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With Valentine’s Day around the corner, you’ll no doubt find a number of genre outlets running lists of horror movies to watch for the most romantic day of the year. Warm Bodies is likely to appear on most if not all of them, but there’s another reason to revisit the 2013 film this year: Lionsgate is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and Digital) edition in Steelbook packaging, available exclusively at Best Buy.

I realize Twilight is practically a pejorative on a horror site, but we probably wouldn’t have Warm Bodies if sparkling vampires hadn’t paved the way. Both films are coming-of-age romances with monsters based on young adult books. Warm Bodies has the added benefit of the proliferation of zombies in pop culture heralded by The Walking Dead, plus a sense of humor akin to Shaun of the Dead or Zombieland.

Ever since 1985, brains have been on the menu in zombie movies. It wasn't enough that the living dead could tear you apart and feast on your flesh, now they'll use your skull as a serving dish. But what if eating brains connected you with the person you ate, and what if all that's needed to be human (again) is a connection?

That's one of the conceits behind "Warm Bodies," Jonathan Levine's fourth feature film and his second horror picture after "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane." Levine adapts Isaac Marion's 2010 novel of the same name, itself nodding to Shakespeare's romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet." The two households both alike in dignity in this story are humans and the living dead, eight years after the fall of civilization in a zombie apocalypse.

Nicholas Hoult stars as a zombie known as R, who roams an airport with his fellow flesh-eaters,...

Today sees the launch of The Literary Tarot campaign on Kickstarter, pairing some of the world's best authors and artists for a great cause: the Brink Literacy Project!

This project tasked authors with pairing a tarot card with a seminal book that embodies the meaning of the arcana and we are exclusively revealing horror authors that are taking part in this project, along with the novel and card they have chosen:

Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Victor Lavalle (The Changeling) pairs The Tower with H.P. Lovecraft's "The Outsider"

Bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians) pairs Three of Quills (Swords) with W. W. Jacobs’s seminal, supernatural short story Monkey's Paw

Isaac Marion (the author of the bestselling Warm Bodies series) pairs The Hermit with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Bestselling Mexican Gothic novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia pairs The Lovers with Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence

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Warm Bodies helmer Jonathan Levine is set to direct all eight episodes of Hulu’s anticipated tentpole limited series Nine Perfect Strangers, starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, Luke Evans, Melvin Gregg, Grace Van Patten and Tiffany Boone. Levine also will executive produce the series, based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s book. The project hails from David E. Kelley, Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories, Kidman’s Blossom Films and Endeavor Content.

Co-written by Kelley, John Henry Butterworth and Samantha Strauss and co-showrun by Kelley and Butterworth, Nine Perfect Strangers takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies.

Levine will executive produce alongside Papandrea,...

Lionsgate has entered a first-look film and television deal with helmer Jonathan Levine, director of the Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron-led romantic comedy, Long Shot, which will hit theaters this weekend. Under the deal, Levine and his partner Gillian Bohrer will base their new production company Megamix at the studio.

The film, which picked up the Audience Award at SXSW, follows shlub reporter Flarsky as he becomes reacquainted with his first crush, Charlotte Field, who as the Secretary of State is now being groomed to run for President. She taps Flarsky to write her speeches, but they get serious.

This deal extends the long-standing relationship between Levine and Lionsgate as well as its current Motion Picture Group executive team run by Nathan Kahane and Joe Drake. The group first collaborated on 2011 Golden Globe-nominated film, 50/50, starring Rogen and Joseph Gordon Levitt. The studio also released Levine’s films, The Night Before,...

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The unique romantic comedy with a paranormal twist, Warm Bodies, arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray™ and Digital HD) for the first time ever on October 3 from Lionsgate. In this story about the power of human connection, Nicholas Hoult stars as an unusual zombie who forms a special relationship with a human girl as they struggle to survive during a zombie epidemic. Rounding out the all-star cast is Teresa Palmer, Emmy® winner Rob Corddry (Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama, “Childrens Hospital,” 2008) and two-time Academy Award® nominee John Malkovich (Best Supporting Actor, 1993, In the Line of Fire, and 1984, Places in the Heart). 4K Ultra HD provides over four times the resolution of Full HD and includes Dolby Vision™ high-dynamic range (Hdr) to deliver the brightest, most vivid and realistic color with the greatest contrast. Written for the screen and directed by Jonathan Levine (The Night Before,...

