Creativity Capital finances Tina Romero’s drag queen zombie debut “Queens of the Dead”

Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding), Margaret Cho (Fire Island), Brigette Lundy-Paine (I Saw The TV Glow) and Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story) are among those set to star in Queens of the Dead, a new horror comedy directed by Tina Romero, daughter of legendary director George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead).

Co-written by Erin Judge & Tina Romero, the film pays tribute to the zombies from the elder Romero’s classic zombie films with a fresh, contemporary, and queer twist, promising to offer a genre-smashing, glam-gore thrill ride through the zombie apocalypse. The story follows an eclectic group of drag queens, club kids, and frenemies who must put aside their personal dramas and use their unique skills to combat the brain-thirsty undead when a zombie apocalypse breaks out during their drag show in Brooklyn.

Vanishing Angle’s Matthew Lee Miller and Natalie Metzger will serve as the film’s producers. The film is financed by Creativity Capital.

In a statement on the project, Tina Romero said, “This is the cast of my wildest dreams. In a movie about survival, you gotta love and root for the survival crew. Every single person in this ensemble brings such a special and specific flavor -both on and off screen. The result is truly a magic sauce.”

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Creativity Capital expands team with Philippa Nicholl

Philippa Nicholl is joining Creativity Capital from Great Point Media where she spent the past two years as an associate in their investments team.

At Great Point Media, she worked in project management, tax credit administration, and creative financing solutions including on film and TV projects such as Channel 5’s Finder’s Keepers, Mikko Mäkelä’s Sebastian (pictured above) which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Peter Glanz’s upcoming Savage House starring Claire Foy and Richard E Grant, Prime Video UK’s Deep Cover, and Netflix’s true crime series When Missing Turns to Murder.

Nicholl said: “I am thrilled to be joining the growing team at Creativity Capital. Patrick and Richard have an inspiring dedication to supporting filmmakers and producing quality films. I look forward to bringing my experience to the table and collaborating on some truly great projects.”

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