Zombieland (franchise) explained

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 over the following decades. It consists of two films and two tie-in-games. The films are produced by Pariah and 2.0 Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures. The series features 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 in 2019.

Films

Film	U.S. release date	Director	Screenwriters	Producer(s)
Zombieland		Ruben Fleischer	Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick	Gavin Polone
			Reese, Wernick, and David Callaham

Zombieland (2009)

See main article: Zombieland. 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)

See main article: Zombieland: Double Tap. Zombieland: Double Tap takes place six 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 not 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

See main article: Zombieland: Double Tap – Road Trip.

Zombieland: Headshot Fever

Zombieland: Headshot Fever is a virtual reality shooter game released in 2021.^[5] A remastered version, titled Zombieland: Headshot Fever Reloaded, was released in 2023 as a PSVR2 launch title.^[6] Push Square gave it a positive review saying "[...] it doesn’t push the medium any further, but if you’re looking for a straight-to-the-point zombie shooter, you can’t really go wrong."^[7]

Reception

Box office performance

Film	Release Date	Box Office Gross			All Time Ranking		Budget	References
		Domestic	Foreign	Worldwide	class=sortable	Domestic			class=sortable	Worldwide
Zombieland	October 2, 2009	$75,590,286	$26,801,794	$102,392,080	23	60	$23,6 million	[8]
Zombieland: Double Tap	October 18, 2019	$73,123,082	$49,687,317	$122,810,399	336	293	$42 million	[9]
Total		$148,713,368	$76,489,111	$225,202,479			$65,6 million	[10]

Critical and public response

Film! scope="col" colspan="2"

Critical	Public
Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
Zombieland	[11]	73 (31 reviews)[12]	[13]
Zombieland: Double Tap	[14]	55 (38 reviews)[15]

Cast and characters

Cast and Characters! style="text-align: center; width: 40% " colspan="2"

Film
Zombieland(2009)	(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

Notes and References

1. Web site: ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP—Plans for ZOMBIELAND 3?. September 11, 2019. October 23, 2019.
2. Web site: Davids . Brian . 'Zombieland' Director on Potential Zoey Deutch Spin-off and Favorite Deleted Scenes . The Hollywood Reporter . 28 January 2020.
3. Web site: 'Zombieland' TV Series Being Developed By Fox. Screen Rant.
4. Web site: First Hints About How Zombieland Will Become a Weekly TV Show. IO9.
5. Web site: Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever Gameplay Breakdown . . . 7 April 2023 . 21 March 2021.
6. Web site: Hassan . Mohamed . Zombieland: Headshot Fever Reloaded Announced As PS VR2 Launch Title . DualShockers . 7 April 2023 . 27 January 2023.
7. Web site: Bayne . Aaron . Mini Review: Zombieland Headshot Fever Reloaded (PSVR2) - A Simple Yet Fun VR Zombie Shooter . . Hookshot Media . 7 April 2023 . 4 March 2023.
8. Web site: Zombieland (2009) - Box Office Mojo . www.boxofficemojo.com. 23 July 2019.
9. Web site: Zombieland: Double Tap - Box Office Mojo. www.boxofficemojo.com. 5 November 2019.
10. Web site: Zombieland Movies at B.O - Box Office Mojo . 23 July 2019.
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12. zombieland . Zombieland . m . April 30, 2022.
13. Web site: Anthony . D'Alessandro . 'Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil' Has Bad Spell Stateside With $36M+, 'Joker' Still The Man With $29M+, 'Zombieland 2' Reaps $26M+ . October 20, 2019 . May 1, 2022.
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15. zombieland-double-tap . Zombieland: Double Tap . m . May 1, 2022.