The director of
Zombieland is currently promoting his new action comedy, “30 Minutes Or Less." During a junket today, The Playlist was able to sit down with the director for a one on one interview where they were able to dig up some new information on the status of
Zombieland 2.
The good news is that the script is done. The bad news is that the director doesn't sound very confident that it will ever be made. Now keep in mind, initially
Zombieland was meant to be a television series, but it never was greenlit. The creators still felt they had some gold, and pushed it as a cinematic product instead and finally got the go ahead. So I wouldn't give up all hopes of a sequel they struggled in the past and found a way to make it work.
Report from The Playlist interview:
“It’s something we’d all like to do, but the reality of it happening depends on finding a script that we’re all excited to get aboard, so until then that happens it’s gonna continue to be in the… ‘not-happening-process,’ ”
The director addresses the reason for the delay.
“The thing is that we’ve all said is the only reason to do it is if it’s better than the original and i don’t think anyone wants to do it, just to do it,” he told us today. “And certainly no one is going to do it just for the money— it’s not like any of us could get rich off it anyway so I think, without trying to sound arrogant, the bar is super high. And we’ve been holding it to that.”
And the Script?
Fleischer confirmed a script does exist, but it’s potentially not what everyone wants. “[Rhett and Paul] wrote something and it was really great,” he said. “A script exists. We all are excited of the prospect of making the movie, but I guess we all haven’t found the perfect story to tell yet.”
“30 Minutes Or Less" hits theaters August 12th this summer!
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