They’re coming to get you again, Barbara!

Village Roadshow Pictures has partnered with Christine Romero and the late George Romero’s Sanibel Films, for a deal that could result in a continuation of the Night of the Living Dead franchise. Nikyatu Jusu (Nanny) will direct the project.

The new Night of the Living Dead film will be an expansion of the 1968 original and is being conceived as a potential franchise, though plot details are being kept under wraps. LaToya Morgan of The Walking Dead is writing the script.

Village Roadshow is putting together the film as a package to be presented to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market. Origin Story, Vertigo and Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios are also partnering on the project.

George Romero’s original Night of the Living Dead, released in 1968, “rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combining gruesome gore with acute social commentary,” according to Criterion Films. It paved the way for countless more tales of the undead on film and television.

“The original version of Night of the Living Dead is still so resonant to this day,” said Jusu in a statement. “Every era has the zombie that it needs and right now, zombies reflect the ways that humans treat each other and show us who is truly the monster.”

Morgan called the original “one of the great cornerstones of the horror genre. I’m beyond thrilled to be playing in the sandbox that George Romero built and ecstatic to raise the stakes and push the envelope with this exciting new story.”

Christine Romero said, “I am so excited by this visionary team of storytellers that have come together to expand on the premise of the original film. Revisiting the world that George and his collaborators created is going to be a treat for fans. George would have been so happy to see this happen!”