The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse

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It seems Hollywood big-name director Barry Levinson is working on a “zombie eco-thriller” called The Bay about a massive viral outbreak engulfing the East Coast that will be depicted as if from video from camera phones, security footage, etc. Uh, you mean like Diary of the Dead meets Cloverfield? (Quiet Earth)

Author of the zombie apocalypse novel Feed Mira Grant explains why zombies are the Unitarians of the monster world. (Borders Blog)

There’s a new viral video clip for Zombie Roadkill, FEARnet‘s upcoming series about a stretch of cursed highway that reanimates animals, one angry undead squirrel and the boy who has to save his friends from said squirrel. Check out the clip below. (Dread Central)

The new website for the short-story compilation The Living Dead 2 has launched with eight free short stories. (Buy Zombie)

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The mainstream media gets all rhapsodic over the possibility that AMC’s TV adaptation of The Walking Dead will return the zombie genre to its deep, meaningful roots. (The Atlantic)

If you’re already caught up to the current issue of The Walking Dead comic, this spoiler-filled annotated Google map of the major events of the story will help jog your memory of your favorite and most heart-breaking moments. (Thanks to Andre Hernandez for the tip!)

FEMA is ready for the zombie apocalypse, as a recent photo taken in FEMA administrator Craig Fugate’s office revealed a copy of Max Brooks Zombie Survival Guide. I’m sleeping better at nights now that I’ve seen this. (Techyum)

Come October, Vintage Books will publish Warm Bodies, a zombie romance novel from Isaac Marion. It’s about a zombie and a human in love, it’s described as a modern twist on Romeo and Juliet and it has received positive comments from a diverse cast of people including Twilight author Stephanie Meyer and Shaun of the Dead star Simon Pegg.

If you prefer more traditional zombie fare for reading, N.J. Hallard’s Breaking News: An Autozombiography is a first-person account of surviving the first year of the zombie apocalypse. It’s available now.

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The third Resident Evil: Afterlife clip, Alice lands a plane, the hard way. See it embedded below. (28 Days Later Analysis)

The fourth Resident Evil: Afterlife clip shows a thing with a big ax chasing Ali Larter (aka Claire Redfield) to some quasi-heavy metal music. Naturally, you can also find it below. (Bloody Disgusting)

The previously untitled Double Bear-produced zombie survival RPG has a name: Dead State and you can read a lot about what’s in store. It sounds awesome. (Rock, Paper, Shotgun)

Some new, ludicrous details have come to light about what you can create to kill zombies in Dead Rising 2. How about a lightsaber? This game will either be ridiculously awesome, or just plain ridiculous. (Ars Technica)

If you want to watch your new Survival of the Dead Blu-ray with some commentary by George A. R0mero and Dread Central‘s Uncle Creepy (aka Steve Barton), you can! As long as you have your Blu-ray player hooked up to the interwebz for BD Live action. (Dread Central)

The city of Minneapolis will pay $165,000 to a bunch of street protesters they arrested for dressing as zombies and playing music too loud. WTF? (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune)

French people, be excited! Both upcoming REC films have been picked up for French distribution on DVD and in theaters. Hopefully the US will follow suit soon. (Bloody Disgusting)

Between October 7 and October 30, Chicago zombie theater patrons will be treated to Musical of the Living Dead, a musical zom-com about ten very different people trapped in a farmhouse during the zombie apocalypse. (BroadwayWorld.com)

Get a little look behind the scenes at the man who created the stage show How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse. (The Visitor)

In September 2010, Armando Rosamilia’s “extreme zombie novella” Highway to Hell will be available in ebook from from Rymfire Ebooks. It promises “extreme violence, extreme sexual situations, extreme zombies.” Sounds extreme.

