00:00Nearly 10 years after Zombieland hit theaters, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg
00:12and Abigail Breslin are all ready to reunite for Zombieland 2.
00:16Ruben Fleischer, who directed the original, is returning to the director's chair.
00:20And Zombieland writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese are also back, having written the script
00:25for the new project.
00:26While rumors of the sequel have risen from the dead several times over the years, this time
00:31Sony Pictures really means it. The film is set to begin production in January 2019 and will be
00:36released in October 2019, in time for the 10th anniversary of the original movie.
00:41Zombieland was a horror-comedy road movie that followed four strangers who meet and eventually
00:46bond during a post-apocalyptic zombie outbreak.
00:50Eisenberg played a geeky survivor named Columbus, Harrelson was the violent Tallahassee,
00:55and Stone and Breslin were sneaky sisters Wichita and Little Rock.
00:58In the film, the monikers were a means to prevent others from getting too close to someone
01:02who could die at any time.
01:11The original movie not only won over critics, but it became a cult hit in its post-theatrical life
01:16and gained a strong following, while also acting as a major launching pad for everyone involved.
01:21In the years since, all the actors became Academy Award nominees, with Stone winning for her
01:27performance in 2016's La La Land.
01:29The new movie will once again put the focus on comic mayhem, taking the quartet from the White House
01:34to the American Heartland, as they face off against new kinds of zombies that have evolved since the first movie,
01:40as well as some new human survivors. But most of all, according to the studio,
01:45they have to face the growing pains of their own snarky makeshift family.
01:49So are you excited we're finally getting a Zombieland 2?
01:52And what do you hope to see from the sequel? Be sure to let me know all your thoughts in the comments.
01:56Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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