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TV: NBC Acquires Buddy Comedy ‘Zombies vs. Vampires’
It’s kind of tiring hearing how many “buddy” cop horror comics are out there. When will the lawsuits begin to fly? I expect ’em after the first successful feature film adaptation. Deadline reports that NBC has closed a deal for Zombies vs. Vampires, a spec script by Jake in Progress creator/executive producer Austin Winsberg. “Zombies vs. Vampires” is described as a “fun buddy cop procedural.” It is set in a world where zombies are a part of society, controllable with medication. The show’s two leads (one secretly a vampire) are cops assigned to a squad specifically formed to deal with “zombie crime”. More horror on TV? Keep ’em coming!
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‘Skeletons’ – Creature Feature from ‘Strange Darling’ Director Receives Summer 2027 Release Date
Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner will reunite with their Strange Darling filmmaker JT Mollner for Skeletons, an upcoming creature feature that also stars Brie Larson and John Goodman. We’ve learned this week that it’s releasing in Summer 2027.
Skeletons will release in theaters from Sony on June 4, 2027.
The film’s cast will also include Ione Skye, Keith Carradine and Daithí Ó Haragáin.
From Sony Pictures, Skeletons is said to be a “modern take on the creature horror film.”
J.J. Abrams is producing. Mollner will direct from a script by Brian Duffield (Love and Monsters, No One Will Save You), based on the short story Fail-Safe by Philip Fracassi.
Skeletons is “told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.”
The film hails from Infrared, Bad Robot Productions, and Assemble Media.