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Zombies are the New Vampires

By Lev Grossman on February 24, 2009

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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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  1. [...] will come as no shock to readers of this space to learn that zombies are now - officially - the new vampires. [...]

    Zombie Nation [Zombies] | StalknBlog

    Feb. 25, 2009 19:24:pm

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  2. A duo of indy female filmmakers are releasing a hilarious horror-comedy about a zombie outbreak in Brooklyn this spring. Watch the teaser at http://www.theeaters.com

    dutchgirl88

    Feb. 25, 2009 19:47:pm

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  3. Readers may like to know what mummies (that's the parental kind, not the dehydrated kind) are supposed to do when zombies visit *your* neck of the woods...
    http://www.baby-carriers-downunder.com/2009/02/21/its-time-to-get-serious-zombies/

    scarletrubies

    Feb. 26, 2009 08:10:am

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  4. How could you miss this??

    If you're in Philly, and you like bloody zombie action - check out William Shakespeare's Land Of The Dead?? All about the 1599 Zombie plague that struck London, and just who really wrote Shakepseare's plays.

    Opens in March, Friday the 13th, at Plays and Players, all info here: http://www.playsandplayers.org/lotd.php

    drjohndee

    Feb. 26, 2009 10:38:am

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  5. [...] Check out the comments at the end of this piece:   http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/02/24/zombies-are-the-new-vampires/   Dr. [...]

    Time Magazine « Zombiedelphia - Production Blog

    Feb. 27, 2009 15:53:pm

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  6. [...] pleasure of understanding, but it looks like it has zombies in it, too). This one started life as a blog post, so now the circle of life is complete. My conclusion: it all comes back to the [...]