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Some long-overdue news about the next Left 4 Dead/Left 4 Dead 2 expansion “The Sacrifice.” It works with both games, it tells the story of  the previous expansion, “The Passing,” from the original characters perspective and you get to decide which of the original cast doesn’t make it this time. (Kotaku)

George Romero talks about his possible next two “Dead” films and says nothing at all he hasn’t said before. Also, Survival of the Dead hits DVD/Blu-ray this week, along with a bunch of other crappy zombie movies. (Bloody Disgusting)

The Ford Brothers zombies-in-Africa film The Dead is getting its world premiere August 30 in London at Film4 Frightfest. It comes to the US September 24 for Austin’s Fantastic fest. (Bloody Disgusting)

The awesome REC 2 gets a cool viral ad campaign for the UK DVD release. See it embedded below. (Bloody Disgusting)

The charming Plants vs. Zombies is coming to the Nintendo DS in January 2011. (Destructoid)

Have a chat with The Goon graphic novel creator Eric Powell about the upcoming animated feature. (Ain’t It Cool News)

US soldiers in Afghanistan are super, super into zombies apparently. Hello, troops abroad! Come home safe, and not all zombified, okay? (CBS News – World Watch)

A guy comes back from war … different. Like, zombie different, in Sella Turcica, a new film from Toetag, Inc. Trailer embedded below. (FEARnet)

Crazed, speedy zombies, a military that wants to weaponize them and a woman who must fight her own guilt in order to save a little girl and end the whole mess all feature in Hinnon Valley, a new, low-budget  zombie movie coming from filmmaker Rick Greenwood. (Dread Central)

If you like your zombie movies goofy, campy and full of cheesy CGI, then Ninjas vs. Zombies, coming to DVD August 24 (tomorrow!), should be quite a treat for you. The trailer is embedded below. (FEARnet)

American Indians, a possibly alien zombie virus and a decent title are some of the attractions of The Dead Can’t Dance, a  new, indie zombie film. Naturally, there’s a trailer below for you. (Buy Zombie)

The fun micro-budget zombie opus Zombie Apocalypse (read my Zombie Apocalypse review here) is getting a sequel called Zombie Apocalypse: Redemption. New story, new characters, same universe. They’re promising something like Mad Max, with zombies. There’s a teaser trailer embedded below. (Zombie Command)

The “undead Beatles” book Paul is Undead is getting a sequel, in which they come to America for a reunion tour. (Zombie Command)

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There’s a domestic trailer for the Dylan Dog movie Dead of Night. It looks like cheesy good times and you can see it embedded below. (Quiet Earth)

Telluride, Colorado is getting the Telluride Horror Show, a horror film festival, this October 15-17. At least two zombie films, the Mormon zombie vehicle The Book of Zombie and the zombie moonshine epic Broken Springs: Shine of the Undead Zombie Bastards. The official Telluride Horror Show website seems like a good place to watch for updates. (Fangoria)

Buy Zombie continues to turn up obscure zombie lit with their discovery of Punk Zombie, about a group of four punks with superpowers. And, apparently, zombies. (Buy Zombie)

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The Walking Dead (comic) artist Charlie Adlard talks about playing a zombie in the TV adaptation and more. (Bloody Disgusting)

Or you could check out the second piece of a two-part Walking Dead (TV) set visit and learn why it was shot in Atlanta, how bad the heat sucked, tips on “Easter eggs” for fans of the comic and lots more. (Dread Central)

There’s a short new Resident Evil: Afterlife trailer available, from someplace else (Italy? My language skills aren’t so hot). I can’t get the embed to work properly, so you’ll have to head to that link to see it. (Quiet Earth)

In part two of an interview with The Dead co-director Howard Ford, we learn about the trials of shooting in Africa (cannibals, animal sacrifice and malaria, oh my!), making films as a family affair and why he chose to use slow zombies, among many other topics. (Dread Central)

Catch the buzz on Bob Fingerman’s Pariah, a thinking man’s zombie novel” about an apartment building-cum-fortress in a zombie apocalypse. (Dread Central)

The Edmonton DEDfest will run zombie film goodness from August 19-21, including Re-Animator and REC 2. Edmonton … that’s in Ontario, Canada right? Zombie I know. Geography … not so much. Oh yeah, there’s also some non-zombie horror stuff, too. (Quiet Earth)

Enjoy an interview with the creators of the comedic zombie webseries I Am Not Infected. (Balise)

The author of the Southern Gothic zombie tale The Reapers are Angels writes about the rules he used to write his zombie novel. I wish I had time to read it… (We Book)

Get an early peek at the NSFW comic Ginger Stein: Rise of the Undead, a graphic novel tale of a necronomic plague that’s quickly bringing about the end of the world, and the one woman who might be able to stop it. (Dread Central)

