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Zombieland
''Zombieland'' is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer in his directorial debut and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. It stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, and Bill Murray. In the film, four survivors of a zombie apocalypse, Tallahassee (Harrelson), Columbus (Eisenberg), Wichita (Stone), and Little Rock (Breslin) make their way on an extended cross-country road trip to find a sanctuary free from zombies. Development for ''Zombieland'' began in 2005, when Reese and Wernick originally wrote the film as a spec script for a television pilot. Fleischer helped develop the teleplay into a screenplay for a self-contained feature. Tony Gardner was hired as the film's special effects makeup designer, which primarily features physical prosthetics to create the look of the zombies. Principal photography for the film began in February 2009 and lasted until that March, with filming locations including Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Adam Eisenberg ( ; born October 5, 1983) is an American actor, filmmaker, and playwright. Recognized for playing smart but awkward characters in both comedies and dramas, his accolades include a British Academy Film Award and nominations for two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Eisenberg made his television debut with the short-lived comedy-drama series '' Get Real'' (1999–2000). Following his first leading role in the film '' Roger Dodger'' (2002), he starred in films such as '' The Squid and the Whale'' (2005), '' Adventureland'' (2009) and '' Zombieland'' (2009). He gained wider recognition for starring as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's film ''The Social Network'' (2010), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Eisenberg then starred in the Woody Allen films '' To Rome with Love'' (2012) and '' Café Society'' (2016), the heist films '' Now You See Me'' (2013) and its 2016 sequel, and independent dramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Stone
Emily Jean "Emma" Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2017, she was the world's highest-paid actress and named by ''Time'' magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Stone began acting as a child in a theater production of '' The Wind in the Willows'' in 2000. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles and made her television debut in '' In Search of the New Partridge Family'' (2004), a reality show that produced only an unsold pilot. After small television roles, she appeared in a series of well-received comedy films, such as '' Superbad'' (2007), '' Zombieland'' (2009), and '' Easy A'' (2010), which was Stone's first leading role. Following this breakthrough, she starred in the romantic comedy '' Crazy, Stupid, Love'' (2011) and the period drama '' The Help'' (2011), and gained wider recognition as Gwen Stacy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abigail Breslin
Abigail Breslin (born April 14, 1996) is an American actress. Following a string of film parts as a young child, she rose to prominence at age 10 after playing Olive Hoover in ''Little Miss Sunshine'' (2006), for which Breslin received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to establish herself as a mainstream actress with roles in films such as ''No Reservations (film), No Reservations'' (2007), ''Nim's Island (2008),'' ''Definitely, Maybe'' (2008), My Sister's Keeper (film), ''My Sister's Keeper'', ''Zombieland'' (both 2009), ''Rango (2011 film), Rango'' (2011), The Call (2013 film), ''The Call'', ''August: Osage County (film), August: Osage County'' (both 2013), ''Maggie (film), Maggie'' (2015), and ''Stillwater (film), Stillwater'' (2021). Breslin's other projects include the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox series ''Scream Queens (2015 TV series), Scream Queens'' (2015–2016), where she portrayed List of Scream Queens characters#Libby Putn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Fleischer
Ruben Samuel Fleischer (; born October 31, 1974) is an American film director, film producer, television producer, music video director, and commercial director. He is best known as the director of ''Zombieland'' (2009), his first feature film, and its sequel ''Zombieland: Double Tap'' (2019). He has also directed the films ''30 Minutes or Less'', ''Gangster Squad (film), Gangster Squad'', ''Uncharted (film), Uncharted'', and 2018's ''Venom (2018 film), Venom'' featuring the Marvel Comics character of the Venom (Marvel Comics character), same name. Prior to features, he directed television commercials for such brands as Cisco, Eurostar, ESPN, and Burger King, and music videos for artists such as M.I.A. (artist), M.I.A., Electric Six, DJ Format and Gold Chains. Early life Fleischer was born and raised in Washington, D.C, the son of Karen Lee (née Samuel) and David Elliot Fleischer, who is a physician at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and a professor of medicine. His brother, Lucas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhett Reese
Rhett Reese is an American screenwriter. His early credits included '' Clifford's Really Big Movie'' and ''Cruel Intentions 3''. He has collaborated with Paul Wernick, writing the films '' Zombieland'', '' G.I. Joe: Retaliation'', and ''Life'', as well as ''Deadpool'', ''Deadpool 2'' and ''Deadpool & Wolverine''. Together they also created the reality series ''The Joe Schmo Show''. Early life Reese grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and one of his high school friends was the brother of Paul Wernick. Years later, as a budding screenwriter, Reese met Wernick again as he worked as a television producer, and one of Wernick's jobs, '' Big Brother 2'', inspired both to do their own take on reality shows, ''The Joe Schmo Show''. Broadcast on Spike TV, the series drew the highest ratings for the channel. ''The Joe Schmo Show'' was also named on numerous Best Of lists, including ''Time'' magazine's "Top 10 TV Shows of 2003" and ''Entertainment Weeklys "50 Best TV Shows Ever on DVD." Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wernick
