Zombies 2012 Film Information

Well first off I have to say that unfortunately there are no shots from the film yet. It’s officially starting shooting on July 6th and that will be the principal photography. It was written by Michael McCarthy and is being co-produced with Matthew Coladonato.

The film is on a production budget of $20,000 and will cover the immediate post-apocalyptic setting of a world having just suffered a massive outbreak. It’s being filmed in Northern Colorado and will be showing off what happens in the first 24-72 hours after zombies overwealm the population.

Fortunately they believe they can use the smaller budget as they have a lot of equipment from doing video production over the past several years.

For the idea of the film Michael was kind enough to give us the following information:

Think “The Road”, smashed
into “28 Days Later”, with a hint of “Deliverance” just to mess with
your head. Mostly set in an isolated farmhouse as a homage to Mr.
Romero.

It will be dark, disturbing and uncomfortable. Just like the collapse
of society and an outbreak of this sort probably would be.

My vision is for a truly realistic depiction, where the disturbing
nature of film’s violence is compounded by the film’s structure and
tone.

I intend for the first part of the film to play like a naturalistic
drama, and then when the zombies begin arriving – the violence will
be contextualized within the pre-established naturalism of the first
half of the film thereby allowing the film’s structure to change the
viewers perception of its violence.

The way in which I intend to frame the shots, along with the films
pacing and tone, will hopefully render the violence more upsetting,
as it will appear to be taking place in a world which will hopefully
continue to feel very realistic.

We are shooting on a Canon 5D Mark II with Zeiss Cinema Lenses. It
should look amazing visually.

While we of course can’t judge how it will look yet the preview information at the very least has my attention and I know I’ll be following the film’s status and giving you updates as Matthew hands them out (from now on without the delay from when I first spoke with Matthew and am posting this.)

You can follow the film’s progress on Their Facebook Page. Unfortunately for the planet we did not get this post up last month as originally planned as anyone who had liked their page last month they were planting a tree in honor of the new fans.