The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse

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In “worst idea ever” news, some genius has decided to colorize and 3Dify the original Night of the Living Dead. You can see the horrible colorized (but non-3D) results in a godawful trailer embedded after the break. (Dread Central)

The good people of Buy Zombie take a good look at the evolution of zombies in George Romero’s Dead movies.

If you need to get the zombie apocalypse in glassware form, rejoice, because just that thing is coming in January. If I’m lucky, I’ll be drinking beer out of a zombie glass to celebrate my birthday next year! (Badger Sandwich)

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It’s official: Zombieland will get a sequel and it will be in 3D. Director Ruben Fleischer is signed on to return, the writing team behind the original (Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick) is already at work and talks are in progress for stars Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg to return. (Variety)

The voice cast for the upcoming animated prequel Night of the Living Dead: Origins is coming together. The latest report on the matter names six actors –  Jesse Corti, Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Joe Pilato, Alona Tal and Cornell Womack — but not the previously mentioned Mos Def. Hopefully that’s just an oversight. (The Hollywood Reporter)

The Onion News Network reported on the GOP’s latest effort to find a new face — Zombie Reagan. (Note: If you are unfamiliar with The Onion, it is satire.) The video is embedded for you after the break. (The Onion)

There’s not a ton of new info in it, but if you’re breathlessly following every development in the upcoming Undead Labs MMOZ game, here’s another generality filled interview with lead Jeff Strain. (The Feed)

If you’ve been following the community-developed game The Zombie Game Experiment, then you’ll be glad to hear AI middleware developers Xaitment have donated their AI tools. (Zombie Command)

If you’ve always wanted a cutesy, 6″ tall zombie figurine/toy and have $40 to spend, your day has finally come. Pocket Zombies are here. (Dread Central)

If you love comics, pro wrestling and zombies, man are you going to love this. (Zombie Command)

The apocalypse-loving folk of Quiet Earth are digging the short film Plague and have made it available to watch online. You can watch it after the break here, where I have embedded it, if you hate clicking on other sites. (Quiet Earth)

Did you love REC? Do you get excited by news about movie posters and debunked rumors? Then these Italian REC 2 one-sheets and info about the now-debunked REC 3 website should thrill you to no end. (Dread Central)

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Stephen King has completed a script for a television adaptation of his techno-zombie book Cell. (Dread Central)

Read about one obsessive fan’s trials and tribulations in trying to get the crappy, ’80s, direct-to-video movie The Video Dead a proper DVD release. (Dread Central)

Tonight through November 15, Night of the Living Dead: ReAnimated is showing on Facebook.

One of the crew at Destructoid explains why he’ll be playing as Ellis, the redneck dude, in Left 4 Dead 2. (Destructoid)

My reading list just got a lot fuller with this list of new zombie books coming out. (Fangoria)

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As part of the Facebook Comic Con, an online comic convention, you’ll be able to watch Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated online from November 12-15.

Need to catch up on your collection of Robert Kirkman’s brilliant Walking Dead series? This two-for-one deal should help — hurry, it ends October 31. (Horror Squad)

Relive the October 11 Monroeville Mall — aka the infamous mall from the original Dawn of the Dead — zombie crawl with this story from the local paper. (Indiana Gazette)

Learn about the history and future of Phantasm (yes, it is a zombie movie) in this Q&A with Director Don Coscarelli an stars Angus Scrimm and Reggie Bannister. (LA Times)

Cap off last week’s coverage of The Zombie Game Experiment with an interview with Hive Media CEO Will Weaver. (Zombie Command)

Someone has put together an informative guide on how Twitter can save your life in the coming zombie apocalypse. (Mozealous)

Among this week’s DVD releases is Last of the Living, a zombie comedy about a couple of slacker survivors and a hot girl who may hold the cure for the zombie plague. (Fangoria)

So, there’s a real Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, and there’s a not-real one in Left 4 Dead‘s “No Mercy” campaign. Some funny guys have been reviewing the not-real hospital on the real one’s Citysearch site. Hilarious. (Kotaku)

A few details on a Canadian zombie walk and Mez-Itz zombie toy discount. (Fangoria)

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Australians, fret not! Valve is still trying to get the “full” version of Left 4 Dead 2 classified via an appeal, but if that fails, they have an edited version ready to go. (Kotaku)

In this interview with Night of the Living Dead: Origins director Zeb de Soto you will learn about casting, his conception for the film, the technology he’s bringing to bear and how 3D will play a part. (Bloody Disgusting)

Residents of Ramsey, New Jersey can enjoy a free screening of Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated this Saturday, October 10. (Fangoria)

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There’s a spoiler-laden interview with REC/REC 2 co-creators Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza at Bloody Disgusting. The spoilers are well-labeled, so you can read the non-spoiler bits safely. They also have an awesomely gory new still image. (Bloody Disgusting)

Get on the red carpet for Zombieland. (Fangoria)

Some intriguing news from George Romero — if Survival of the Dead does well, he’d like to do at least two more Dead stories based on characters first introduced in Diary — and introduce some “new rules” to his mythos. (Dread Central)

Have a look at the first test image for Night of the Living Dead: Origins, the forthcoming NotLD 3D CGI prequel. I did — it looks okay. (Dread Central)

