Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly to Star in Zombie Film Life After Beth
Parks and Recreation‘s Aubrey Plaza and John C. Reilly are set to star together in a new zombie film called Life After Beth, written by Plaza’s boyfriend Jeff Baena (co-writer, I Heart Huckabees). Not much is known yet about the film, but in an interview with the Guardian, Plaza calls it a “really fucked up movie.” Production is expected to begin in the spring when the actress is on hiatus from her NBC comedy series. Parks and Recreation returns Jan. 17 at 8:30 p.m. on NBC. Reilly’s Wreck-It Ralph is currently in theaters.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJoss Whedon Endorses Mitt Romney as Bringer of Zombie Apocalypse
This November there is really only one issue that you need to think about when heading into the voting booth: the zombie apocalypse. Now, it’s easy to get confused and think that the real issues are the economy, war or equal rights, but to ensure that the public is aware about the real issue at hand, Joss Whedon has made a special endorsement video educating the public on this truly important issue.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day13 Brains I’d Like To Eat
This year, my appetite troubles me for something more than the usual night-crawling college student or hapless overweight security guard. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayZombie by J.R. Angelella
Zombies are nowadays such a common trope in pop culture it’s hard to remember why they ever frightened us in the first place. What’s to fear from fodder we kill in videogames, or from heavies in badly written serialized novels devoured by American teens? We have somehow become culturally desensitized to what the living dead represent for us—the terror of human embodiment. Zombies appear, physically at least, human. They possess all of our attributes, but they are stripped of reason and emotion, and that is precisely what’s most horrifying about them … or what was terrifying, before overexposure made us... read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsWatch 20 Minutes of Gameplay From Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 6 has been described as a franchise game-changer with Capcom’s press release stating that the title is “a giant stride forward in the evolution of the series.” One huge difference is the game’s supposed length, which Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, who’s a producer for the series, says is supposed to be 70-80 percent longer than its predecessor, Resident Evil 5.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsWatch a Trailer for Ubisoft's ZombiU
For a time when creative directors were faced with the challenge to develop a bloodthirsty plot for mature gamers, zombies were a go-to storyline. The overused genre does have a few success stories — Left 4 Dead, Dead Island and Resident Evil 4 — But much like the vampire, the motif has worn thin.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsThe End is Nigh: Kansas Apocalypse-Proof Condos Sell Out
If pop culture and apocalyptic fiction has told us anything, it’s that the world won’t end in a whimper, but instead in a teeth-nashing, brain-eating nightmare. Luckily Larry Hall, a condo developer out of Denver is prepared. Below a field in Concordia, Kan., Hall has retrofitted a Cold War-era missile silo into a post-apocalypse safe house.... read more
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