visit AMC Mesquite 30


HOUSTON
Angelika Film Center-Houston
(713) 225-5232
Visit Angelika Film Cener-Houston

AMC Gulf Pointe 30
(281) 319-4AMC
Visit AMC Gulf Pointe 30


PHOENIX
Harkins Arizona Mills
(480) 820-0387
Visit Harkins Arizona Mills


ATLANTA
Paulson Plaza Theatre
(404) 873-1939

Regal Hollywood 24
(770) 936-8235
Visit Regal Hollywood 24


SEATTLE
Regal Meridian
(206) 622-2434
Visit Regal Meridian

AMC Alderwood 16
(425) 921-2985
Visit AMC Alderwood 16


MIAMI, FL
Brand Dolphin Cinema 19
(305) 591-9380
Visit Brand Dolphin Cinema 19


TAMPA
AMC Veterans 24 (opening 2/29/08)
(813) 243-4955
Visit AMC Veterans 24


ORLANDO
AMC Universal Cineplex 20
(407) 354-3374
Visit AMC Universal Cineplex 20


PORTLAND
Regal Lloyd Center 10 Cinema
(503) 287-0338
Visit Regal Lloyd Center 10 Cinema


DETROIT
Center Uptown Palladium
(248) 644-3456


SAN DIEGO
AMC Palm Promenade
(858) 558-2AMC
Visit AMC Palm Promenade


LAS VEGAS
Cinemark South Point 16
(702) 260-4061
Visit Cinemark South Point 16


BALTIMORE
Muvico Egyptian 24
(443) 755-8992


PITTSBURGH
AMC Waterfront
(412) 462-6923
Visit AMC Waterfront


RALEIGH-DURHAM, NC
ACME Carolina Theatre-Durham
(704) 643-4AMC


ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA
AMC Ontario Mills 30 (opening 2/22/08)
(310)289-4262
Visit AMC Ontario Mills 30


KANSAS CITY
AMC Studio 30
(816) 363-4AMC
Visit AMC Studio 30

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No Richmond. I guess that's because we don't have AMC theaters around here.

Saw this at Sundance, thought it was so-so. Some good scenes but the cut that I was shown was way long and some of the dialogue was pretty awful. Then again, a lot of Romero's films are like that. And while I'm kinda over the whole "camera view" style of storytelling, I think it works well for a zombie flick and could have been used a lot better than it was here.

SAN DIEGO
AMC Palm Promenade
(858) 558-2AMC
Visit AMC Palm Promenade

Woo Hoo!!!!! I may LOATH this theater (the customer base, especially) but it is cool that the closest theater to mee is getting so many of these releases.

I will be there!

This actually played here in Astoria tonight at the Museum of the Moving Image... Romero was there for Q&A (Actually I think it was at the Empire 25 in Times Square but sponsored by the MOMI)

Interview with George Romero where he says a Diary of the Dead sequel (and not like how his other zombie movies are related, but an actual sequel) is in the planning stages: http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/george_romero

And then there's this little nugget, which I was happy to read:

"People called 28 Days and 28 Weeks zombie movies, and they're not! It's some sort of virus; they're not dead."

There. The debate is over.

I don't like what I've read about this movie.
It doesn't seem to connect with the events of 1968's 1st movie.
It's 40 years and we have film students & zombies?

I blame liberals!

I'm going to see this tonight. I'm going in with really low expectations, so maybe I'll end up liking it.

I will be seeing it tonight! Oh happy, happy!

I haven't seen the movie, but from what I understand, the conceit is that this takes place right at the start of the zombie outbreak. They're just pretending NotLD happened in the late 2000's instead the late 1960's, so Diary of the Dead is probably happening at or close to the same time as the events of NotLD.

The Dead movies seem to exist in something similar to "Marvel Time." Dawn of the Dead doesn't seem to match up with Night, one was late 60s, one late 70s.

BINGO! We have a winner. At least, that's how I always figured it was supposed to be. And I'm always right, and I never lie.

I have to say, even though some of the acting was a bit dodgy and a good portion of the dialog was a bit hamfisted, the movie wasn't as bad as I thought, I really dug the gore, head violence - woohoo

I'm curious about seeing this if it opens up in my area. I love Night and Dawn (and the Dawn remake), not crazy about Day, loved Land at first but slowly began to forget about it. Is it possible I'd like this?

personally I thought it was better than 'Land' - in 'Diary' there was a great scene of tension that Romero hasn't evoked since 'Night'

That's not what Romero said at Comic Con last summer. He said it takes place at the beginning of the outbreak that we were seeing in Night.

It shouldn't, there hasn't been any time continuity between the past dead films.

But NIGHT to DAWN is only 10 years and then to DAY is only 6 years. It was easy to follow because the world was still pretty much the same. And LAND could have solved the problem but instead we get bad makeup, green tinted night scenes and now for the next installment we get the camera shaking movie direction. But if George Lucas can screw up his STAR WARS so can George Romero.

There's no way 10 years actually passed storywise between Night and Dawn. In Dawn we see people out out clearing the countryside, which is essentially what they were doing at the end of Night. Dawn was essentially a few weeks after Night, timewise.

Did you see it, Dave?

Neat, I didn't know he said it at Comic Con. I was just going by the AV Club article above that stated "His latest, Diary Of The Dead, returns to the first days of the zombie plague—now reset to the present day—and follows a group of film students as they digitally capture the ensuing mayhem."

Why not just include a time machine plot it would make more sense.
This movie is going to be one of those movies that ruins the previous entries like GODFATHER 3, ALIENS 3, STAR WARS prequals did to their franchise.