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.

Overkill Entertainment is planning the Ohio Zombie Apocalypse in which you will be able to participate in a staged zombie outbreak similar to the successful event held in Atlanta last year. No word on dates yet, but they’re currently accepting staff applications. (We Zombie)

Dan Drezner wrote a book called Theories of International Politics and Zombies based off of his foreign policy paper. If you’re a fan of politics it’s a really good read and makes some good points in the style of Colbert or Stewart. (Examiner)

Remember that nurse/gang leader from The Walking Dead who has done a LOT of television in his career? Well he talked about being on the show on a podcast recently. (Movie Viral)

Plants vs Zombies is officially coming out for the PS3 with a scheduled release of February 3. (Buy Zombie)

Just a reminder that Friday, February 4 is “tweet like a zombie day” in honor of the birthday of one mister George Romero. (FEARnet)

Zombie Day is about as low budget as you can get because it was made by middle school kids. It’s got two trailers and ninjas, though, so we’re gonna allow it and show you those trailers after the break. (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.

Check out the trailer after the break for Village of Nightmares, an upcoming zombie real-time strategy game. (Buy Zombie)

We’ve got a little more footage of the upcoming Cuban zombie comedy Juan of the Dead. (Bloody Disgusting)

Well, The Walking Dead may have lost at the Golden Globes, but at least Hunter Via picked up an ACE award for best editing on the pilot of the show. (Dread Central, AMC)

Actress Milla Jovovich recently spoke out about the hate mail she still receives from avid Resident Evil gamers over the choice to use a made up character in the film franchise. (Kotaku)

In one of the best pieces of viral marketing ever, check out yourmomhatesthis.com and see some behind the scenes footage from Your Mom Hates Dead Space 2 after the break. (Dread Central)

Here’s a nice write up of director Blair Murphy and his quest to make an awesome zombie film in Philadelphia. (The Tribune Democrat)

Speaking of directors, the Victoria Film Festival has lured both George A. Romero and Bruce McDonald, the director of Pontypool to the event. (Times Colonist)

While more 28 Days Later than Night of the Living Dead, Tooth and Nail is a good read, and author Craig Dilouie talks about it in this interview. (Zombiephiles)

Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA is kicking off the new year with it’s first book signing with Christian Seller’s and Gary Smart’s The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead. (Fangoria)

We got the message that Make Out With Violence hit Netflix on DVD today, and Instant Watch would be following soon, so make sure to add it to the queue.

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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.

The 17th Annual Victoria Film Festival is doing a salute to zombies. The festival will take place February 4 through 13 in Victoria, BC. (Times Colonist)

There’s a new trailer for Dead Space 2 (after the break) that explains “the story so far.” (Dread Central)

We’ve received an update on the indie film Collapse. They shared a nice trailer with us, so we’re sharing it with you. (Just follow the link to view the trailer)

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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.

As usual, there’s a plethora of Walking Dead news…

• The numbers are in and The Walking Dead grows more popular than ever! Last night’s episode reached 5.1 million homes, up from 4.7 last week, and almost beating the season premiere. (TV By The Numbers)
• Sarah Wayne Callies, who plays Rick’s wife Lori, talks about the show. (The Star)
• Callies also gives up a proper interview, along with a sneak peek at episode four after the break. (Dread Central)
• Creator Robert Kirkman (who wrote episode the upcoming forth episode) gives his thoughts on episode 3 as well. (Entertainment Weekly)

Danvers High School put on a theater performance of Night of the Living Dead this past weekend and director Kyla Fallon sat down for an interview regarding the play. (Wicked Local)

Fan made cut of the Romero original Night of the Living Dead, called Editing the Dead, is an interactive choose-your-own-adventure style YouTube game you can play after the break. (Moviefone)

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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.

It seems that the Monday posts will be pretty devoted to the weekend’s Walking Dead news, and this Monday is no exception.

