The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse

A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

It looks like Brad Pitt’s baby World War Z might have a chance despite the agreement to a PG-13 rating. Skydance Productions is looking to take up the budgetary slack that Paramount doesn’t want to pay for. (Screen Crave)

Someone has gotten their hands on the first playable demo of Dead Island and after reading this (spoiler filled) amazing and lengthy review it looks to be everything we have been hoping for. (Digital Spy)

For all of you UK zombie fanatics the Leeds Zombie Film Festival will take place April 24. (Digital Spy)

We’ve got some more details about Zombie Pet Shop, an animated film currently in production. It’s looking like it’s going to be an all ages appropriate setting. (UCLA Daily Bruin)

Here’s a nice write up and some behind the scenes details on how the over the top gore is achieved for Re-Animator: The Musical. (io9)

There’s a new one sheet poster out for the upcoming film Humans vs. Zombies. (Dread Central)

After the break, check out this epic teaser trailer for the recently reported Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. It looks fantastic, and I’ll see you all on Xbox Live when it launches. (Kotaku)

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

Filmax International announced today that REC 3: Genesis begins production April 4. There’s a lot of other good details about the movie as well. (Bloody Disgusting)

Just a quick update that World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2 is now in post production, so hopefully we’ll be getting some good trailers and release info soon. (Dread Central)

I Am Number Four actress Teresa Palmer has scored the female lead in the upcoming zombie romance (yeah, I said zombie romance… It’s going to be horrible) Warm Bodies. (Dread Central)

After the break, check out the trailer for the Australian zombie-wrestling-action-adventure extravaganza that is From Parts Unknown. (Fangoria)

We’ve also got a combat demo from an new zombie MMO in development called Project Zomboid. (Destructoid)

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

Two Miami locals are bringing some great home made zombie video goodness to the web with the Zombiecast. (Miami New Times)

Even more details have been released for the upcoming game Dead Island. I hope it’s good, because right now it looks like a mash up of every zombie game ever made. (Game Rant)

They’re re-making the spectacularly crappy Plan 9 from Outer Space and if you live in Virginia they’re casting zombie extras. (On Location Vacations)

WiiWare is releasing what I can only guess is a zombie game based around the Playstation 2 Grand Theft Auto driving engine. It looks pretty terrible, but if you want to check it out for yourself it’s called Zombii Attack. (Dread Central)

Now for a REAL video game, check out the details for the upcoming Resident Evil: Raccoon City due out this Winter. It’s a third person shooter wherein you get to play an Umbrella security guard watching the events from Resident Evil 2 (the best in the series) unfold right before your eyes. (Kotaku)

We found an awesome interview with Melissa McBride, who played the wife beaten, husband decapitating Carol on The Walking Dead. (Dread Central)

After the break we’ve got the latest TV spots for Dylan Dog: Dead of Night. It looks like it’s going to be a nice blend of action and camp, which is the perfect format for Brandon Routh.

Also, Jon Dixon sent us the latest episode from his zombie webseries …And Then Everything Changed. Check it out after the break and be sure to check out his site for the previous episodes.

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

Outbreak! Zombies is a cool little game on the Droid marketplace which uses your geographical location to help you fight off the zombie horde. (Droid Gamers)

Steven Schlozman, author of The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks From the Apocalypse, talks about why we love zombie culture in a piece tailor made to finally explain things to your Grandmother. (USA Today)

We’ve got a few new screen shots from the upcoming movie, I mean video game, Dead Island. (Dread Central)

After the break, check out the trailer for Amazing Zombie Defense, a tower defense type game wherein you fight wave after wave of the undead. It’s available for $2.99 for the PC. (Buy Zombie)

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

There’s been a tiny bit of new information released about the upcoming game Dead Island. The biggest piece of that news is that the family from the trailer will be in the game. (spong)

Either this is the same movie we reported about yesterday or a different movie is filming in Connecticut, but either way they’re going to be casting zombie extras. (Norwich Bulletin)