The unique romantic comedy with a paranormal twist, Warm Bodies, arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray™ and Digital HD) for the first time ever on October 3 from Lionsgate.

In this story about the power of human connection, Nicholas Hoult stars as an unusual zombie who forms a special relationship with a human girl as they struggle to survive during a zombie epidemic. (Review)

Rounding out the all-star cast is Teresa Palmer, Emmy® winner Rob Corddry (Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama, “Childrens Hospital,” 2008) and two-time Academy Award® nominee John Malkovich (Best Supporting Actor, 1993, In the Line of Fire, and 1984, Places in the Heart).

4K Ultra HD provides over four times the resolution of Full HD and includes Dolby Vision™ high-dynamic range (Hdr) to deliver the brightest, most vivid and realistic color with the greatest contrast.

Written for the screen and directed by Jonathan Levine (The Night Before,...

For years, he's brought the dead to life in books like Patient Zero and Rot & Ruin, so it's rather fitting that prolific author Jonathan Maberry has now teamed up with the legendary George A. Romero to co-edit an anthology set within the early stages of the zombie uprising in Night of the Living Dead. Titled Nights of the Living Dead, the new anthology is now available from St. Martin's Press (check out our giveaway here), and to celebrate, we caught up with Maberry for our latest Q&A feature to discuss his work on the living dead dream project, and we also have a claustrophobic excerpt from his short story "Lone Gunman."

Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Jonathan. How did the opportunity come about to collaborate on a Night of the Living Dead anthology with the legend himself, George A. Romero?

Jonathan Maberry:...

Nearly 50 years ago, George A. Romero changed the horror genre as we know it with his big screen story about a fateful evening when the dead rose to feast on the flesh of the living. Now, almost half a century later, St. Martin's Press revisits that night with a new anthology of short stories set in the world of Night of the Living Dead. Co-edited by Jonathan Maberry and George A. Romero himself (who also wrote one of the stories in the book), the anthology will be unleashed on July 11th, and we've been provided with one paperback copy to give away to one lucky Daily Dead reader.

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Prize Details: (1) Winner will receive (1) paperback copy of Nights of the Living Dead.

How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:

1. Instagram: Following us on Instagram during the contest period will give you an automatic contest entry.

Back in 2010, author Isaac Marion introduced readers to a romance between a human and a zombie in Warm Bodies, which was adapted for the big screen in 2013, and soon the apocalyptic love story of R and Julie will continue in The Burning World.

A sequel to Warm Bodies, Marion's new novel The Burning World will be released by Atria Books on February 7th, 2017. We'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details, but in the meantime, we have the official synopsis and a look at the cover art:

Synopsis: "Being alive is hard. Being human is harder. But since his recent recovery from death, R is making progress. He’s learning how to read, how to speak, maybe even how to love, and the city’s undead population is showing signs of life. R can almost imagine a future with Julie, this girl who restarted his heart—building a new...

Life was a living hell for the seven survivors featured in George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. But how were other people faring on that fateful night? Edited by Jonathan Maberry and Romero himself, a new anthology titled Nights of the Living Dead has been announced for a 2017 release and will follow other survivors in the world of Romero’s classic 1968 film.

Author Brian Keene (The Complex, The Rising) recently shared the news about the Nights of the Living Dead anthology on his website. Keene, who is a contributor to the anthology, posted the project’s impressive author list, which includes George A. Romero, Night of the Living Dead co-screenwriter John A. Russo, the aforementioned Keene (The Damned Highway), Joe R. Lansdale (the Hap & Leonard books), John Skipp (The Light at the End), Jonathan Maberry (Rot & Ruin), Isaac Marion (Warm Bodies), Jay Bonansinga (The Walking Dead novels), and more:

From BrianKeene.

