Zombies are the New Vampires

By Lev Grossman | @leverus | February 24, 2009 | +

Look, Diablo Cody is making a zombie movie! That tears it. (Takes off hat and stomps on it.)

At first I thought it was a sequel to Juno, where Dwight Schrute eats that chick’s brain … my hopes are dashed. It’s an adaption of a novel called Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament:

“Breathers” centers on a recently deceased Everyman and newly minted zombie who is having trouble adjusting to his new existence. All that changes when he goes to an Undead Anonymous meeting and finds kindred souls.

Plus there’s that zombie version of Pride & Prejudice, Marvel Zombies, World War Z … I’m just saying. At least zombie banks aren’t real.

And then there’s The Zombies. They’re still hip!

In other news, the Spider-Man musical is happening. If I were using tags on this blog, I would tag this as I-thought-it-was-an-Onion-story-but-it-wasn’t.

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