Monday, October 17, 2011

ZOMBIELAND: The Television Series


Last night's WALKING DEAD premiere was watched by 7.3 million sets of eyes, so it would seem that this sometimes shambling/sometimes sprinting sub-genre still has a little juice left in its creaky, reanimated bones.

Case in point: ZOMBIELAND is coming to television.

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the highest-grossing zombie film of all time will serve as the springboard for a new half-hour comedy series from producer Gavin Palone. The ZOMBIELAND series will be written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the duo who penned the film.


With a previously-announced 3D sequel to the Atlanta-lensed ZOMBIELAND being dropped in favor of a the television show, there is no word whether or not the series will follow the characters from the film (recast, naturally) or if the focus will instead be on a new group of survivors.

Either way, one can only wonder how they'll emulate ZOMBIELAND's now-classic cameo. If I may, a suggestion:




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