{"id":30577,"date":"2013-09-26T19:55:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T23:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=30577"},"modified":"2013-09-26T19:55:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T23:55:38","slug":"paranornal-activity-franchise-scripter-christopher-landon-to-direct-boy-scouts-vs-zombies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/26\/paranornal-activity-franchise-scripter-christopher-landon-to-direct-boy-scouts-vs-zombies\/","title":{"rendered":"PARANORNAL ACTIVITY Franchise Scripter Christopher Landon To Direct BOY SCOUTS VS ZOMBIES"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Boy-scouts-rockwell\"<\/a>The 2010 Black List<\/a> was overrun by zombies, or more accurately overrun by screenplays about zombies. Interestingly, though, all three of the zombie scripts were comedies. One, Zombie Baby<\/strong>, took place after a zombie apocalypse, while another, Kitchen Sink<\/strong>, takes place in the middle of a zombie uprising that is interrupted by an invasion from outer space. But the third delivers its high concept to us right in the title – Boy Scouts Vs Zombies<\/strong>. And out of these three projects, Zombie Baby<\/strong> appears to be dead in the water (pun only slightly intended) while Kitchen Sink is working its way through post-production for a release on October 24, 2014.<\/p>\n

Boy Scouts Vs Zombies<\/strong>, however, has been struggling to get in front of the cameras. The script by Carrie Evans and Emi Mochizuki was initially purchased by Paramount in Spetember 2010 for You Again<\/strong> helmer Andy Fickman to direct. Along the way, Fickman dropped out and comedy screenwriter Etan Cohen was attached<\/a> to the project. But it looks as if Cohen has taken a hike as well, since it has been announced that Paranormal Activity<\/strong> vet Christopher Landon is the latest to try and bring the project to fruition.<\/p>\n

Landon was the co-writer for the first Paranormal Activity<\/strong> sequel and then went on to solo script installments 3<\/strong> and 4<\/strong> before graduating to both writing and directing the Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones<\/strong>. His hiring seems to signal a possible shift in tone from a more comical take that someone like Fickman or Cohen would have brought to the material to a possible stronger emphasis on the horror elements in the story.<\/p>\n

I had a chance to read the original script that was named to the Black List and despite its goofy premise, I found that there was a sweet coming-of-age story in the midst of all the shambling, undead shenanigans. Hopefully, that hasn’t been written out as the script has gone through development over the last three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The writer-turned-director becomes the third person to try their hand at bringing the Black List script to the screen.<\/div>\n

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