A long while back, some of you may remember this little web comic that my friend Matt and I posted online. It was about two friends who started having an argument about what is and is not a zombie, in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. We thought it was a funny little idea, and we were happy when the people who read it told us they thought it was funny too. That was about all we had hoped for, but then something unexpected happened.
Two of our friends up in LA by the name of Candice and Daniel Landsberg read the comic too, and they came up with an idea. What if that comic was turned into a short film? It would be fairly easy to make. It only required one location, we could get Matt and Wes to play themselves in the film, and we could put it online.
The two of them pushed this idea to Matt and I, as well as to some of our other friends, and we decided to go for it. Another friend of mine by the name of Robert Magness hopped on as writer and director. He wrote a screenplay based on the comic that we all loved, and we started setting dates for filming.
For the zombie special effects, Matt knew these two guys who call themselves the Bloodshed Brothers. Their real names are Zach and Jeromy Ball. They’re haunted house and horror effects lovers who have been building their own amazing haunted houses for years. They have an attic full of fake body parts and they know how to make bloody gore look good. Matt talked to them, and they were more than happy to hop on board and help us bring our zombies to life (or is it undeath?).
At this point, all the lights were green. Two days of filming, and a few months of post production later, and here it is:
Matt & Wes vs. The Zombie Apocalypse: Episode 1 – A Zombie By Any Other Name
That’s right, episode one. We had so much fun making this thing, we just had to make some more. A whole season in fact. We have plans for at least a 10 episode run with this, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for future episodes. We are going to be shooting the second episode soon.
We really hope you like this, and we want others to like it too. Please forward this to as many people as you can. Spread this thing as if it was a real zombie infection.
If you want, you can also follow the series on facebook, or at the official website for the series, www.mattandwes.com
Oh man, this is great. I never thought about turning one of my comics into a film... what an exciting idea!
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