Zombieland

For the franchise, see Zombieland (franchise). For the industrial metal album, see Zombieland (Megaherz album). For the anime television series, see Zombie Land Saga.

Zombieland
Poster for Zombieland with subtitle "Nut up or shut up" and movie credits: The four actors appear as a group all holding different weapons.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRuben Fleischer
Written by
Produced byGavin Polone
Starring
CinematographyMichael Bonvillain
Edited by
Music byDavid Sardy
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
  • September 25, 2009 (2009-09-25) (Fantastic Fest)
  • October 2, 2009 (2009-10-02) (United States)
Running time
88 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$23.6 million[2]
Box office$102.4 million[3]

Zombieland is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer (in his theatrical debut) and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. It stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, and Bill Murray. In the film, Tallahassee (Harrelson), Columbus (Eisenberg), Wichita (Stone), and Little Rock (Breslin) make their way on an extended cross-country road trip to find a sanctuary free from zombies.

Development for Zombieland began in 2005, when Reese and Wernick originally wrote the film as a spec script for a television pilot. Fleischer helped develop the teleplay into a screenplay for a self-contained feature. Tony Gardner was hired as the film's special effects makeup designer, which primarily features physical prosthetics to create the look of the zombies. Principal photography for the film began in February 2009 and lasted until that March, with filming locations including Hollywood, Atlanta, and in and around Georgia. Some of the film's scenes contained improvisation by the actors.

Zombieland premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin on September 25, 2009, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 2, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received positive critical reception, with praise for its screenplay, dialogue, comedy, and cast performances. It grossed $102 million worldwide, becoming the then-highest grossing zombie film in the U.S. until the release of World War Z (2013), and $54 million in home sales.[4] A sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap, was released in October 2019.

  1. ^ "Zombieland". British Board of Film Classification. September 24, 2009. Archived from the original on October 10, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Zombieland". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  4. ^ "Zombieland (2009) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2022.