Zombieland (franchise)

Zombieland is an American media franchise centering on a college aged kid making his way through the zombie apocalypse, meeting three strangers along the way and together taking an extended road trip across the Southwestern United States in an attempt to find a sanctuary free from zombies. It consists of two films and a tie-in-game. The films are produced by Pariah 2.0 Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures. The series features The film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin as survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Two films have been released in the series thus far: the original film of the same name in 2009, and a sequel Zombieland: Double Tap in 2019.

Zombieland
Created by	Rhett Reese Paul Wernick
Owned by	Columbia Pictures Pariah
Films and television
Film(s)	Zombieland Zombieland: Double Tap
Games
Video game(s)	Zombieland: Double Tap – Road Trip (2019)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Zombieland Zombieland: Double Tap

Films

Film	U.S. release date	Director	Screenwriters	Producer(s)
Zombieland	October 2, 2009	Ruben Fleischer	Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick	Gavin Polone
Zombieland: Double Tap	October 18, 2019		Reese, Wernick, and David Callaham

Zombieland (2009)

Two months have passed since a strain of mad cow disease mutated into "mad person disease" that became "mad zombie disease", which overran the entire United States (with the infection presumably spreading to the rest of the world), turning many Americans into vicious zombies. Survivors of the zombie epidemic have learned that growing attached to other survivors is not advisable because they could die at any moment, so many have taken to using their city of origin as nicknames.

Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

Zombieland: Double Tap takes place ten years after the first film. The four main characters from the first film decide to move into the White House.

Future

On the possibility of a third film, Fleischer can't decide if the cast will return or not.[1] He has stated that he "would love to do a Madison stand-alone movie."[2]

Television

In October 2011, it was reported that Fox Broadcasting Company and Sony Pictures were considering a television adaption of the series to be aired on CBS, with Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese writing the script, but with the main actors of the original film likely not returning. The television program was planned to begin in fall, 2012. These plans did not come to fruition.[3] In January 2013, it was revealed that the casting call for the production just went out for the main characters, with a few changes to the movie for the show and the addition of two new characters, Atlanta and Ainsley.[4] There was a pilot episode created and aired by Amazon along with several other pilots, but it was not one of the 2 chosen to go into production for a full season.

Video games

Zombieland: Double Tap – Road Trip

Reception

Box office performance

Film	Release Date	Box Office Gross			All Time Ranking		Budget	References
		Domestic	Foreign	Worldwide	Domestic	Worldwide
Zombieland	October 2, 2009	$75,590,286	$26,801,794	$102,392,080	23	60	$23,6 million	[5]
Zombieland: Double Tap	October 18, 2019	$73,123,082	$49,687,317	$122,810,399	336	293	$42 million	[6]
Total		$148,713,368	$76,489,111	$225,202,479			$65,6 million	[7]

Critical response

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
Zombieland	90% (250 reviews)[8]	73 (100 reviews)[9]	A–[10][11]
Zombieland: Double Tap	68% (232 reviews)[12]	56 (100 reviews)[13]	B+[14]

Cast and characters

Cast and Characters	Film
	Zombieland (2009)	Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
Tallahassee	Woody Harrelson
Columbus	Jesse Eisenberg
Wichita / Krista	Emma Stone
Little Rock	Abigail Breslin
Bill Murray	Himself
406	Amber Heard
Gas Station Clerk	Mike White
Nevada		Rosario Dawson
Madison		Zoey Deutch
Berkeley		Avan Jogia
Albuquerque		Luke Wilson
Flagstaff		Thomas Middleditch

References

1. "ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP—Plans for ZOMBIELAND 3?". September 11, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
2. Davids, Brian. "'Zombieland' Director on Potential Zoey Deutch Spin-off and Favorite Deleted Scenes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
3. "'Zombieland' TV Series Being Developed By Fox". Screen Rant.
4. "First Hints About How Zombieland Will Become a Weekly TV Show". IO9.
5. "Zombieland (2009) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
6. "Zombieland: Double Tap - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
7. "Zombieland Movies at B.O - Box Office Mojo". Retrieved July 23, 2019.
8. "Zombieland". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
9. "Zombieland. Columbia Pictures (Sony)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
10. "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019.
11. Finke, Nikki (October 4, 2009). "Hollywood Mixes Zombies & Comedy For $25M Hit; 'Capitalism' Will Be Michael Moore's Worst Performer Since 2002". Deadline. That translated into a CinemaScore of “A-” — “A” for males, “A-” for females, “A” for everybody under 35.
12. "Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
13. "Zombieland: Double Tap Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
14. D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 20, 2019). "'Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil' No Magic With $36M+, 'Joker' Still Stealing 2nd Place From 'Zombieland 2' With $28M+". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 4, 2020. received a B+ last night, just under its first chapter’s A-. The pic in Friday night PostTrak exits nabbed four stars and a 64% definite recommend.