 By November 1935, trades papers announced that brothers Victor Halperin and Edward Halperin would create a sequel to "White Zombie" that would be produced by Academy Pictures with no mention of Lugosi.A camera crew was sent to Angkor, Indochina to film background shots for the film.Production on "Revolt of the Zombies" was behind schedule in January with no script complete while the Halperins planned on filming in February.