Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Zombieland 2? Maybe.

The rumors of a Zombieland sequel are already flowing. No surprise; the film didn’t cost much and has been a hit with critics and audiences. It’s one of the first features in a long time that really makes me want a sequel. I could easily spend a lot more time in that world with those characters. (Unbroken by the cameo; that scene was fun, sure, but really broke me out of the world that Ruben Fleischer had built so well.)

Evidently I’m not the only one ready for a sequel. Co-writer Paul Wernick told MTV last week, “Woody [Harrelson] came up to us after the final cut of the last scene and gave us a hug and said, ‘I’ve never wanted to do a sequel in the previous movies I’ve done until this one.’ ”

If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that Wernick and co-writer Rhett Reese (who are also writing Venom for Sony) originally developed Zombieland as a TV series, with the first 45 minutes of the film more or less counting as material for the pilot. That being the case, you know they’ve got ideas enough to push another film through development pretty fast. If the numbers are right and everyone remains as upbeat about the project as they are now, it could happen. Maybe even as that TV series originally envisioned.

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