Land of the Dead (also known as George A. Romero's Land of the Dead) is a 2005 post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by George A. Romero; the fourth film in Romero's Living Dead series, a sequel to Day of the Dead (1985), followed by Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead in 2007 and 2009, respectively. A direct sequel to the film, Twilight of the Dead, will ignore the former two films and set to be released in 2027. It was released in 2005, with a budget of $15β19 million, the highest in Romero's Dead series, and grossed $46 million. The story of Land of the Dead deals with a zombie assault on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a feudal-like government exists.