George Romero, NASCAR, zombies...

Road Rage Dept. - "Horror legend George A. Romero is teaming up with a frequent collaborator for his next zombie movie, which will be seeking buyers at the Fantasia International Film Festival market this summer. The new project is entitled Road of the Dead, which George A. Romero co-wrote with Matt Birman, who is slated to direct this project. It isn't clear when production may begin, but this project will be just the director's second feature film, although he has spent decades in other areas of production.

"IndieWire reports that this project originated from a Matt Birman pitch from roughly 10 years ago. The story is set on a remote island where zombie prisoners race cars in a modern-day Coliseum, all for the entertainment of affluent humans. The director describes the project as a hybrid of Road Warrior and Rollerball, set at a NASCAR race, and that there is "significant inspiration" from the iconic 1959 classic Ben-Hur. No character details have been released at this time, but if the project finds a buyer at Frontières, the Fantasia International Film Festival's annual film co-production market, which runs from July 20 to July 23 in Montreal, we may be hearing more about this project soon."
http://movieweb.com/road-of-dead-new-zombie-movie-george-a-romero/