Zombieland co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick know we’re still waiting for a sequel, and they plan to deliver it soon. In fact, they have a special time in mind to release Zombieland 2: October 2019. The date would coincide with the 10-year anniversary of the 2009 comedy-horror flick starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, and Woody Harrelson.
The writing duo — whose next film to hit theaters is this month’s Deadpool 2 — discussed their Zombieland 2 plans in a recent Vulture interview. Wernick told the publication that “the hope is that we’re shooting that thing early 2019 for an October ’19 release date,” pointing out that it would be a good anniversary present.
“We’re going on the 10th anniversary of Zombieland,” Wernick said. “Zombieland came out October of 2009. We don’t know what you get someone for their 10th anniversary, but it may be a Zombieland 2.”
As Vulture noted, “may be” is hardly a promise that the film will definitely be released when the screenwriters say. We know the situation isn’t entirely up to them, so we hope to motivate all the key players with the infinite wisdom of Tallahassee (Harrelson): “It’s time to nut up or shut up.”
After Wernick’s comments, we’re optimistic that the Zombieland 2 team is going for the first option. The writer shared that the sequel will include the original cast, which seems like a good sign that the pieces are starting to fall into place. Of course, there are still a lot of unanswered questions, and the writing partners indicated that they’re not at liberty to share too much.
Zombieland introduced a post-apocalyptic version of the United States in which an epidemic had turned regular people into violent zombies. Against this backdrop, we watched Columbus (Eisenberg), Wichita (Stone), Little Rock (Breslin), and Tallahassee come together and bond as they fought to survive. Presumably, the sequel could follow more of their adventures — hopefully with Bill Murray in tow. Surely, there are more journeys for them to embark on and Twinkies to hunt down.
If all goes as Reese and Wernick — and fans — hope, Zombieland 2 will hit theaters in October 2019.
China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?