Award-winning zombie short Dead Exit is coming to DVD. You can read more about it here. (Fangoria)

Sherlock Homes faces the zombie menace in Victorian Undead, hitting comics stores November 18. (io9)

Pittsburgh’s plans for World Zombie Day (October 11) – another world-record attempting zombie walk, zombie ball, zombie mall crawl in original Dawn of the Dead mall. Sounds fun to me. (Horror-Movies.ca)

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Enjoy a new batch of REC 2 stills from the Toronto International Film Festival. (Bloody Disgusting)

There’s a free, audio-only version of Pontypool available from the BBC. I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet, but this could be very cool… (Horror Squad)

Illustrated guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse? There’s an app for that. (Zombie Command)

Peek into the guts of the OZ classic Night of the Living Dead with Autopsy of the Dead, a new, direct-to-DVD doc with some of the makers (but not Papa George, apparently…). Trailer embedded after the break. (Zombie Command)

Hey, what’s that new tab up at the top of the site? Oh, it’s the newly added FAQ page!

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A guy asked I Sell the Dead writer/director Glenn McQuaid a bunch of silly questions. Get the answers here. (Fangoria)

With a decent premise — zombies in high school — and a good looking trailer, School of the Dead is intriguing. Plus, it was made by 8th graders. Read about it here, check the trailer after the break. (MovieMaker)

I can’t say this sounds appealing to me, but Night of the Living Dead has been colorized and converted to 3D and you can catch the premiere in LA on October 3. (Zombie Command)

The action-comedy Zombieland is getting its release date bumped up a week to October 2. (Bloody Disgusting)

Fred Dekker promises to push hard for a sequel to Night of the Creeps if the DVD sells well, so buy a couple of copies. (Dread Central)

Speaking of which, here’s the details on that Night of the Creeps DVD/Blu-ray release, including a glimpse at the cover art. (DVD Active)

Win a framed Stag Night of the Dead poster in Zombie Command‘s competition. (Zombie Command)

If you are in Greece, you can go see To Kako (aka Evil in the Time of Heroes), sequel to Greek zombie romp Evil, on October 1. The rest of us will have to wait. (Dread Central)

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Well, my prayers have finally been answered. A company called DoubleBear Productions is working on a turn-based, single-player computer zombie apocalypse RPG focused on survival and interactions between the survivors. As one of the designers puts it, “Unlike other games that are just about blasting zombies, the difficulties in this game stem from dealing with the other personalities in the group, the threats from outside the group, and the dangers of daily existence in the absence of law and the presence of desperate humans and persistent undead. It’s more about the humans than the zombies.” Oh.Hell.Yes. (The Escapist)

Speaking of prayers? The excellent Walking Dead comic series is in development as a TV series for AMC. If any series could make for compelling zombie TV, it’s this one — I couldn’t be more excited (Oh.Hell.Yes.Pt.2). Frank Darabont is set to write and diect, Gale Ann Hurd to produce (less exciting, but workable). (Variety)

In honor of I Sell the Dead hitting VOD today (check your local cable listings), how about a making-of video and statement from the director? It’s not embeddable, sorry. (Fangoria)

Spend $10 at ThinkGeek, get a free, ten-year anniversary zombie monkey shirt? Yes please! (Zombie Examiner)

Curious what’s going on with Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated, the collaborative animation/film project that reinvents George Romero’s OZ classic? Well, there’s a buttload of news — coloring contests, calls for comics, screening info, the works. (Dread Cental)

More zombie ants? Sure, you can never have enough. (Live Science)

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I’m back from vacation, refreshed and ready to get back to providing your daily zombie fixes of both of news and original content. If you’re visiting for the first time from the Onion AV Club, welcome. I hope you find all your zombie related needs fulfilled here. Drop me a line telling me what you’d like to see if you don’t. Now, on with a special highlights version of the news post, covering the time I was gone. We’ll be back with daily updates starting tomorrow, supposing my Internet gets fixed in time.

Zombies are hitting the boob tube, via the show Medium. The plan is to do a mashup that inserts lead Patricia Arquette’s character into George A. Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead. Nicely played, Medium producers. Now I have to watch at least one episode of your show. (The Live Feed)

Need another peek at REC 2? The third teaser trailer is embedded after the break and it looks … okay. The final trailer for I Sell the Dead (it’s coming August 7) looks charming and can also be found after the break. (Dread Central)

Just because Left 4 Dead 2 is on its way doesn’t mean that Left 4 Dead is, uh, dead. Nope, it has some sweet, new downloadable content called “Crash Course” coming in September. This new one, set between the “No Mercy” and “Death Toll” campaigns, is aimed primarily at Versus mode players, but has stuff for all. (Kotaku)

As a music writer (that’s my main gig, folks) who is zombie obsessed, I cannot help but be a little intrigued by Paul is Undead, a book that asks, “What if John Lennon had become a zombie before forming the Beatles.” What if, indeed. (io9)

Sit down for a lengthy chat with the stars and creative team of Zombieland. (MoviesOnline.ca)

If you wanted to read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies but thought, “Nah, too many words, not enough pictures,” your day has nearly arrived. The graphic novel version has been announced. (Publishers Weekly)

Well, that’s the big stuff from the last few days. See you all tomorrow with more news and content!

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