A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead. Got news tips? E-mail me at cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com.
The first casting details for The Walking Dead TV adaptation have been announced. Welcome Jon Bernthal as Shane! Bernthal has appeared in Eastwick (itself a spin-off of the film The Witches of Eastwick) and something called The Ghost Writer. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Tonight and tomorrow night, Ottawa residents can enjoy a special screening of Night of the Living Dead accompanied by live musicians. George A. Romero taped a video introduction for it! (CBC News)
You’ve always wanted to see the cast of Street Fighter as zombies, right? Well, here is your chance. (Kotaku)
Now even more official: REC 2 coming to US theaters in July. (Bloody Disgusting)
The current episode of Geek in the City Radio podcast is zombiecentric, featuring an interview with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls author Steve Hockensmith and a review of said tome. (Geek in the City)
In upcoming low-budget film Necro Wars, a newly zombified super soldier must decide if he will fight for the living or the dead. Teaser trailer embedded below. (Dread Central)
An interview with Martin Vavra, writer/director/producer of zombie webseries The Last Stand, reveals his influences, his favorite episodes and whether he’d survive a real zombie apocalypse. (The Local Zombie)
Necro Wars teaser trailer