By Jennica Lynn Johnson

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After seeing the trailer for Warm Bodies (2013), I made a mental note to steer clear of it in movie theaters. Zombies-- although they have had their popularity throughout horror history-- have become significantly trendy within the horror community for the past decade with movies such as 28 Weeks Later (2007), Zombieland (2009), and Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012). By the time the third season of The Walking Dead aired in 2012, it was clear that the end of the current zombie craze could be upon us. I suspected that Warm Bodies would be the last nail in the coffin of what started out as a delightfully gory ride.

I’m not entirely sure why I expected Warm Bodies to be such a failure. Perhaps I feared that it would be another teen romance movie with just a dash of horror elements. Or maybe I thought the leading lady, Teresa Palmer,...

Welcome to the Ya Movie Countdown, our resident expert’s continuing guide to young adult book-to-film adaptations. Young adult book-to-film adaptations have been in the spotlight for quite some time thanks to the colossal success of Harry Potter and The Twilight Saga, but if you look at the total number of new Ya-to-film releases this year, 2013 marks an undeniable peak in the craze. But of course, that doesn’t mean every single one was a winner and that means they all won’t be coming through with us into the New Year. Warm Bodies Was it any good? Even though Jonathan Levine’s film doesn’t mimic the experience of reading the book, he manages to take Isaac Marion’s original material and turn it into something fresh, fun and big-screen...

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Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, John Malkovich, Dave Franco, Analeigh Tipton | Written and Directed by Jonathan Levine

At first it was seen as the potential Twilight of zombie movies, and by that I mean it could have turned a much loved subject (like zombies or vampires) into much hated genre: the romantic horror, full ofclichés. But trust me, this is Nothing like it.

Warm Bodies is a new approach to the zombie universe, which has started to become a new mass phenomenon. The film stars Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class), Rob Corddry (Childrens Hospital) and John Malkovich (Con Air). Considered as a new take on the classic Romeo and Juliet tale, the official synopsis is:“

After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor), and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as...

The apocalypse is coming to theaters and on VOD today in the form of Rapture-palooza. Only this time, Craig Robinson, Anna Kendrick, John Francis Daley, Rob Corddry, Paul Scheer, and many more are along for the ride.

Recently, I sat down with stars Rob Corddry and Rob Huebel to talk with them about the film, as well as some other random topics. Check out our little chats about clipping your toenails in Ihop, mustaches, and who the better doctor really is below.

When the Apocalypse actually happens and a billion people are raptured up to heaven, Lindsey (Kendrick) and her boyfriend Ben (Daley) are left behind in suburban Seattle. The young couple try their best to lead a normal life surrounded by talking locusts, blood rain showers, and pot-smoking wraiths. But when the Anti-Christ (Robinson) makes his home base in their neighborhood, Lindsey finds herself the object of his affection.

With Warm Bodies being heated up on home video next week, we have your shot to score a copy on us and more. What can we say? We love giving away the dead. Once you become accustomed to the smell, they're downright cuddly!

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Warm Bodies will premiere on Blu-ray and DVD on June 4th with an early digital download available now.

The Blu-ray and DVD are packing bonus features that include audio commentary with screenwriter/director Jonathan Levine and actors Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer, deleted scenes, a gag reel,...

Summit Entertainment (producers of the .Twilight. franchise) will unleash the zombie love story Warm Bodies on Blu-ray and DVD June 4th. Timed to arrive with .Zombie Awareness Month,. Zola Books has announced New York Times bestselling author Isaac Marion.s prequel The New Hunger will arrive as an eBook exclusive novella at www.zolabooks.com. The New Hunger find New York is a bayou and New Orleans a reef. The entire country has been devastated by natural disasters and governmental collapse, and on top of everything else there is the annoying problem of zombies trying to devour you at every turn. But sixteen-year-old Nora and her younger brother Addis are about to discover the most frightening thing yet: being abandoned in this...

