The greatest British zombie rom-com in cinema history will return to theaters for another run to Winchester in honor of its 20th anniversary. This was reported by Focus Features Shaun of the Dead The film, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, will be released in theaters on August 29. US theaters and for September 27 British theaters.
Shaun of the Dead It tells the story of Sean, a British slacker who is thrown on the brink of an undead apocalypse by his girlfriend Liz, played by Kate Ashfield. His best friend Ed, played by Nick Frost, takes him out for a night of drinking, just as zombies start appearing to help him get over the breakup and remind him that “it’s not the end of the world.”
They wake up to a George Romero world of lifeless, shuffling cannibals and forced to remain blissfully unaware of the carnage that surrounds them. The jovial, continuous shot of Shaun walking from his apartment to the corner store and back, never once noticing the bloody state of the world around him, is worth seeing on the big screen.
Shaun of the Dead It became one of the dream hits of 2004 and was the first film in the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy, starring Pegg and Frost and directed by Edgar Wright. The trio first worked together on another British cult comedy, along with a two-season television series Intermediate when a zombie-themed subplot in one episode inspired them to make a proper British zombie comedy in the style of Romero’s The Dead movies. Action cop parody Hot Fuzz It’s 2007 and an alien invasion pub crawl adventure End of the world In 2013, he completed the remainder of the trilogy.
“Ice cream” refers to the flavors of the Cornetto ice creams that serve as Easter eggs in each movie: red strawberry flavor Shaun of the Deadblue vanilla flavor Hot Fuzz and mint flavor End of the world. The film also launched Pegg’s American acting career as the inspired Scotty in JJ Abrams’ film. Star Trek film trilogy and Hughie’s father in the superhero satire Amazon Boys.
