US, Japan, Poland and Romania are among the countries sold in the distribution deal for the 59-minute German zombie film Rammbock by Marvin Kren and screenwriter Benjamin Hessler, which made it’s debut at the Cannes Film Festival and Fantastic Fest 2010 in Austin, Texas.
So what is Rammbock about, besides zombies…?
Just when Michael arrives in Berlin to visit his ex-girlfriend Gabi, a terrible virus starts spreading across the city at a rapid pace, turning people into mindless homicidal maniacs. Much to Michael’s concern, Gabi’s not home; instead, he meets Harper, a teenage plumber’s apprentice at work in her apartment block. Together, they manage to barricade themselves when raging hordes of infected people swarm the building. Surrounded by these thirsty zombies, Michael and Harper have their hands full to survive – and it will take all of their ingenuity to make their way out to try and find Gabi.
Check out the trailer:
Besides delivering all the goodies you expect from a zombie flick, Rammbock apparently also features an unexpectedly engrossing love story set in apocalyptic Berlin.
This poster for the upcoming AMC zombie series The Walking Dead by Drew Struzan was created for Comic-Con to promote the Frank Darabont TV adaptation of the comic book series by Robert Kirkman:
Drew Struzan has created poster art for Star Wars, E.T., Back to the Future, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and more.
This is a great animated title sequence created by Daniel M. Kanemoto for the upcoming The Walking Dead TV series on AMC:
Here is what Daniel M. Kanemoto has to say about it:
“My favorite “exclusive” from this year’s Comic-Con was a beautiful painting by legendary artist Drew Struzan, featuring a horde of zombies from THE WALKING DEAD. Frank Darabont is adapting the apocalyptic Image Comics book created by Robert Kirkman, and man, it looks really, really great.
As I was admiring Struzan’s work of art, I wondered what the opening titles to this terrifying new television show might look like… so I animated a spec title sequence using artwork ripped from the pages of the comic, originally illustrated by Charlie Adlard and Tony Moore.
Just so there’s no confusion, I’m not affiliated with the production in any way — I’m simply a huge fan of both Frank Darabont and Robert Kirkman, and this is my attempt at creating a cinematic introduction to one of the all time great “continuing stories of survival horror.”
CREDITS
Animated by Daniel M. Kanemoto
“The Walking Dead” Artwork by Charlie Adlard & Tony Moore
“Fresh Blood” Written & Performed by eels
Music Editing by Jeff Yorkes
ABOUT DANIEL M. KANEMOTO
Daniel M. Kanemoto is a writer/director whose 1999 debut, A LETTER FROM THE WESTERN FRONT, won the Gold Medal for Best Animated Short at the Student Academy Awards. For the past decade, Dan’s diverse body of work (from feature films to national commercial campaigns) has been featured on Nickelodeon, MTV, the Discovery Channel, and film festivals around the world.
Dan was raised in northcentral Wisconsin and is a 1998 graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts film program. He hates writing about himself in the third person, but pretty much loves everything else about making movies.
The long-awaited premiere of The Walking Dead is set to premiere on AMC Halloween night, bringing FearFest 2010 to a close. The Walking Dead is being brought to the screen by Frank Darabont and comic book series creator Robert Kirkman.
An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. Rick Grimes finds himself one of the few survivors in this terrifying future. A couple months ago he was a small town cop who had never fired a shot and only ever saw one dead body. Separated from his family, he must now sort through all the death and confusion to try and find his wife and son. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally begin living.
