As we learned last year, shortly before he passed away, George A. Romero‘s zombie franchise was set to continue with Road of the Dead, co-written by Romero but with Romero passing the directorial torch over to Matt Birman. Allegedly, Birman still plans on making the movie, but we haven’t heard a peep about the project in quite some time now.

Road of the Dead takes place six years after Land of the Dead, set on an island where zombie prisoners race cars in a modern-day Coliseum for the entertainment of wealthy humans.

“In the darkest days of the zombie apocalypse, the last safe place on earth is anything but, as a mad despot uses the spectacle of high octane carnage to keep control of his populous.”

While we wait for the movie, Syfy Wire brings us the news that IDW is bringing Road of the Dead to life with a prequel comic book mini-series, previewed by the website today.

As the site explains, “Road of the Dead: Highway To Hell is a three-issue miniseries written by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry (V-Wars) with insane interior art by Drew Moss (Copperhead). This shocking series acts as an over-the-top prequel to Romero’s final zombie film and expands upon the horrific mythology.”

“The storyline has legions of deadheads feasting on the living as a young female scientist holds the secret to a possible cure for the savage pandemic. On the run for her life, famished zombies, looney looters, and ruthless biker gangs hit the road to try and stop this savior, while lovable losers in muscle cars and a hijacked Abrams tank risk everything to save her.”

Road of the Dead: Highway to Hell will arrive in comic shops November 7.