While not even scheduled for limited release in the U.S. until May, George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead is out on Blu-Ray/ DVD today in the UK. It includes absolutely no special features and a crappy cover, but is none the less available for your home viewing pleasure.
The humorous How to Speak Zombie: A Guide for the Living is now out from Chronicle Books (who also distributes Quirk Books, publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies). It’s available for $14.95 and has 24 full color pages and a built-in sound module full of zombie sounds! From Chronicle’s description:
In a world overtaken by zombies, the only hope for survival lies in learning the language of the undead. How to Speak Zombie demonstrates how to blend in and avoid being eaten while carrying on with everyday activities like ordering a latte from a zombarista and shopping at a zombie-infested mall.
Also, listen to the samples here. Learn to order the cup of coffee before they eat your brains!
If you live in the New York City area, then you should go check out the screening of George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead, as part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center this Saturday, February 20th, at the Walter Reade Theater. Showing begins at 9:15pm and the Walter Reade Theater is located at 165 West 65th Street (upper level, between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave.). If any of our ZRC readers get to see this showing, please tell us your thoughts. The ZRC can not wait to see this film!
Every month we tell you about the latest zombie offerings from Diamond, which are all available at your local comic book store. So, here are the zombie-related selections from Diamond Previews #256 January 2010, to ship in March 2010:
COMICS
APE ENTERTAINMENT
Celebrity Zombie Killers GN $12.95
BOOM!
28 Days Later #9 $3.99
28 Days Later Volume 1 HC $19.99 OFFERED AGAIN
28 Days Later Volume 2: Bend In The Road HC $19.99
DC/ WILDSTORM
Resident Evil #4 (0f 6) $3.99
DYNAMIC FORCES
Army of Darkness Trading Card Box (with bonus random signed card and hand drawn sketch card) $PI
DYNAMITE
Army of Darkness #27 $3.99
IDW
The Ghoul #3 $3.99
Zombies VS Robots Adventures #2 $3.99
IMAGE
The Walking Dead #71 $2.99
MARVEL
Deadpool: Merc Without A Mouth #9 $2.99
BOOKS
QUIRK BOOKS
Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Jane Austin & Steven Hockensmith $12.95
BERKLEY TRADE
The Zombie Combat Manual by Roger Ma $14.00
EOS
Z Is For Zombies by Adam-Troy Castro & Johnny Atomic $14.99
CLOTHING
GRAPHITI DESIGNS
Undead Jay & Silent Bob T-Shirt MED-XL $17.95 XXL $20.95
MISC.
Mona Zombie Black T-Shirt MED-XL $15.99 XXL $17.99
Zombieland Logo Black T-Shirt MED-XL $15.99 XXL $17.99
GAMES
FLYING FROG PRODUCTIONS
Last Night On Earth: Survival of the Fittest Expansion Set $24.95
Last Night On Earth: Zombies With Grave Weapons Miniature Set $24.95
STEVE JACKSON GAMES
Zombie Dice Game $13.13
More information can be obtained at previewsworld.com
PI=Price Inquiry, please inquire at your local comic book store for the prices on items marked with this code
We’ve all known about George Romero’s newest film for some time now and today we finally have a name to go with it: George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead. The film, which is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, will follow Crocket (one of the characters from Diary of the Dead) as he escapes to an island, only to find himself in the middle of a “Hatfields and McCoys” dispute between two families.
The name “Survival of the Dead” seems significant. As Romero’s series evolves, so to do the zombies. Based on Land of the Dead, it’s clear that the zombies are fighting for their survival – will this film be the epic battle that finally settles things?
Viewers will get the usual chills and thrills, and expect the usual Romero social commentary in this latest installment of his series. There are a few stills as well as a synopsis available on the Toronto International Film Festival website, so be sure to check it out!
It’s finally here! Yesterday Valve released the long-awaited downloadable content for Left 4 Dead. I was so excited about this that I played while I should have been working and tending to other important things in my life.
Survival Mode is intense! And the new “Last Stand” lighthouse level is the toughest to withstand of them all. And the fact that your melee attack has to “recharge” in Survival Mode makes it all the more challenging.
If you haven’t gotten online to play this yet, what the hell are you waiting for? It’s the perfect way to whisk away several hours.
It’s been quite a week for fans of zombie video games so I’ve decided to consolidate all this week’s news into one big roundup. Yee-haw!
