Project Overview

THE STORY

Darren and Dale (brothers, best friends, and possibly cousins), convinced that the end of the Mayan calendar is about to bring on the "Zompocalypse," retreat to their family's remote farmhouse to await the coming storm. As sh*t begins to get increasingly real, the brothers prepare themselves to become the last known survivors of a brave, new, and possibly undead world.

THE APPROACH

As you can see from the following video (which was entirely improvised in a half hour with our two leads meeting for the first time on set), improv comedy will play an important role in the making of the film:

Talkin' Zombies with Dale & Darren

Chris Meister (Dale), Mike Manship (Darren) and I (Eric Anderson...not a character name, I'm the director) have fleshed out scenes and structure and we'll let the cameras roll and see what happens (magic is the goal).

I'll also be "Blair Witch-ing" things by introducing unexpected situations, objects and other actors for our leads to deal with.

And of course, at the end of filming our entire cast and crew will disappear, leaving only our footage behind.

FILMING

Filming is currently scheduled for spring 2012 in Kansas and Illinois.

KEY TEAM MEMBERS

Eric is a writer/producer/director and the owner of Corn Bred Films, an independent film studio dedicated to the discovery and development of projects originated in the Midwest. Corn Bred's mission is to give voice to talented filmmakers living in the heartland. Eric currently has five features in development in partnership with Rock On! Films, including Black River, a thriller starring Hulk Hogan and Dallas Page.  Eric first read Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot at the tender age of 11, and he hasn’t been the same since.

Chris Meister has appeared in numerous features, television episodes and commercials in the past decade, including Office Space, The Dilemma, The Chicago Code, and The Playboy Club.  You can follow Chris at @meisteralready on Twitter.

Mike Manship is an actor, writer and improviser originally from Cary, NC, where he performed professionally with ComedySportz.  He has studied with instructors from ComedySportz, iO, The Annoyance, The Neofuturists, Upright Citizens' Brigade, and ImprovBoston.  He is currently a student in the Second City Conservatory and maintains an online presence at www.darkandstupid.info.

Pete's body of work includes over thirty short and 20 feature length films and documentaries.  He was featured in the first season of Project Greenlight as the cinematographer for the feature film Stolen Summer.  Pete’s feature credits include PayBack, Return to Me, and HellCab as well as the award winning indy feature Normal Life, and the television series Cupid. He also operated camera on Robert Altman’s last two films, The Company and A Prairie Home Companion.  Other notable credits include Jeff Garlin’s I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With and Diminished Capacity, starring Matthew Broderick and Alan Alda.

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