Welcome to our recap of stories relating to Zombies, Zombie Law, and other scary legalities. This recap’s stories include: new zombie movies: Zombieland 2 and Patient Zero; zombies & morality clauses; Zombie musical Anna; zombie science; and more.
These are some of the articles, reports, posts, etc. that caught our attention this month. We originally send them out through our twitter account @ZombieEsq, so follow us to get them as we find them. But many of them are such great resources we don’t want you to miss them, so we’ve decided to put them as a weekly recap. The links will take you to their original sources, whether Mashable, Lexology, and/or others. Enjoy and let us know some of the stories you’ve found interesting this week. Just share in the comments below. Have a great week!
- The zombie movie that started it all SCAD Cinema Circle celebrates 40th anniversary of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead connectsavannah.com
- [Fantasia Review] ‘The Night Eats the World’ is a Well-crafted Nightmare – Bloody Disgusting If you’re fatigued from an over-saturation of zombie movies, don’t lose faith just yet. Writer/director Dominique Rocher’s feature debut The Night Eats … bloody-disgusting.com
- Selena Gomez & Emma Stone Are Bringing Zombies Back Selena Gomez is in a new zombie movie, and Emma Stone is starring in a “Zombieland” sequel. Is the zombie movie making its big comeback? refinery29.com
- Matt Smith Is the Zombie Whisperer in Patient Zero Trailer’ Matt Smith stars as a researcher who can communicate with the infected in the trailer for the zombie action-thriller Patient Zero.’ cbr.com
- The hard science behind surviving a zombie attack As Xbox releases its survival game, State of Decay 2, the developers called on a University of Melbourne disaster expert to model a zombie outbreak … pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
- Zombies take over the State Capitol as ‘The Walking Dead’ shoots season 9 At the Georgia State Capitol, the end of a legislative session leaves things a bit dead but on Thursday they’re undead. wsbtv.com
- ‘Night Eats the World’ Review: Here’s the Most Innovative Zombie Movie Since ‘Shaun of the Dead’ —… The story of the zombie apocalypse may be nothing new, but this Tribeca premiere is the best of its kind since “Shaun of the Dead.” indiewire.com
- Tribeca Film Review: ‘Cargo’ A father tries to protect his infant daughter in a zombie-filled Australian Outback in Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke’s sturdy horror-drama. variety.com
- Film History: How Zombies Took Over The World Born, dead, buried and then back from the grave once more. whatculture.com
- Tribeca 2018: A Zombie and Her Friend Take a Lovely Walk in The Dark – Dread Central Tribeca 2018: A Zombie and Her Friend Take a Lovely Walk in The Dark dreadcentral.com
- WATCH: Martin Freeman’s Zombie Film ‘Cargo’ is Heading to Netflix | BBC America We just saw Martin Freeman reprise his role as Everett K. Ross in the blockbuster superhero film Black Panther, currently in theaters. Now we can… bbcamerica.com
- More ’The Cured’ Keeps The Zombie Film Genre Alive http://ow.ly/zrtg30j0mrk
- Netflix’s ‘Ravenous’ is this decade’s best zombie film The godfather of zombie cinema would be proud. newsweek.com
- Sculpture of ‘Zombie Boy’ Fleshes Out London’s Science Museum A giant sculpture of artist and model Rick Genest, who has covered himself in tattoos of the inside of his body, will debut in its new Medicine Galleries smithsonianmag.com
- Science Behind the Fiction: How could zombies actually rise up? It’s rare that a creator comes along and makes something so special, so influential, that it changes the landscape of popular culture forever. That’s precisely what happened in the autumn of 1968 syfy.com
- The Shape of Water’s Daniel Kraus is reanimating George Romero’s When George Romero died in the summer of 2017, he left behind a huge, ambitious, and incomplete novel that promised to take the zombie plague he first pioneered i… syfy.com
