Eat, Brains, Love this New Zombedy
Steve Barton
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Oh lord, how I hate the term “zombedy.” It’s just silly, but then again, most horror comedies are so I guess it’s kinda fitting.
Variety is reporting that Gunpowder & Sky, the youth-focused studio launched by ex-Viacom exec Van Toffler in January, has signed an exclusive deal for a film adaptation of Eat, Brains, Love, a comedic zombie road-trip novel by Jeff Hart.
G&S, backed by AT&T and Chernin Group’s Otter Media, is working on the project with DIGA, an independent production studio founded by former MTV executive Tony DiSanto, and author James Frey’s Full Fathom Five media and production firm.
The project reunites Toffler and DiSanto, whose productions at MTV included “Jersey Shore,” “Scream,” “Teen Wolf,” and “My Super Psycho Sweet 16.” The companies said they are in talks with potential screenwriters for Eat, Brains, Love.
Eat, Brains, Love — the title is a play on Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling novel Eat, Pray, Love (you don’t say…) — is the story of a pair of high-school sweethearts who contract a mysterious zombie virus and devour the brains of half their senior class. They set off on a cross-country journey to discover a cure, while being pursued by a teen psychic sent by the government’s top-secret Necrotic Control Division to track them down.
“How do you not adapt a book titled Eat, Brains, Love into a movie, especially when the sequel is titled Undead with Benefits?” Toffler, co-founder and CEO of Gunpowder & Sky, asked rhetorically in a statement.
DiSanto, CEO of DIGA added that he and Toffler “share a sometimes twisted sensibility, so I knew he would appreciate Eat, Brains, Love and that Gunpowder & Sky would be the perfect studio to team up with for the movie adaptation. It’s got everything you need from a movie — high school insanity, zombie sex, action, zombie sex (again), and over-the-top violence!”
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