Zombieland TV series

[Neil]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/zomb...n/#more-411937 Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are onboard for the series as writers/executive producers, as is the movie’s producer Gavin Polone, who would executive produce. Sony TV, Reese, Wernick and Polone previously set up a Zombieland comedy series project at Fox last season.

[Buzzbomb]

Perhaps it'll get sponsored by Twinkies...

[Neil]

Little bit more news in this AICN interview - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/61671 The most exciting thing is that we are currently working on a ZOMBIELAND television pilot for amazon.com and we will be able to talk more about that soon. We aren't supposed to talk too much about it right now but the idea is to get a ZOMBIELAND television series going. That's the focus of our efforts here which couldn't be more thrilling to us. ZOMBIELAND is something we envisioned originally as a TV show so to return after so many years and to turn it into a TV pilot is a dream come true.

[shootemindehead]

I can't see this working as a TV show. It was grand as a film, but ONLY because of funny turns by Woody and Bill. The zombies were crap.

[kidgloves]

I can't see this working as a TV show. It was grand as a film, but ONLY because of funny turns by Woody and Bill. The zombies were crap. It was originally developed as a tv show then converted into a movie. It has every chance of working.

[Jim Morrissey]

Great thats what the zombie genre needs after walking dead got undead somewhere near acceptable and hope for better HORROR with Zombies -but after WWZ we can all laugh as they perform circus tricks as well.

[Andy]

Seriously the film was total garbage and this will be nothing more than a cheap cash in on TWD's success. why america? FUCKING WHY?

[MinionZombie]

I actually really enjoyed the movie - even if, as a zombie movie, it's not that much cop - but I'm quite sceptical of this online TV pilot thing being capable of capturing the essence of why the film worked. It does taste a tad sour in the zombie fan mouth in a way - The Walking Dead has done so much to redress the balance away from shithouse junk like Yawn04, or decent-but-light-on-zombie-genre-understanding-or-respect film/tv, or generic flicks that just toss zombies into the mix for no real reason other than some muppet will end up buying it just because it's got zombies in it ... I don't want the balance to slip back again. Who knows - it might end up being really fun - but to be honest I'm just not that interested. I kinda feel that Zombieland came and went, and did what it did rather well (even if its tackling of zombies was generally more 'Treehouse of Horror' than anything else), and I quite enjoyed the film ... but yeah ... I'm just all rather lukewarm to this entire idea.

[AcesandEights]

I had a great time with the movie and could sit down and watch it again right now, or any other time I happen upon it being aired. That said, I'm not too into the TV idea. I think I'd rather the zomedies be hedged back a bit and a higher bar set for them, as opposed to encouraging more of them in the mainstream by way of a tv show that is more likely to be uneven to lower in quality (based on TV's general batting average).

[shootemindehead]

It was originally developed as a tv show then converted into a movie. It has every chance of working. Well, just because it started off as a TV idea doesn't mean it'll work. As I said, the only reason the film was ok (and just ok), was because of Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray. To be honest, without them, it would have been pretty crap.

[paranoid101]

Oh dear........ so maybe it's World War Z then for our zombie fix this year then Artcle and cast can be seen here.... http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/03/2...oster-revealed

[MinionZombie]

Oh dear........ so maybe it's World War Z then for our zombie fix this year then Artcle and cast can be seen here.... http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/03/2...oster-revealed Photoshopped, much? And poorly, at that. I'm not photoshopper ... but that's rather sloppy ... and actually not at all enticing. Kinda surprised there isn't an undead hand thrusting out of the ground, or clawing at the viewer in any way.

[JonOfTheShred]

Replacing the cast was unnecessary. They could have even kept these four people, have them playing different characters in the same universe, and make META jokes about them being knock-offs of the original cast. Instead of the dude being Tallahassee, the show would call him Talladega, basically referencing the movie without maintaining the same characters. So that eventually, it could lead to cameos from the original people from the film.

[MinionZombie]

Trailer.

[Neil]

Hmmm! Some bits Other bits