Valve announced some new downloadable content for their mega-hit Left 4 Dead. Once the content is released this spring, you’ll be able to play both the Death Toll and and Dead Air campaigns in versus mode. Also, they’ll be introducing a new mode of play called “survival” in which you’ll be pelted with wave after wave of zombies and compete for the amount of time you can stay alive.
Speaking of Left 4 Dead, George sent us a link to these awesome Left 4 Dead valentines, suitable for printing and handing out to your loved ones.
Prototype, the superhero zombie fighting game we posted about last month, gets a release date for June according to a company memo.
Wii gamers who wanted to play the critically acclaimed Dead Space will finally have a chance – EA announced they are working on a Dead Space game for the Wii. It is unclear whether this is a direct port or some sort of spin-off of the series, but either way it’s definitely good news for Wii fans.
Capcom also announced this week that they are officially working on a Dead Rising 2. They even released a viral video last week to get people amped up about running through a zombie horde in an American Gladiators style hamster ball.
And finally, speculation has started around a fourth Resident Evil movie. The screenplay has been written, and FX team assembled; all they need is Milla Jovovich to sign on to play Alice again. Even though the movie franchise continues to diverge from the video games, I still find them quite enjoyable. Here’s hoping for at least one more movie!
Every month we tell you about the latest zombie offerings from Diamond, which are all available at your local comic book store. So, here are the zombie-related selections from Diamond Previews Volume XVIII #9 September 2008, to ship in November 2008:
The Walking Dead Omnibus Volume 2 (Image, $100/S&N LTD ED $150) p.147
The Walking Dead #57 (Image, $2.99) p.154
Scarlet Veronica #2 (of 4) (Ape Entertainment, $3.50) p.201
Night of the Living Dead Annual #1 San Diego Comic-Con Edition (Avatar, $5.99) p.216
Zombie Tales #8 (Boom!, $3.99) p.222 - 2 covers available
Xena vs. Army of Darkness #2 (Dynamite, $3.50) p.258 - 2 covers available
Army of Darkness #16 (Dynamite, $3.50) p.258
Deadworld: Slaughterhouse #2 (Desperado, $3.99) p.262
The Claws Come Out TP (IDW, $14.99) p.294
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Desctruction #3 (of 6) (Red 5, $3.25) p.313
The Chronicles of Dr. Herbert West #3 (of 6) (Zenescope, $2.99) p.350
Zombie Outbreak Survival Kit (FearWerx, $19.95) p.472 OFFERED AGAIN
And from the Marvel Previews supplement #61:
Marvel Zombies 3 #2 (of 4) (Marvel, $3.99) p.41
For more info, check out Diamond’s website. And, for more info on each publisher, check out their websites: Ape Entertainment, Avatar, Boom!, Desperado, Dynamite, FearWerx, IDW, Image, Marvel, Red 5, and Zenescope.
The ZRC has no control over changes to release dates, titles or cancellation of items.
In a recent article in the Jackson Free Press, writer M.P. Heindl tackles concerns in Jackson, Mississippi about a possible zombie apoclypse.
“Often I’m up until 2 a.m., certain that tonight will be the night that one of NASA’s space probes to Venus will explode upon re-entry and radiate the brains of the freshly dead, or that one of the millions of current biological warfare experiments will escape into the public in the form of enraged monkeys.”
With several interviews of downtown Jackson employees, the article gives a well rounded look at the many concerns that Jacksonians have about zombies and their survival of a zombie apocolypse.
Max Brooks is sticking with the zombie genre with his new The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks Graphic Novel. I saw a promo for this on the Avatar table at Wizard World Chicago and have been excited about it since. Now with a release (kinda, see below) date set, I can’t wait to read it. A description from the Random House site:
Man has battled the undead for millenia. In The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks bestselling author and “Studs Terkel of zombie journalism,” Max Brooks provides the lessons that history has taught us about zombie outbreaks. This is not a list of all zombie attacks throughout history, but a chronicling of the most famous outbreaks, gruesomely illustrated in graphic novel form.
From our descendants on the African savannahs to the legions of ancient Rome to the voyages of Francis Drake to the ill-advised experiments of the Soviet army, The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attack, takes the reader on a journey across many anni horribilis and hauntingly reminds us how close the living dead have come to destroying humanity.
There are a lot of release dates being given for this book, but in an interview with Max Brooks (where he discusses the new GN) over at ComicMix, he says October 2008, from Avatar Press, and Random House, where it’s currently available for pre-order, says it will be out on January 6, 2009. I’m guessing (only guessing here) that one will release a softcover, and the other the hardcover. This happens pretty often between the book and comic direct markets. We’ll just have to wait and see.
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