The Walking Dead
Emma Stone proposed a funnyZombieland : Double Tap / Walking Deadcrossover , but sadly it never came to fruition . Ten years after the originalZombieland , the work party of Stone , Woody Harrelson , Abigail Breslin and Jesse Eisenberg is back together for the long - await sequel . Joining the cast forDouble Tapare newcomers Zoey Deutch , Rosario Dawson and Luke Wilson , as well as extra guest starsBill Murray , Dan Aykroyd and Al Roker .
Of course , the zombie craze was just getting crank up up back in 2009 when the firstZombielandappeared and put its own unique comedic spin on the popular conformation , which at that power point was epitomized by serious movies likeDawn of the Deadand28 day Later . A year afterwards in 2010 , the zombi wave arguably reached its zenith with the premiere ofThe Walking Dead , AMC ’s series adaptation ofRobert Kirkman ’s comic book about the survivor of a zombi Book of Revelation . ThoughTWDcovered much of the same ground asZombieland , concentre on a group of subsister honing their zombie - killing skills while coming together as a family unit , the two stories could not have been more different in tone , withZombielandgoing for wild comedy and satire , andTWDgoing for deadly - serious drama .
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DespiteTWDandZombielandbeing mile apart in terms of smell , there was really a moment when the manufacturing business ofZombieland : Double Tabconsidered a crossover between the two worlds . Speaking toUproxx , Double TapdirectorRuben Fleischerdiscussed whiz Stone ’s melodic theme for a meeting between the zombie killers ofZombielandand the survivors ofTWD . He explain :
Emma had a mirthful idea that as our heroes are kind of making their way through the post - apocalyptic landscape , they come across , just in come about , some members of the cast of the Walking Dead . But we never were capable to make that pass .
Though a full - on crossover never happened , Double Tapdoes feature an homage to theWalking Deadcomics , which Fleischer guess was a better “ nod ” to theTWDworld than a literal get together . Fleischer recognize that having theTWDcast show up might have been a footling too “ Scooby - Doo , like the Harlem Globetrotters showing up . ”
Fleischer is probably proper about not require a fullTWD / Zombielandcrossover in Holy Order to acknowledge the importance of theTWDfranchise , but nevertheless , it ’s incredibly sad that the group meeting never took piazza , as it would have been hilarious to see theZombieland : Double Tapcrew suddenly happen upon theTWDgang . Fans of both franchise can still imagine that they take place in the same world though , and concoct their own unbelievable sports meeting - ups between the two chemical group of survivors . No doubt , a group meeting betweenNorman Reedus ’ Daryl and Harrelson ’s Tallahassee would be incredibly amusing . And it ’s every bit incredible to imagine how Stone ’s Wichita would grapple with Jeffrey Dean Morgan ’s ever - menacing Negan .
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