Zombieland Pilot Not Picked Up to Series

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Amazon Passes on Zombieland TV Series

Co-Creator blames fan reaction.


by Eric Goldman
May 16, 2013






Zombieland will not be moving forward as an ongoing TV series. The adaptation of the hit movie was one of several pilots Amazon produced and then released simultaneously last month to viewers - with the decision on which to continue with to be made later, based on viewer reaction, among other factors.
Zombieland was the one Amazon pilot with a tremendous amount of name value based on its title alone. Yet it also faced heavy cynicism and negative buzz from the moment it was announced from fans of the film, despite being written and executive produced by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the same men who wrote the film.




While the pilot didn't get great reviews, there was a lot of criticism from the get go from fans before production had even begun. Much of that criticism came from Reese and Wernick's decision to use the same characters they had created that we met in the film, memorably played by Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin.


Reese and Wernick had always wanted Zombieland to be a TV series, which was how they first conceived of the project a decade ago, before being asked to rewrite it as a film.


Reese left a series of tweets about Amazon not ordering the pilot to series, and made it clear he felt it was the fan reaction that led to the project being halted, saying it completely surprised him.


Rhett Reese ‏@RhettReese 8h
Our Zombieland series will not be moving forward on Amazon. Sad for everyone involved.

Rhett Reese ‏@RhettReese 7h
I'll never understand the vehement hate the pilot received from die-hard Zombieland fans. You guys successfully hated it out of existence.

Rhett Reese ‏@RhettReese 7h
Anyway, we did our best, and we're very proud of our team.



Amazon Passes on Zombieland TV Series - IGN
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Mmm-hmmm. I told y'all nikkaz (@Ayo) in a couple of threads that this show would flop because they're using the same characters with different actors from the movie and EVERYONE (viewers & critics) loved the movie's cast.



Now the show isn't even gonna get picked up to series. :russ:
 
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It wasn't that bad actually and I am not psycho enough to have a bytch fit over the fact that a TV adaptation of a movie used the same characters (what type of freaks lose their shyt over the characters from Zombieland anyway?) but the casting was not that great.
 
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I watched with an open mind and in all honesty it just wasn't very good. Plus it was only 30mins, that kind of show I think would have needed a 45 min to an hour timeframe to pull people in.
 
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I liked it better then the other pilots...but they should of wrote in how they lost woody.
 
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just finished watching it...its watchable but pretty underwhelming. its something I'd just watch to pass the time.

I still watch the movie tho:ehh:
 
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Jax said:
Talking bout the series breh. But I agree :ld:
Woodie Harrelson plays the same part every damn movie right? :wtf:
Jesse Eisenberg though :lawd:
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oh, my bad. i can't even remember anything from the pilot except the first 5 minutes. actually, i cut it off when onstar started a conversation with the group.
 
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