- A Zombie Destroys Two Brothers Forever in This Clip From The Cured In The Cured, humanity has solved the zombie apocalypse. It’s over. We won. There’s a cure and everything but, those who were once zombies ar… io9.gizmodo.com
- Disney Channel’s ‘Zombies’ arrives with hope that zombies and humans in high school can all get… Disney Channel does zombies in high school in a fun and family friend fashion. presstelegram.com
- iZombie Season 4 Trailer: Wait, Did We Just Learn Ravi’s Fate? ‘iZombie’ Season 4 trailer hints at whether Ravi is or is not a zombie. tvline.com
- Watch The Trailer For A Zombie Film Shot In Dublin The trailer for a zombie film set in Dublin has landed. The Cured stars Ellen Page and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and is set in the aftermath of a virus… 98fm.com
- Scottish zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse snapped up Hollywood giant Orion The horror film set in the festive season tells the story of schoolkids fighting off a zombie plague. dailyrecord.co.uk
- ‘The Walking Dead’ comic writer addresses the TV show’s major plot twist Hang in there, folks. mashable.com
- Gilbert & Sullivan get a Zombie twist at New Line Comic parody will return in the fall stltoday.com
- Is The ‘Day Of The Dead’ Remake An Allegory Of Rape Culture? In this remake of George Romero’s 1985 cult film, the monster is not just a zombie. He’s also a rapist. forbes.com
- Day of the Dead: Bloodline star Sophie Skelton on George Romero, Day of the Dead: Bloodline isn’t a sequel, or is it a remake. It is more of a “reimagining” of George Romero’s cult classic, Day of the Dead. Much like the original, Bloodline focuses on a world syfy.com
- ‘The Walking Dead’: Everyone’s Favorite Zombie Apocalypse Beware, the article contains spoilers! Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) woke up from a coma, alone and afraid, only to realize he was in the middle of a zombie apocal… arapahoenews.com
- “Zombie Boyfriend” by Case Jernigan Brooklyn-based artist Case Jernigan pays tribute to some of his favourite pop culture influences with this fun zombie short. Love his hand-crafted style. All artwork,… tv.booooooom.com
- ‘iZombie’ Season 4 Spoilers: Liv Gets New Ally in Zombie Melee Liv Moore (Rose McIver) and her friends will need all the help they can get to handle the zombie outbreak in the upcoming season of “iZombie.” christianpost.com
- Zombie apocalypse! TV’s 6 most successful shows about the undead It’s not exactly original to argue that there are too many cop shows on TV. Too many legal dramas. Too many medical dramas. sltrib.com
- ‘The Walking Dead’ Premiere Had A Secret Cameo You Missed If that zombie looked familiar, it’s because she is. huffingtonpost.com
- Post-zombie movie ‘The Cured’ digests human psyche, politics This taut, suspenseful chiller has brains, much like a “Black Mirror” episode. cnet.com
- The 21 Best Zombie Movies of All Time The Collider staff breaks down the 21 best zombie movies of all time, from George Romero’s classics to the modern movie classics he inspired. collider.com
- ‘The Walking Dead’ captivates amid the disasters of real life Nov 1, 2010. I’m walking up Eighth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, on my way to the office. It’s a typically busy morning, and I’m passing through… dallasnews.com
- Ghosted slows down for some heartfelt zombie action It’s a rare case when a TV show “calming down” involves both a zombie-duct-tape car crash and a rabid teenager in a hot dog costume, but tonight’s episode of Ghost… avclub.com
- Anna and the Apocalypse is the High School Christmas Zombie Musical of Your Dreams Anna and the Apocalypse is a high school zombie musical set at Christmas. Which, obviously, sounds awesome. It sounds so awesome though, you’r… io9.gizmodo.com
- What caused The Walking Dead’s zombie outbreak? Here are the five best theories. digitalspy.com
- Here’s How To Deal With A Tricky Roommate Situation During The Zombie Apocalypse Difficult roommate conversations? They suck. Zombie apocalypses? They also suck. Unfortunately, just because one is happening doesn’t mean you can put… bustle.com
- ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ recap: Zombie fights and frictions reflect the real world Civil society is hanging by a thread in zombie spin-off drama marketwatch.com
- 6 Ways the iPhone X Will Improve The Zombie Apocalypse http://ow.ly/gWGx30fcvnd
- TIFF Review: ‘Les Affamés’ Bites Comfortably Into Zombie Clichés The zombie film will never die, and as long as it’s popular, people from all over the world will take a stab at cashing in on the success of shows like The Walking D… thefilmstage.com
- Five Zombies Scarier Than The Walking Dead’s While The Walking Dead has put zombies in the mainstream spotlight for the past seven years, the […] comicbook.com
- Eating Brains and Breaking Hearts: Zombie Morality in Comics – ComicsVerse http://ow.ly/CZ3H30evuF4
- Zombie Couple Go On the Run in ‘Eat, Brains, Love’ – Bloody Disgusting Gunpowder & Sky, who acquired the excellent slasher Tragedy Girls, along with DIGA Studios and Full Fathom Five announced today that Rodman Flender has bloody-disgusting.com
- Zombie studies: The scientists taking the living dead seriously The Zombie Research Society is using one of our most popular myths to explore the real world. newstatesman.com
- The Death and Life of Schneider Wrack Is a Brainy Zombie Romp I don’t often have this sensation while reading, but while I read Nate Crowley’s The Death and Life of Schneider Wrack, my mind kept dredging up images of one person in particular. She and I share a… barnesandnoble.com
- 8 Outrageous Zombie Films You Might Have Missed The horror community lost an icon this week. George A. Romero, best known for his groundbreaking 1968 zombie film Night of the Living Dead, was a profound i… flavorwire.com
- George Romero’s Influence on Zombie Movies and Culture The Night of the Living Dead, and its sequels, helped to create a subgenre of horror films focused on zombies and the living dead. aarp.org
- How George Romero Americanized the zombie Romero took the fear of the loss of humanity and placed it at the heart of the American story. latimes.com
- It Stains the Sands Red: Exclusive clip from zombie film http://ow.ly/U2Ey30dQdLl
- Watch: iZombie cast talks zombie cops and other changes in Season 4 Season 3 of iZombie ended with a city-wide zombie apocalypse in Seattle, and it’s safe to say that things are never going to be the same. SYFY WIRE caught up to the cast of the hit CW show at San… syfy.com
- ‘Walking Dead’ Season 8 Trailer Unspooled at Comic-Con After Tribute to Late Stuntman The zombie drama offers a first look at the All Out War coming between Rick and Negan. hollywoodreporter.com
- Our Zombies, Ourselves: An Undead Reading List The zombie movie is more than an easy scare. It’s also become an essential lens through which we can view society. longreads.com
- The Evolution Of The Zombie The wonderful George A. Romero is no longer with us, but his creation lives on. forbes.com
- George Romero, godfather of gore, brought zombie cinema to life “Night of the Living Dead” director George Romero leaves behind a legacy that goes beyond the zombie fad latimes.com
- George Romero’s Zombie Apocalypse – The New York Times http://ow.ly/gkEF30dIokr
- Zombie RiZing: A Zombie Book Series for Kids – GeekMom EG Mum found a new series of books: Zombie RiZing. The perfect zombie apocalypse for the 9 to 12-year-old readers looking for fresh meat… we mean, books geekmom.com
- Epic’s zombie survival game Fortnite has a cinematic launch trailer – VideoGamer.com Burger this. videogamer.com
- A look at pop culture’s long history of zombie obsession To some, they’re the evil within us — what mankind has become. To others, they’re the fulfillment of the Scriptures, the Rapture.Some call them the … theintell.com
- 72 Hours: Are you prepared for the zombie apocalypse? 72 Hours is a tense, harrowing account of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. A raw look at survival as told through the eyes of a young w… 1428elm.com
- This zombie survival camp will help you win apocalypse Spend a day at Zombie Survival Camp, which features martial arts, firearms, personal training and mechanics. usatoday.com