George A. Romero’s 1968 classic zombie frightener Night of the Living Dead will rise again next year as a 3-D CG-animated feature entitled Night of the Living Dead: Origins. The remake marks commercials director Zebediah De Soto’s movie debut.

Origins plot remains familiar: a group of strangers attempt to survive the night in a zombie infested town. But, De Soto is determined to bring a new scope to the genre through the CGI technology he and his effects studio New Golden Digital is working on.

De Soto tells the Hollywood Reporter:

I wanted to make this look like a living Monet; it’s expressionism. It’s going to be the first zombie movie played on a epic scale. This is the ‘Empire of the Sun’ of zombie films. … I lived through the L.A. riots and saw the city on fire; I remember seeing people running, people getting pulled out of cars. And with 9/11, these images have been ingrained on people of my generation. I just thought that is the way it would really be, a lot of chaos.

Actors Danielle Harris (Halloween), Alona Tal (“Supernatural”), Jesse Corti (“Heroes”), Cornell Womack (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), Bill Moseley (Devil’s Rejects), and Joe Pilato (Wishmaster) have all signed on to voice Origins characters. Old school Romero fans will recognize Pilato from the legendary director’s 1978 classic Dawn of the Dead and Moseley from the 1990 Night of the Living Dead live-action remake.