We weren’t fans of ‘Zombieland’ here at the ZRC for fairly obvious reasons: it was (and is) a crass, violent, defamatory exercise in the on-screen abuse of Zombie stereotypes for profit.

Still, given the (unfortunately) immense level of popularity it achieved, we had also resigned ourselves to sitting through another one. Apparently, that’s not happening, at least for a good long while:

Zombieland fans have been eagerly anticipating a sequel to the film practically since it was released and while there has been a lot of talk about the project, there has been no real movement on it. The four lead actors, as well as the director are all signed on for a sequel but the film’s writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, have yet to begin work on the script. Many thought that Zombieland 2 would be Fleisher’s next film after completing 30 Minutes, but with much of his original cast tied up on other projects, the director has instead opted to helm Gangster Squad with Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine), Sean Penn (Milk), and Josh Brolin (Jonah Hex) next.

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“With Zombieland 2 it seems like as much as everyone would like to see that happen, it’s not happening anytime soon,” answered Fleisher. “At least not for me because I’m spoken for, for at least the next year. And I know Emma has Spider-Man commitments and whatnot so I think we all want to (do it) in theory but as each day passes it seems less and less possible.” I followed up by asking him if the delay also had to do with the script not being completed yet. “I think if we had a script that we all loved and we were ready to go make it, it would have been made,” Fleisher explained.

A script was the big holdup? Seriously? The entire point of Zombieland, so far as I could tell, was that it married Zombie movie cliches to star power and a geeky comedic approach. Sort of ‘Shaun of the Dead’ meets ‘Scott Pilgrim’. I think the ‘Zombieland’ fans would be satisfied with anything so long as it involved gratuitous violence, geek humor and slow motion, I mean, it got them through the first one, right?

If all else fails they could have just set it in a mall. ‘Dead Rising’ officially established that George Romero doesn’t own ‘Zombies in a Mall’, for better or worse.

Ah well. Sorry, ‘Zombieland’ fans. (not really)

This gives me more time to devote to.. ugh… ‘World War Z’

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