3. When Zombieland hit theaters in 2009, it was an instant hit, taking in over $100 million at the box office. One of the things that makes it so memorable is that it's so funny. But, I had the advantage of never having any friends or any close family. The post-apocalyptic zombie road trip comedy Zombieland (2009) centers on four survivors of a viral pandemic: Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). And why am I alive when everyone around me has turned to meat? what the hell’s even going on and how he’s shockingly managed to stay alive…  While others, well, haven’t. E) Tallahassee’s introduction. Part of the Script to Screen series. They’re en route to an amusement park. The post-apocalyptic zombie road trip comedy Zombieland (2009) centers on four survivors of a viral pandemic: Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). I may seem like an unlikely survivor with all my phobias and irritable bowel syndrome. For accuracy of the article, a combination of film transcription and script excerpts will be used. My rules. One of the most surprising hits of 2009 was Zombieland.Among the highlights of the film was Bill Murray's cameo.Writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese had … Poor fat bastard. The post-apocalyptic zombie road trip comedy Zombieland (2009) centers on four survivors of a viral pandemic: Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). Finally, the Zombieland script is here for all you fans of the movie starring Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, and Jesse Eisenberg. It’s been two months since patient zero took a bite of a contaminated burger at a Gas and Gulp. Wernick and Reese took to Twitter over the weekend to share the script pages from the “Hamill Draft” of Zombieland, noting that the Star Wars legend turned down the offer. He backs away slowly, to discover he made the RIGHT CALL: A male ZOMBIE BURSTS out the door, SCREECHING horribly. In the horror comedy Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies. Stated above, Columbus is the lead and Zombieland makes that apparent from the get-go. Script to Screen: Zombieland; Return to all events. Their purpose, too, falls align with the film’s themes: Wichita and Little Rock: Sisters, Witchita being the eldest. How Zombieland’s more obvious dramatic situation is that there’s a zombie apocalypse. Set a few years after the original, our heroes hole up in … This effortlessly transitions to…. Promising more bits of Zombieland script trivia in the days to come, Wernick shot out a series of tweets this week that contain the full script he and co-writer Rhett Reese came up with for Swayze’s cameo, and it’s a bumbling blast of hilarious missteps, false moves, and physical-comedy pratfalls that would’ve taken Swayze out of the picture just when things were getting really good. Things are so grim now that a lot of people online have pointed out that we’re living in a version of Zombieland, the hit 2009 zombie comedy that yielded a sequel last year. Zombieland: Double Tap occupies a similar space in the world of sequels. Columbus is a big wuss — but when you’re afraid of being eaten by zombies, fear can keep you alive. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. Through this process, their patience, trust, and emotional strains are tested. Watch Now Zombieland (2009) Hamill would've eventually died from Tallahassee body slamming him, and his head slamming into a concrete planter. Comment Archive. This set up links to point #3: Crafting the world of the story. Flagstaff reaches for the bathroom DOOR, then stops, thinks, and decides AGAINST it. Just two months and I might be the last non- cannibal freak in the country. When the virus struck, for obvious reasons, the first ones to go were the fatties. But quickly, we discover what’s at its actual core – a character-driven tale with deep-rooted emotional ties. One of the greatest cameos in horror history is found in 2009’s Zombieland, featuring Bill Murray in the role of, well, Bill Murray. While walking down a highway in post-apocalyptic America where a virus has turned everyone into flesh-craving zombies, a phobic, paranoid, geeky college student, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), encounters Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) driving a black Escalade. After most of the world’s population has turned into zombies, surviving humans are locked in an ongoing battle against the hungry undead. at Script City ($) Zombieland Transcript at scripts.com; Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. About The Editing Room. It was written by the co-writers of Deadpool (another excellent dark action comedy) and although the actors/actresses bring so much to the movie, one of the biggest stars is the actual script itself. The reason why it’s so successful: structure. Zombieland is less a horror film and more of a dark action comedy. Get listed in the most prominent screenplays collection on the web! (Title: 3. Zombieland – September 18, 2007 unspecified draft script by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick – hosted by: Horror Lair – in pdf format.