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Grab a peek at some new Resident Evil: Afterlife posters! (Bloody Disgusting)

Fangoria‘s made a list of a bunch of new zombie books coming out — including a few that even regular readers of this site may not have heard about. (Fangoria)

A touch of info on Dr. Dale’s Zombie Dictionary, from the man behind How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse. (STV)

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There’s a preview of what looks to be a deep, four-part set report from The Walking Dead (TV)! Dive in and prepare for the emergence of the whole thing. (Bloody Disgusting)

And another set report from The Walking Dead (TV)! It’s funny when embargoes end and everyone rushes their similar coverage out on the same day… (Dread Central)

Also, there’s a great Walking Dead (TV) making-a-zombie video embedded below! (AMCTV)

If you’re really jonesing for a hit of Resident Evil: Afterlife news, there’s a tiny, ten-second clip on Umbrella main man/evil supervillain Albert Wesker you can watch. It’s kind of meh, though. (Bloody Disgusting)

The non-3D French zombie film The Horde gets a 3D poster. For Italy. Weird. (Dread Central)

Got a young adult in your life with a hankering for zombie reading? Maybe that’s you? Well, check out Vampires Drool, Zombies Rule a new YA novel you can download for free. Yes, free. (Buy Zombie)

There’s also a trailer for the Xbox Live Arcade version of Plants vs. Zombies embedded below. (Zombie Command)

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Sit down for an interview with Shawn Roberts aka Albert Wesker in Resident Evil: Afterlife. (Fangoria)

There’s a new, free Zombie Survival Guide app for iPhone OS to test if your friends are infected or not. (Fangoria)

While we’re on the topic, enjoy this extensive report from a Max Brooks (World War Z, Zombie Survival Guide) lecture at Missouri State University. (Knights End)

Get a look at where you’ll be killing zombies in Dead Rising 2 via this Fortune City Map. (Capcom Unity)

There’s a brief report and some awesome pics from Quarantine 2: Terminal. I don’t know, could be decent! (Fangoria)

Check out the embedded trailer (below) for Zombies R Friends, the world’s first “zombie puppet thriller.” You can visit the creator’s website for more info. (BuyZombie)

Does an interactive zombie film/pizza commercial called Deliver Me to Hell sound like fun? Try it out and let me know if it actually is — I’m too swamped to mess around with it at the moment. (28 Days Later Analysis)

Life, love and the zombie apocalypse are the topics of The Quirk and the Dead, a new zom-rom-com movie whose trailer you can see embedded below. (Buy Zombie)

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Apparently, Michael Jackson’s estate is forcing Pop Cap to remove the Michael Jackson zombie from Plants Vs. Zombies. Bullshit! (Horror Squad)

Zombie coverage is still shambling out of Comic Con. Here’s a report on the Max Brooks/Mira grant/et al-featuring “zombies in literature” Comic Con panel. (The 8th Circuit)

Have a chat with Walking Dead (TV) actress Emma Bell! (Comic Book Resources)

Does the Walking Dead (TV) trailer nod to Dead Rising‘s climax? Maybe! Also, this gives me an excuse to post the better version of bootleg Comic Con trailer — it’s embeded below for you! (Kotaku)

Speaking of which, how about a report on Dead Rising 2‘s Comic Con panel? (Fangoria)

It’s sort of a zombie movie, so this news sort of belongs here — rock legend Nick Cave is rewriting the script for The Crow remake. That’s kinda cool. (The Wire)

If you want a big-ass statue of Left 4 Dead‘s Tank, start saving your pennies. The damn thing will set you back around $250, most likely. (Kotaku)

Is Nathan Fillion going to appear in the Patrick Lussier-directed Condition Dead? Maybe! Would that make it a lot more appealing? Yes! (Moviehole)

A classic premise gets a fresh twist in the zombie apocalypse flick Dead Genesis, about a documentarian following a group of zombie hunters to make a propaganda film. There’s a teaser trailer embedded below — the makeup looks a little rough, but the idea holds promise and Dead Genesis is a great name. Here’s hoping it lives up to the promise of the title and premise! (28 Days Later Analysis)

The band the Devil Wears Prada has a zombie apocalypse EP coming out, complete with comic book! (FEARnet)

A man tries to protect his infant son in the upcoming short film The Day the World Went Away. (Dread Central)

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