If you missed the hilarious and heart warming Warm Bodies starring Nicholas Hoult (X-Men Days of Future Past) when it was in theaters, you have a chance to redeem yourself coming this month. You could wait until June 4th for the Blu-Ray and DVD release, or you can catch the early digital download release May 14th. Here’s the press release.

Cold Body. Warm Heart. “An inspired mash-up of zombie heart and romantic comedy brains”

– Peter Debruge, Variety “The perfect date movie!”

– Kevin McCarthy, CBS Radio “The greatest zombie love story ever told.”

– Kevin Steincross, Fox-tv Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer Star in Zombie Rom-Com Arriving On Blu-ray Disc, DVD, Video on Demand and Pay-Per-View June 4 Early Digital Download Window Begins May 14

Santa Monica, CA March 25, 2013 – One very unusual zombie forms a romantic relationship with a teenage girl in Warm Bodies, which stars hot young actors Nicholas Hoult (Jack the Giant Slayer,...

The decidedly odd zombie flick, Warm Bodies, is coming your way on Blu-Ray, DVD, VOD, etc., etc., on June 4th, but there’s an early window opening May 14th for download.

If you caught this one in theaters, there’s a pretty good chance you want to see it again. It’s that kind of film. Even I want to see it again, and I’m rather picky about what I watch more than once. This early window trend is pretty interesting actually, and several other movies have been pushing this recently. Why not get that one last chance to see the film a few weeks before you can pick up the Blu-Ray?

The Blu-Ray looks like a solid release as well, with a lot of bonus features – see full list below. I’m thinking the commentary track will be worth it alone.

While you’re at it, check out...

You can’t keep a zombie down. Jonathan Levine’s “Warm Bodies” arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Ultraviolet June 4th, 2013 with an early Digital Download release on May 14th. One very unusual zombie forms a romantic relationship with a teenage girl in Warm Bodies, which stars hot young actors Nicholas Hoult (Jack the Giant Slayer, X-Men: First Class) and Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice), along with an all-star supporting cast including Primetime Emmy® winner Rob Corddry (Outstanding Special Class – Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs, “Children’s Hospital,” 2008; Rapture-Palooza), Dave Franco (21 Jump Street), Analeigh Tipton (Crazy Stupid Love), Cory Hardrict (upcoming Lovelace, Battle Los Angeles) and Academy Award® nominee John Malkovich (Actor in a Supporting Role, In the Line of Fire, 1993; Red, Burn After Reading),. Written for the screen and directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50) and based on the novel by Isaac Marion, the film arrives on...

Director: Jonathan Levine. Writers: Isaac Marion and Jonathan Levine. Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Analeigh Tipton, Rob Corddry and Dave Franco. This reviewer is getting to the party a little late on Warm Bodies. This zombie film released in theatres back in February. However, this romantic comedy modernizes the Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet storyline, but places the film in a zombie apocalypse. In this chaotic climate, the protagonist and relaxed hero is able to reanimate himself, with help from Julie (Teresa Palmer) and love. This title is sometimes overly sappy; yet, director Jonathan Levine's (All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) latest film is a light-hearted romp with R (Nicholas Hoult), an unusual and evolving zombie. The film's story begins in the aftermath of a biological hazard, or some other dire catastrophe. Here, R wanders about, going through his undead routine. He shuffles to and fro, while finding time to moan at his friend,...

Summit Entertainment at Lionsgate now has now revealed official details on the upcoming home entertainment release of "Warm Bodies," its Jonathan Levine-driven adaptation of Isaac Marion's hilarious zombie love story. The film will reach DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, June 4 and will include multiple bonus features, including deleted scenes, commentary with writer-director Levine and actors Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer and behind-the-scenes featurettes on the film. View slideshow: 'Warm Bodies' Here's a list of the discs' special features (subject to change): "Boy Meets, ER, Doesn't Eat Girl" featurette "R&J" featurette "A Little Less Dead" featurette "Extreme Zombie Make-Over!" featurette "A Wreck in Pr ...

