Trailer Tuesday: Zombie Resurrection

The low-budget British zombie feature Zombie Resurrection is one step closer to reaching zombie fans everywhere with the release of the trailer for the movie.



Directed by first-time filmmakers Andy Phelps and Jake Hawkins, Zombie Resurrection follows a group of eccentric survivors who get stuck in an abandoned school with a mysterious zombie that shows seemingly divine powers that can raise the undead back to life.

Zombie Resurrection promises laughs, gore, and a zombie Messiah. Shot in the summer of 2011, Zombie Resurrection is currently seeking funds through IndieGoGo to finance the film's post-production in order to get Zombie Resurrection  to Cannes in May 2012. If you like what you see, Zombie Resurrection needs your support. Check out the film's IndieGoGo campaign, and see how you can help support UK independent filmmakers to bring Zombie Resurrection to the screen: http://www.indiegogo.com/Zombie-Resurrection-1?a=389513

For more information, please check out the Charmed Apocalypse website at http://www.charmed-apocalypse.com

What Do You Think? -- Resident Evil Retribution Trailer

Earlier this month, the trailer for Resident Evil: Retribution was released. Retribution is the latest film in the Resident Evil franchise. The series certainly has its fans, and detractors, but what do you think of the latest trailer?
 


Does the Resident Evil movie series still have life in its veins or is the franchise on life support?

Leave a comment below. What do you think?

The Zed Word Goes Caribbean!

Today, I am officially on vacation!

Later this evening, I will be embarking on a one-week stay in the Dominican Republic, which dedicated zombie fans will recognize as the shooting location for scenes in Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2. So who knows, maybe I'll see some zombie vs. shark action while I'm away.

In reality, while I won't be staying near any of the Dominican locations for Zombi 2, it will be neat to stay on the same continent as Haiti where the original zombie mythos originated.

So, wish me luck, and pray that stay in the Dominican doesn't turn into a Dead Island-style zombie apocalypse. Zombies really know how to ruin a vacation.

The Goon Movie Not Dead -- Just Sitting Very Still

Reports announcing the death of The Goon movie are premature, according to The Goon creator Eric Powell who shot back on his blog yesterday against reports that David Fincher's adaptation of his undead-themed comic was dead in the water and out of money.

"Let me assure you we have not run out of money," writes Powell, "because we never had any money to run out of."

Claiming that David Fincher and Blur Studios still have the option for a CGI Goon film, Powell asserts that The Goon movie is still on the table and the parties involved are still actively seeking funding.

According to Powell and Paul Giamatti, Giamatti was misquoted in a recent IFC article claiming that the movie had run out of money. While the film has indeed not secured funding to start production, the project is still in the same design and scripting stage as it's been for the last few years. So it goes.

So, fear not Goon fans! If The Goon can find funding, we may very well still get a movie version of one of the funniest horror / crime comics to come down the pipe in a long time.

The Goon, published by Dark Horse Comics, stars a tough-as-nails criminal enforcer called The Goon and his sadistic pal Franky who must contend with zombies (aka. slack jaws) and a host of other weird and wild supernatural enemies including ghouls, mutants, skunk-apes, robots, and more.

For more information about The Goon, visit www.thegoon.com

THE GOON Movie on the Slow Train to Nowheresville

UPDATE: The Goon creator denies death of the movie project. Refutes misleading statements in the press 

Sad news out of Sundance today courtesy of IFC. Looks like David Fincher's movie adaptation of Eric Powell's The Goon comic might be as dead as the zombies that appear on the pages the acclaimed series from Dark Horse Comics.

Paul Giamatti, who was in line to voice the character of Franky in The Goon, spoke to IFC at Sundance while promoting John Dies at the End, the new film from Don Coscarelli (Phantasm). On the topic of The Goon's apparent demise, Giamatti said:

I have no idea what the hell happened. . . . I asked and no one knows. I guess they just ran out of money.

From the way Giamatti is quoted, it sounds like Fincher`s The Goon project is quite dead. As a fan of the comic series and the work of Eric Powell, I can`t help but feel like a great opportunity has been missed now that we won`t be seeing The Goon come to the big screen.


But who knows? Nothing is ever really dead in zombie-infested Hollywood. Maybe there's hope