Paul Wernick is a Canadian screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing screenplays for the ''Zombieland'' films and the ''Deadpool'' films with his creative partner Rhett Reese. Career Wernick has produced several network reality shows, including CBS's '' Big Brother 2'' and ABC's '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!''. Wernick won three Emmy Awards for his work in news, which included producing stints at KVOA, KOLD, KTVK, KSL and KCAL. ''Big Brother 2'' inspired Wernick and Rhett Reese, a screenwriter friend of his brother back from Phoenix, Arizona, where both attended high school to create their own take on reality television, ''The Joe Schmo Show''. Broadcast on Spike TV, the series drew the highest ratings for the channel. ''The Joe Schmo Show'' was also named on numerous Best Of lists, including ''Time'' magazine's "Top 10 TV Shows of 2003" and ''Entertainment Weeklys "50 Best TV Shows Ever on DVD." In 2004, Reese and Wernick created and executive-pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Polone
Gavin Polone is an American film and television producer. He began producing films in the late 1990s and television in the 2000s. He has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards, of which six were for "Outstanding Comedy Series" for Larry David's ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''. His production company is Pariah. Background Polone graduated from University of California, Berkeley in three years. He earned a realtor's license and applied to work for the Central Intelligence Agency but was not accepted. In 1985, he began work as an assistant at International Creative Management. He eventually became a literary agent at ICM. In 1989, ICM suspected that Polone planned to defect and fired him, though Polone says ICM was wrong about its suspicions. He joined Bauer-Benedek Agency, and the agency eventually merged with Leading Artists Agency to form United Talent Agency. Polone eventually became a partner at UTA. He was disappointed in how the agency was run and threatened to leave. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Murray
William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Bill Murray, several accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. Murray was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2016. Murray became a national presence on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1977 to 1980, receiving a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. He established his stardom by acting in a string of successful comedy films, including ''Meatballs (film), Meatballs'' (1979), ''Caddyshack'' (1980), ''Stripes (film), Stripes'' (1981), ''Scrooged'' (1988), ''What About Bob?'' (1991), and ''Groundhog Day (film), Groundhog Day'' (1993). He also had supporting roles in ''Tootsie (film), Tootsie'' (1982), ''Little Shop of Hor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zombie Apocalypse
Zombie apocalypse is a subgenre of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction in which society collapses due to overwhelming swarms of zombies. Usually, only a few individuals or small bands of human survivors are left living. There are many different causes of a zombie apocalypse in fiction. In some versions, the reason the dead rise and attack humans is unknown; in others, a parasite or infection is the cause - framing the film like a plague. Some stories have every corpse zombify regardless of the cause of death, whereas others require exposure to the infection, most commonly in the form of a bite. The genre originated in the 1968 American horror film ''Night of the Living Dead'', which was directed by George A. Romero, who took inspiration from the 1954 novel '' I Am Legend'' by Richard Matheson. Romero's film introduced the concept of the flesh-eating zombie and spawned numerous other fictional works, including films, video games, and literature. The zombie apocalypse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zombie Comedy Film
Zombie comedy, often called zom com or zomedy, is a film genre that aims to blend zombie horror motifs with slapstick comedy as well as morbid humor. History The earliest roots of the genre can be found in Jean Yarbrough's '' King of the Zombies'' (1941) and Gordon Douglas's ''Zombies on Broadway'' (1945), though both of these films dealt with Haitian-style zombies. While not comedies, George A. Romero's '' Dawn of the Dead'' (1978) and ''Day of the Dead'' (1985) featured several comedic scenes and satirical commentary on society. ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981) and the '' Return of the Living Dead'' series (1985) (especially the first two and the last of the series) can be considered some of the earliest examples of zombie-comedy using the modern zombie. Other early examples include ''Mr. Vampire'' (1985), '' C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.'' (1989), ''Braindead'' (1992), and '' Bio Zombie'' (1998). A popular modern zombie comedy is Edgar Wright's ''Shaun of the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He first became known for his role as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1985–1993), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from five nominations. Harrelson received three Academy Award nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor for ''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' (1996), and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor for ''The Messenger (2009 film), The Messenger'' (2009) and ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2017). Other notable films include ''White Men Can't Jump'' (1992), ''Natural Born Killers'' (1994), ''The Thin Red Line (1998 film), The Thin Red Line'' (1998), ''No Country for Old Men'' (2007), ''Seven Pounds'' (2008), ''Zombieland'' (2009), ''Seven Psychopaths'' (2012), ''Now You See Me (film), Now You See Me'' (2013), ''The Edge of Seventeen'' (2016), ''War for the Planet of the Apes'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Gardner (designer)
Tony Gardner (born in September 25, 1965, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American makeup designer, special effects designer and puppeteer. He has designed and created effects for many feature films, including the films '' Zombieland'', ''127 Hours'', '' Smokin' Aces'', ''Hairspray'', '' Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa'', ''The Addams Family'', '' Seed of Chucky,'' ''Shallow Hal'' and ''There's Something About Mary''. Gardner helped create the signature helmets for Daft Punk, as well as an animatronic robot for their " Technologic" music video. He wrote and directed Daft Punk's music video for the song " The Prime Time of Your Life," which also, his two daughters were in (Brianna and Kyra) and associate produced and populated a world full of robots for the duo's feature-length directorial debut, '' Daft Punk's Electroma''. Beyond the film-making arena, Gardner's special effects company Alterian, Inc. has also designed and created the popular GEICO Cavemen characters as well as the current i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
