Zombieland 2

[Trin]

My personal opinion on the differences between american humour and british humour is that american humour tends to be more focused on winners, you know successful people.. like friends, 2 and half men, will and grace.. people who have nice homes and good jobs and never worry about money except prehaps the occassional episode were something happens and goes wrong. Al Bundy might disagree. We've had our string of shows about losers right alongside the winners. Take shows like Married with Children, Simpsons, Family Guy, or Malcolm in the Middle and you've basically got the same setup as Fawlty Towers. Basically good people always getting beaten down, half by circumstance and half by their own incompetance.

[MinionZombie]

Plus us Brits put out some stinkers too, like the formulaic "Not Going Out", which always annoyed me within seconds of flicking onto it, with that fucking annoying Lee Mack arse-head on it ... ... and the epitome of bad British 'comedy' - The Persuasionists. It's untold how dreadful that show is. I saw the first episode and good god, how pish ... a glimpse at the fourth episode didn't make matters any better either. What a truly, truly, truly joyless 'sitcom' ... Adam Buxton deserves better fare to be involved in, and to think BBC3 said "pfft, no" to his excellent comedy pilot he put out a while back called "MeeBox".

[Publius]

I just saw Zombieland and quite liked it. Not quite as funny as Shaun of the Dead, but the zombie effects were better. The slow motion scenes in the beginning were cool. Zombies were runners instead of lurchers which I don't like, but I can give that in a comedy. And big points for Bill Murray!

[JonOfTheShred]

I liked Zombieland enough to see it 3 times. Although I only paid the first time, I wouldn't have paid to see it more than once. Of course Shaun was miles ahead of it. But Zombieland was awesome in its own way. Loved the post-apocalyptic, abandoned landscapes they were able to make. The running gags were pretty funny, too. "Snow balls....SNOW BALLS?!" Also, the rules...I liked the rules showing up. Could have been a little longer, with a half hour more of zombie action, in my opinion. But I thought it was very solid, pretty funny and well cast. (Emma Stone is fine, and Woody Harrelson is the shit. Bill Murray was a great cameo, as well.) Looking forward to a sequel. Not excited about the 3D, but it isn't a deal breaker for me.

[bassman]

Zombieland 2 is heading back to where the idea originated - Television. Fox is looking for its own set of zombies. Fresh off the record-breaking ratings for Sunday's Season 2 premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead, the network and Sony Pictures Television are developing a potential half-hour comedy based on the Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and Emma Stone starrer Zombieland. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Fox and SPT are in development on a half-hour comedy version of the 2009 feature from producer Gavin Polone, as first reported by Vulture. The project would be written by feature scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and produced through feature distributor Columbia's sibling unit, Sony Pictures Television with an eye on putting the project into development for the 2012-13 broadcast season. The feature film grossed $75.6 million, with a sequel in the works for next year. A potential TV series, Polone told the site, would replace a big-screen follow-up. The news comes as Walking Dead, the Andrew Lincoln starrer based on the long-running zombie comic series by Robert Kirkman, shattered demo ratings for two key metrics: the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, attracting 7.3 million viewers.

[AcesandEights]

Oh....this could be bad.

[Thorn]

...in 3D... http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Talla...d-2-16981.html Glad to see it moving along, really not happy it is in 3D. I guess I do not see the value. Basically the script now has to be be written around the use of 3D gags to showcase and justify the 3Dness... and the story ALWAYS suffers when you HAVE to create a story with that consideration in mind. It is like saying write me a zombie film but it has to have Pepsi in it, a lot... in meaningful ways. You write that. The writer is chained to concepts not of their own creation. Will it be totally awesome to see brain spatter out at the audience? Arrows? Bullets? Hands all reaching for you? maybe but save it for an interactive experience at Disney and just make a good movie... you know like you did the first time.

[bassman]

Glad to see it moving along, really not happy it is in 3D. I guess I do not see the value. Basically the script now has to be be written around the use of 3D gags to showcase and justify the 3Dness... and the story ALWAYS suffers when you HAVE to create a story with that consideration in mind. Couple posts up, man. They axed the 3D sequel in favor of a TV series.

[rongravy]

That sucks. How are you going to cram in the good stuff in a measely 30 minutes, minus commercials? Not good at all.

[blind2d]

Ponies can do it, zombies can't. I think I see which is superior. But regardless, I will not be watching this, even if it stars Bruce Lee back from the dead chopping off the heads of zombie rednecks wearing 'I Love Hogs' shirts, with the third eye clearly visible and lots of frohawks. Muh!

[bassman]

That sucks. How are you going to cram in the good stuff in a measely 30 minutes, minus commercials? Not good at all. An hour long show could do it. After all, they are doing this because of TWD's success, so they'll probably try to stick closely to that formula.

[Thorn]

Couple posts up, man. They axed the 3D sequel in favor of a TV series. Oh Gods no... I thought they were doing both!!!! Ack!

[mpokera]

If they do it as a tv series, would the actors from the movie still be attached? The redeeming value of Zombieland was the interplay between the characters, especially Tallahassee and Columbus.

[bassman]

If they do it as a tv series, would the actors from the movie still be attached? The redeeming value of Zombieland was the interplay between the characters, especially Tallahassee and Columbus. Doubt it. They've said the actors are the main reason they can't get everything together for a second movie.

[mpokera]

Doubt it. They've said the actors are the main reason they can't get everything together for a second movie. Then meh. Would probably give it a look as I am a degenerate zombie fan but not holding out a lot of hope, pretty hard to see anyone else playing those parts, the guys at least. I dont remember if the original movie was written specifically for those actors but it sure felt like it and I really have a hard time believing anyone else in either part.