Zombieland was a smash hit way back 2009 garnering both critical acclaim and box-office success. With this, you would assume a sequel was bound to happen within a few years but sadly, that has yet to come. It seems that things are about to change as its writers, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have revealed plans for the long-anticipated sequel.
Reese and Wernick have received praise for the Rated-R action scripts especially with the recent Deadpool and its sequel but the really gained attention with the modern zombie classic. The film starred Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin and contains some visceral action, great humour and off-the-wall gore that would satisfy any film-goer.
The film is about to reach its tenth anniversary next year and the writers spoke to Vulture, revealing:
“We’re going on the tenth anniversary of Zombieland. Zombieland came out October of 2009. We don’t know what you get someone for their tenth anniversary, but it may be a Zombieland 2. The hope is that we’re shooting that thing early 2019 for an October of ’19 release, with the original cast, by the way.”
Director Ruben Fleischer is also set to return bringing back the stylistic gore the film was known for. This is no doubt good news as it is hard to see a sequel without the original cast, all of them having reached Oscar status. However, the golden statue shouldn’t matter too much with this film as what really matters is fun! That’s what the original was about and here’s to Zombieland 2 capturing its predecessor’s essence.
Source: Vulture
