Dawn of the Dead Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Webber and Mekhi Phifer head an ensemble cast in a re-envisioning of George Romero's apocalyptic horror classic, "Dawn of the Dead". An unexplained plague has decimated the world's population and yet...the dead aren't dying. They've become zombies, stalking endlessly in a constant quest to feed on the flesh and blood of the few remaining living. A ragtag group of desperate survivors in a Wisconsin town seek refuge in a large indoor mall, where they must learn not only to protect themselves from the ever-increasing zombie horde, but also to co-exist with each other as a last bastion of humanity. Sealed off from the rest of what used to be the world, the group uses every available resource—both within and without—in their against-all-odds fight to remain alive and human.

Action Adventure Horror Supernatural

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Dawn of the Dead.

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  Sarah Polley

  Splice, Mr. Nobody

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  Ving Rhames

  Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Uppercut

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  Mekhi Phifer

  Long Gone Heroes , Divergent

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  Michael Barry

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  Lindy Booth

  Cry Wolf, Wrong Turn

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  Ty Burrell

  Finding Dory, Storks

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  Jayne Eastwood

  Buffaloed

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  Michael Kelly

  The Penguin (series), Rob Peace

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  Jake Weber

  Those Who Wish Me Dead, Learning to Drive

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  Kevin Zegers

  The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Corrective Measures

Crew Behind the Film

The Dawn of the Dead behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Zack Snyder last directed Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver and Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire. The film's writer James Gunn last wrote Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.

Director

Zack Snyder

Screenwriters

James Gunn
George Romero

Producers

Marc Abraham
Armyan Bernstein
Thomas Bliss
Dennis Jones
Eric Newman

Production Details

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Production Updates for Dawn of the Dead

Dec 2004

Completed

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