• It’s official! The Walking Dead received a 13 episode season two order after reaching another 4.7 million homes last night. (Dread Central)
• We’ve got pics and video (after the break) from the upcoming episode 3, along with an awesome interview with Steven Yeun, who plays the charismatic Glenn on the show. (Dread Central)
• The Walking Dead cast discusses zombie survival strategy on the red carpet in this video. (Hit Fix)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies finally lands a director in School of Rock scribe Mike White. (FEARnet)

Zombie lore master George A. Romero gives an interview about continuity in his films and upcoming projects. (Dread Central)

Box office poison Megan Fox is considering a role in which she’d play a heartbroken zombie searching for her lover. I can’t say this enough people, AIM FOR THE HEAD! (Showbiz Spy)

Think you’ve got what it takes to survive? Test your zombie fighting know-how on your iPhone with The Zombie Survival Guide, available for $1.99 USD in the apple store. (prMac)

We’ve got the trailer for the western zombie greatness that is The Dead and the Damned. (28 Days Later Analysis)

The sequel to the British film The Zombie Diaries is casting in the UK. (EADT News 24)

If you live in Europe, have a Nintendo Wii, and love shooting zombies and classic fairy tales, then you can play Zombie Panic in Wonderland. Here’s hoping for a US port soon. (Dread Central)

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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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You going to Seattle’s ZomBCon, the all-zombie convention over Halloween weekend? Would you be more inclined to go if I told you George A. Romero is appearing Friday, October 29 at ZomBCon‘s red-carpet event? (Thanks to Will Thompson for the tip!)

A bioweapon attack makes the South go all zombieriffic in Project-X, a new indie film currently in post-production. Doesn’t sound too original, but the trailer looks decent. See that trailer embedded below, or visit the Project-X website . (Buy Zombie)

You like shooting at stuff? How about these zombie targets from Fork Targets? Yeah, that sounds like fun to me, too. (Buy Zombie)

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Frank Darabont talks Walking Dead (TV) and reveals his influences, a bit about how he’s shaping and altering the narrative and more. Also, word is Comic Con audience loved the Walking Dead trailer they saw. Lucky bastards. (HitFix)

There’s also a handful of minor Walking Dead (TV) casting announcements. (FEARnet)

And more Walking Dead (TV) news! Season two is a go (already!) with hopes of seeing George Romero (!!!) direct an episode, the composer is Bear McCreary (of Battlestar Galactica) and Walking Dead (comic) artist Charlie Adlard cameos as a zombie. Oh, and a detailed description of the trailer footage. (Dread Central)

And someone shot footage of the trailer, naturally. It’s the worst possible angle, you can barely see WTF is going on and it’s more annoying than awesome, but hey: it exists. At least until the powers-that-be pull it down. You can find it embedded below until then. (Zombie Command)

Also, if you enjoy pictures of people you can sort of recognize sitting behind a table, there are some Walking Dead (TV) cast and crew pictures from the Comic Con panel. (FEARnet)

Or, better yet, a couple of new Walking Dead (TV) production stills! (Dread Central)

And if you liked the Walking Dead poster I mentioned yesterday, here’s some info on how to buy it. (Buy Zombie)

There’s an odd new commercial for Dead Rising: Case Zero embedded below for you. No zombies … just Vegas. Like I said, odd. (Buy Zombie)

Captain Jack Sparrow announced at Comic Con that there are zombies in the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Cool. (Ain’t It Cool News)

San Diego, if you aren’t too busy with Comic Con events, tomorrow you can kill zombies in an interactive videogame art show called The San Diego Undead Show.

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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.

In a news item that should be titled “Return of the King,” George A. Romero answers ten questions from Time readers. No revelations here, but worth the five minutes it takes to read it. (Time)

This in-depth profile of Walking Dead creator/writer Robert Kirkman has a few good tidbits (and a few quasi spoilers for readers of the comic that aren’t caught up to the current issues). (USA Today)

If you’d like to catch REC 2 in a theater, this list of dates and locations where you can do that should help. (Fangoria)

Two images of Boris Kodjoe in Resident Evil: Afterlife, plus an interview with him about the film, are available. (Black Voices on Movies)

If you’re in New Orleans, consider taking in a performance of Zombie Town: A Documentary Play, a mockumentary play about a San Francisco theater troupe stuck in a small Texas town during a zombie apocalypse. It runs Thursdays through Saturdays, from July 1 to July 18. (BestofNewOrleans.com)