Just what the world needs, right? Another bit of historical fiction infused with Zombies?

Well, maybe:

Ater being announced last year, Los Angeles-based entertainment venture Sham Productions has acquired the film rights to author Alan Goldsher’s acclaimed Beatles/zombie remix novel, Paul Is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion. Sham President Barry M. Greenberg will produce Goldsher’s screen adaptation, with Goldsher attached as co-producer.

Published to rave reviews in June of 2010 by Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster, “Paul Is Undead” follows “the story of the zombified Fab Four, from their early days shuffling through the foul sewers of Liverpool, to the infamous Shea Stadium riot that almost destroyed New York, to the breakup that turned Abbey Road Studios into rubble.”

I’m actually curious how they manage to portray a wildly popular Zombie band that still seems to follow the usual hateful stereotypes about the Undead, so I might pick up the book on this one. I’m not a huge Beatles fan but the Art Director could fill in the gaps for me, or heck, maybe she could handle the review herself.

From Amazon it sounds like the book unfortunately indulges in an awful lot of Anti-Zombie stereotypes, but certainly not all of them:

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT’S TIME TO REALLY MEET THE BEATLES.

For John Lennon, a young, idealistic zombie guitarist with dreams of global domination, Liverpool seems the ideal place to form a band that could take over the world. In an inspired act, Lennon kills and reanimates local rocker Paul McCartney, kicking off an unstoppable partnership. With the addition of newly zombified guitarist George Harrison and drummer/Seventh Level Ninja Lord Ringo Starr, the Beatles soon cut a swath of bloody good music and bloody violent mayhem across Europe, America, and the entire planet.

In this searing oral history, discover how the Fab Four climbed to the Toppermost of the Poppermost while stealing the hearts, ears, and brains of smitten teenage girls. Learn the tale behind a spiritual journey that resulted in the dismemberment of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Marvel at the seemingly indestructible quartet’s survival of a fierce attack by Eighth Level Ninja Lord Yoko Ono. And find out how the boys escaped eternal death at the hands of England’s greatest zombie hunter, Mick Jagger.

Through all this, one mystery remains: Can the Beatles sublimate their hunger for gray matter, remain on top of the charts, and stay together for all eternity? After all, three of the Fab Four are zombies, and zombies live forever. . . .

Again with the unfortunate brain-eating trope, but on the other hand, they’re also fantastically talented Undead musicians. Intriguing.

Clearly the jury will have to stay out on this one until the ZRC can do a complete review.

Tags: Books, Movies

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