Zombieland Director Ruben Fleischer Updates Zombieland 2

So far, the word on the Zombieland sequel has been 3-D, the cast will return, director Ruben Fleischer will be back, and the writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are working out the story. In a recent interview, Fleischer says that the greatest part of the success of Zombieland has been watching the movie with an audience.

Some of my greatest memories from the past year, beyond making Zombieland, are getting to watch it with an audience in theaters. Hearing the laughs from the audience was an incredible experience, particularly because as a commercial director, you don’t typically get to watch your stuff with people. It is usually just on TV or on internet. It was really exciting to get to hear the public feedback. The movie gets a lot of laughs, so it was really fun.

With Zombieland finished and existing happily on DVD and Blu-Ray, Fleischer updated the status of the sequel.

We have been talking to the studio and we pitched them some ideas that they seemed to really like. We are definitely doing the film in 3D. Sony has their own 3D division now and we are going to go get a little tour of that on Tuesday (3/2/2010), of the 3D department. I know that the cast are all excited to be a part of the sequel, so it should be a great, fun movie to make! The script is about to be written and hopefully we will shoot it sometime towards the end of the year or early next year.

Fleischer says that because the original Zombieland was initially a TV show pilot, he has no problem returning for the sequel.

I didn't because the movie was originally conceived as a television show, so it was kinda always meant to lead to another episode. There was no finality to the characters or the world in the original concept, so it’s not like we are stretching it. That’s why "Zombie Kill of The Week" is "Zombie Kill of The Week", because that is the kill of the week and next week there will be another one. That's why I don't feel that we are being opportunistic or too exploitative of the success of the first film. I feel that this is the way it was always intended to be.

The only question remains: will he shoot the sequel in 3-D or wait to convert it later?

Nothing has been determined yet but just from the little that I know about 3D, I would greatly prefer to shoot it in 3D.

So what is Fleischer up to in the meantime?

I am kinda working on this bank heist movie that is a kind of a dark comedy. That will hopefully shoot this summer. No one has really been cast yet but it is a dark comedy called Thirty Minutes or Less. Ben Stiller's company, Red Hour, will be producing.

Fleischer also shot a FunnyorDie short called "The Hold Up" the trailer for which is below.

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