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Making Magic with Kurtzman and Orci

Hollywood’s go-to writer-producer team of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci seemingly have their hands in everything these days — the Star Trek movies, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Ender’s Game, a Sleepy Hollow TV show and much, much more. But they’re also starting to branch out into producing other writers‘ scripts as well, as with their upcoming action-thriller Now You See Me which hits screens on May 31.

In Now You See Me, Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson lead “The Four Horsemen,” a group of illusionists — magicians, basically — whose act has taken on a Robin Hood angle as they steal from the corrupt rich and give to the poor schlubs in their audience. Mark Ruffalo also stars as the FBI agent who’s trying to outmaneuver the Horsemen, while Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Isla Fisher, Melanie Laurent, Dave Franco and Common round out the cast.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Zombieland TV Series Poster Revealed

The poster has been revealed for Zombieland, Amazon’s new TV take on the hit movie. The writers of the hit film, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, have returned to write and executive produce this new take on their story, which picks up just a couple of weeks after the events of the film, with Kirk Ward, Maiara Walsh, Tyler Ross and Izabela Vidovic playing Tallahassee, Wichita, Columbus and Little Rock – the characters played in the film by Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg and Abigail Breslin.

HuffPost TV debuted the poster for Zombieland, which will be made available for free as a standalone pilot on Amazon in April, along with several other new pilots. Viewer feedback will determine which of the pilots gets picked up to series.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

‘Zombieland’ Writers Rhett Reese And Paul Wernick On Adapting The 2009 Film As A Series

By The Huffington Post News Editors

The long rumored sequel to the surprise 2009 hit “Zombieland” seems to be dead at this point. (Not zombie dead. Really dead.) The reason — and the good news for fans of the film — is that Amazon has ordered a 13-episode series that continues the adventures of Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock as they make their way through the zombified wasteland of the United States.

Now, adapting a film into a television series isn’t too much of a stretch in this case, considering that the original film was supposed to be a series in the first place. We spoke to the two writers of the new “Zombieland” pilot, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who also wrote the film and are currently on a press tour to promote their new film, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” Reese and Wernick explained the process of adapting the film and talked about replacing its stars, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin.

The “Zombieland” series with Amazon sounds really interesting. But at the same time, does this kill any chance of a sequel?

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Huffington Post

‘Zombieland’ On Amazon: Get A First Look At The Key Art For The Adaptation (PHOTO)

By The Huffington Post News Editors

Amazon has officially ordered a “Zombieland” pilot and HuffPost TV has the exclusive first look at what the series could look like.

Like the movie of the same name on which the pilot is based, Amazon’s “Zombieland” will follow four survivors as they attempt to outwit the walkers and find a place to make their home. Kirk Ward will play Tallahassee (originated by Woody Harrelson), Maiara Walsh will star as Wichita (originated by Emma Stone), Tyler Ross is set to play Columbus (originated by Jesse Eisenberg) and Izabela Vidovic takes over as Little Rock (originated by Abigail Breslin).

Take a look at the quartet in Amazon’s “Zombieland” key art below.

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Zombieland Series Picks Up Two Leads

Tyler Ross (Milkshake) and Izabela Vidovic (Homefront) have been cast in Zombieland, Amazon Studios‘ zom-com pilot based on the 2009 feature film.

Zombieland TV Series Heading to Amazon

The original movie centers on four survivors — Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock — who band together during the zombie apocalypse. According to Deadline, Ross will succeed Jesse Eisenberg as Columbus, while Vidovic will be taking over for Abigail Breslin’s Little Rock.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies

Amazon Rebooting Zombieland as TV Series

By Evann Gastaldo Amazon’s first foray into original programming: A series based on Zombieland , the popular movie starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Emma Stone. The Verge brings the news, citing Broadcast Now , but notes that the series probably won’t debut anytime soon: io9 got a peek at the casting sheets and scripts…
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