Anatoly Fradis' Los Angeles-based Aurora Entertainment Corp. is set to start back-to-back shooting from June 7 in Romania on the fourth and fifth sequels to the "Return of the Living Dead" series of films, with Ellory Elkayem attached to direct and Peter Coyote headlining. Both films have been fully financed by a $35 million equity fund that Fradis ("Eight Legged Freaks") set up last year. Rave From the Grave, the films were written by William Butler and Aaron Strongoni and feature a relatively unknown cast drawn from TV.

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