Zombieland Sequel Being Considered
Not surprisingly, after the great opening weekend of the Woody Harrelson starring zom-com flick Zombieland, where the movie both conquered the number one spot at the box office and more than made back its budget ($25 million on a $23 million budget), a sequel is being considered. So says one of the films writers, Paul Wernick, who would love to return to the post-apocalyptic universe created within the film:
“We would love it, and everyone involved creatively wants to do another one. 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.’”
So if one of the writers is ready, presumably the rest of the team is too and even Harrelson is up for a sequel. I guess that puts the odds of one happening pretty high, especially if the movie continues to do well at the box office. However, if that isn’t the case and no movie comes, or for some other reason the studio doesn’t want to make a sequel, Wernick would also love to see the concept continued as a TV series, as the movie’s script was actually originally made as a spec TV pilot back in 2005. Seeing as I’m not American, I have yet to see the movie, so I can’t say if a sequel would be a good idea or not. What do you think, is Zombieland worthy of a sequel or spin-off in the same universe?
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Posted by Mike on October 8th, 2009Really enjoyed the film. A sequel by the same team could be intresting, but im not really sure where they could take it. Minus the fact we have no idea where they’re going next, the story wraps up pretty nicely at the Carnival.
Posted by Ben on October 9th, 2009Loved Zombieland, hope they make a sequel. The movie has to do a lot more than $25 million to break even. You have distribution and exhibitor splits first in line for the revenues generated. Rule of thumb is about 50% going these groups for any movie. Zombieland would need to be in the $46+ million neighborhood before it breaks even.
Posted by Bret on October 9th, 2009The best zombie movie by far! Zombieland similarly resembled the left 4 dead series where the zombies were not handicapped by speed making it way more realistic. Absolutely loved it and I can’t wait for a sequel! I’m waiting for news so that I can possibly go in for the sequel casting call as an extra.
Posted by Zack on November 12th, 2009Leave a Reply