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** Creator/NathanFillion auditioned for the role of Michael. Additionally producers had Creator/DianeLane in mind to play Ana while the script was being written.

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** Creator/NathanFillion auditioned for the role of Michael. Additionally producers had Creator/DianeLane in mind to play Ana while the script was being written.
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** Most of the cast is Canadian, while Creator/JakeWeber (Michael) is English. The only American actors are Creator/VingRhames (Kenneth), Creator/MekhiPhifer (Andre), Creator/TyBurrell (Steve), Creator/MichaelKelly (CJ), and the cast of the original film making cameos.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/SarahPolley and Creator/VingRhames were always the first choices for their roles.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The film is called ''L'Armée des Morts'' in French. Which caused a problem short of two decades later since it literally means ''Army of the Dead'', which is the title of Creator/ZackSnyder's [[Film/ArmyOfTheDead next zombie film]]. The latter's original title was kept in English on the French Creator/{{Netflix}} as a result.

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The film is called ''L'Armée des Morts'' in French. Which caused a problem short of two decades later since it literally means ''Army of the Dead'', which is the title of Creator/ZackSnyder's [[Film/ArmyOfTheDead next zombie film]]. The latter's original title was kept in English on the French version of Creator/{{Netflix}} as a result.

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* DuellingMovies: With ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' a British comedy about zombies. The latter's release was pushed back two weeks because of this.

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* TheDanza: Ana's boyfriend Luis is played by Louis (Luís) Ferreira.
* DuellingMovies: With ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'', a British comedy about zombies. The latter's release was pushed back two weeks because of this.



* TheDanza: Ana's boyfriend Luis is played by Louis (Luís) Ferreira.
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* FakeAmerican: Creator/SarahPolley (Canadian) as Ana.

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** {{Subverted}} as Romero also stated also fell off the film and lost interest by the second half.

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** {{Subverted}} as Romero also stated also that he fell off the film and lost interest by the second half.



* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/SarahPolley and Creator/VingRhames were always the first choices for their roles.



* CrossCastRole: The overweight woman who becomes a zombie is played by male stunt performer Ermes Blarasin.



* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/{{Universal}} significantly slashed the budget after the failure of ''Film/HouseOfTheDead'', fearing there was no public appetite for zombie movies.



* PlayingAgainstType: Sarah Polley had mostly done gritty dramas before this. Here she's an ActionSurvivor in a horror movie. She likewise said she was surprised at how physical her role was - saying she'd never run so much for a film before.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Sarah Polley Creator/SarahPolley had mostly done gritty dramas before this. Here she's an ActionSurvivor in a horror movie. She likewise said she was surprised at how physical her role was - saying she'd never run so much for a film before.



** A scene that made it into the trailer had Andre checking the mall entrance when several zombies attack the outer door. In the finished film this is replaced with just one zombie attempting to break in.


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** When developing the script, the producers had Creator/DianeLane in mind to play Ana.
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* CrossCastRole: The overweight woman who becomes a zombie is played by male stunt performer Ermes Blarasin.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The film is called ''L'Armée des Morts'' in French. Which caused a problem short of two decades later since it literally means ''Army of the Dead'', which is the title of Creator/ZackSnyder's later zombie film, 2021's ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead''. The latter's original title was kept in English on the French Creator/{{Netflix}} as a result.

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The film is called ''L'Armée des Morts'' in French. Which caused a problem short of two decades later since it literally means ''Army of the Dead'', which is the title of Creator/ZackSnyder's later [[Film/ArmyOfTheDead next zombie film, 2021's ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead''.film]]. The latter's original title was kept in English on the French Creator/{{Netflix}} as a result.

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The film is called ''L'Armée des Morts'' in French. Which caused a problem short of two decades later since it literally means ''Army of the Dead'', which is the title of Creator/ZackSnyder's later zombie film, 2021's ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead''. The latter's original title was kept in English on the French Creator/{{Netflix}} as a result.



* ForeignLanguageTitle: The film is called ''L'Armée des Morts'' in French. Which might cause a translation problem in the future since it literally means ''Army of the Dead'', which is the title of Zack Snyder's [[Film/ArmyOfTheDead next zombie film]].
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* ForeignLanguageTitle: The film is called ''L'Armée des Morts'' in French. Which might cause a translation problem in the future since it literally means ''Army of the Dead'', which is the title of Zack Snyder's [[Film/ArmyOfTheDead2020 next film]].

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* ForeignLanguageTitle: The film is called ''L'Armée des Morts'' in French. Which might cause a translation problem in the future since it literally means ''Army of the Dead'', which is the title of Zack Snyder's [[Film/ArmyOfTheDead2020 [[Film/ArmyOfTheDead next zombie film]].
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** Creator/NathanFillion auditioned for the role of Michael. Additionally producers had Diane Lane in mind to play Ana while the script was being written.

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** Creator/NathanFillion auditioned for the role of Michael. Additionally producers had Diane Lane Creator/DianeLane in mind to play Ana while the script was being written.

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