As if Stephen King writing an episode of The Walking Dead isn’t awesome enough, if the deal goes through he’ll be co-writing it with his equally talented son Joe Hill. (Dread Central)

A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

AMC asked the cast of The Walking Dead about zombie apocalypse preparedness and their answers did not disappoint. (AMC)

Robert Kirkman goes into great length in this interview about zombies, upcoming comic projects, and not realizing just how cool he really is. (Publishers Weekly)

Remains, a zombie movie based on the graphic novel by Steve Niles, is shooting in June in Mystic, Connecticut for the Chiller network. (The Day Connecticut)

Undead Labs gave an awesome rundown of their upcoming zombie MMO on the Xbox Live Arcade platform, complete with some concept art and screen shots. (Dread Central)

A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

World War Z, the film based on the amazing book, is in trouble. Apparently even after agreeing to a PG-13 rating (ugh) Paramount still wants co-financiers to help with the 125 million dollar price tag. (io9)

Thanks to twitter, Sienna Guillory, the actress that played Jill Valentine in previous installments, has leaked some info as to the upcoming Resident Evil sequel. (Bloody Disgusting)

Apparently a zombie hanging from a tree is too much for the ESRB because the Dead Island logo has officially been censored in the US. (Kotaku)

Just a quick note that SyFy (I still hate that name) is planning to launch their made for TV epic Zombie Apocalypse in October, probably to hone in on The Walking Dead ratings. (TV Guide)

If you live in Pittsburgh and you need to know how to defend yourself from the zombie horde then good news! There’s a class that teaches just that. (Dormont Brookline Patch)

Wild Wolf publishing dropped us a line to let us know that Rise and Walk, a novel about a zombie outbreak during a paintball scenario match, just acquired European distribution and will ship in April online and in bookstores.

After the break, check out the trailer for Rising Up, a mockumentary about the zombie rights movement that’s been going strong since the ’60s. (Buy Zombie)

Also after the break we’ve got the trailer for Wake Wood, which looks like Pet Cemetary 2: Electric Boogaloo, but it’s got zombies, so we’re going to let you know about it.

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

Let’s start off the new week with a couple of The Walking Dead updates.

• Frank Darabont gave some great quotes regarding The Walking Dead season two and promised that it would contain more gore this time around. (Entertainment Weekly)
• Horror legend Stephen King is rumored to be penning an episode of the show for season two. (Cinema Spy)

If you live in or near the Des Moines area, then you will have to check out the new zombie themed burger and milkshake restaurant opening soon and let us know if the burgers are served “rare”. (Des Moines Register)

After the break, check out the trailer for Helldriver, an incredibly over the top, gore filled zombie apocalypse movie experience from the twisted Japanese mind that brought us Tokyo Gore Police. (Dread Central)

Stuart Conover, the man behind the website Buy Zombie, is trying to win a dream wedding contest so that he can have a zombie attack during his special day. Head over to his site to help him win by voting for him.

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

Hackers are secretly trying to warn us of the upcoming zombie apocalypse in Boulder, CO. (The Denver Channel)

Check out this picture of some early makeup tests for the upcoming REC: Genesis. (Dread Central)

Because I always like to give you something fun on Fridays, check out this supposedly banned advertisement for the University of Lincoln that shows just how prepared the students are for a zombie outbreak. You can find it after the break.

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A daily roundup of all the undead news that shambles into view… News post by Johnathon Brock and Cory Casciato. Got news tips? E-mail them to cory.casciato[AT]gmail.com. Bookmark the home page or add the RSS feed to your reader for your daily dose of walking dead.

Former Rue Morgue editor Jovanka Vuckovic sat down for an interview about her latest book Zombies! An Illustrated History of the Undead. (Dread Central)

A nice collection of screen shots from the upcoming zombie game Dead Island were just released today. (joystiq)

There’s even more directors now in consideration for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I’m sure we’ll be reporting how they have all left the project sometime later next week. (Dread Central)

After the break, check out the trailer for Nerd of the Living Dead, which seems to be a black and white flick set in the 50′s about a vegan zombie. (Buy Zombie)

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