Summit Entertainment will be releasing Jonathan Levine's superb adapted zomedy 'Warm Bodies' onto DVD and Blu-ray this coming June. The movie, based on the original novel by Isaac Marion, sees an unexpected love story develop between a braindead zombie still clinging onto his human side and a hot assed blonde! Nicholas Hoult ('Jack the Giant Slayer') plays 'R' the humanised flesh eater. Whilst Teresa Palmer ('I Am Number Four') effortlessly fills the role of the his love interest. 'Warm Bodies' will land on DVD and Blu-ray on 4 June in the Us with some exciting bonus features (which you can check out below) and will then get a VOD run in early May. Rob Corddry ('Hot Tub Time Machine'), John Malkovich ('Burn After Reading') and Lizzy Caplan ('True Blood') also star in the new zombie spin.

Summit Entertainment has announced that Warm Bodies will be released to Blu-ray and DVD on June 4th, with an early digital download window that begins in May. Continue reading for more release details, information on bonus features, and a look at the official cover artwork:

“One very unusual zombie forms a romantic relationship with a teenage girl in Warm Bodies, which stars hot young actors Nicholas Hoult (Jack the Giant Slayer, X-Men: First Class) and Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice), along with an all-star supporting cast including Primetime Emmy® winner Rob Corddry (Outstanding Special Class – Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs, “Children’s Hospital,” 2008; Rapture-Palooza), Dave Franco (21 Jump Street), Analeigh Tipton (Crazy Stupid Love), Cory Hardrict (upcoming Lovelace, Battle Los Angeles) and Academy Award® nominee John Malkovich (Actor in a Supporting Role, In the Line of Fire, 1993; Red, Burn After Reading),. Written for the screen and directed...

With its worldwide box office approaching $100 milllion, Summit Entertainment has announced that Jonathan Levine's zombie rom-com Warm Bodies is headed to home video on June 4. The film, which stars Nicholas Hoult ( Jack the Giant Slayer , X-Men: First Class ) and Teresa Palmer ( I Am Number Four , The Sorcerer.s Apprentice ) finds one very unusual zombie forming a romantic relationship with a teenage girl. The all-star supporting cast includes Rob Corddry (.Children.s Hospital"), Dave Franco ( 21 Jump Street ), Analeigh Tipton ( Crazy Stupid Love ), Cory Hardrict ( Battle Los Angeles ) and John Malkovich ( Burn After Reading ). Written for the screen and directed by Levine ( 50/50 ) and based on the novel by Isaac Marion, the film arrives on Blu-ray Disc (plus Digital...

Those of you mourning the loss of Being Human can take a little solace in the fact that the show's Sunday night, 10pm slot on BBC Three will be filled from March 17 by a new paranormal drama - In The Flesh by new writer Dominic Mitchell.

This very different zombie drama will unfold across three episodes and is best described as George Romero meets Ken Loach - thanks to the marvels of medical science, these flesh-eaters can think and feel, but that doesn't make 'life' any easier for Pds - Partially Deceased Syndrome - sufferer Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry) as he returns home to face those he wronged in his mindless state...

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It was a good weekend for "Die Hard" as the action flick made $25 million across 3,553 theaters. Starring Bruce Willis, "A Good Day to Die Hard" has made $33.2 million since its Feb. 14 release. "Die Hard" narrowly edged out Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy's "Identity Thief," which nabbed the number two spot. The comedy made $23.4 million across 3,165 theaters, bringing its total domestic gross to $70.7 million.

Also opening this week was "Safe Haven" and "Escape From Planet Earth," taking the number three and four spots, respectively. "Safe Haven," an adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, made $21.4 million across 3,223 theaters. The Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel film has grossed $30.3 million since its release. Animated movie "Escape from Planet Earth" made $16.1 million this weekend across 3,228 theaters. The family film features a laundry list of stars, including Jessica Alba, Brendan Fraser, and Sarah Jessica Parker, and received a CinemaScore of B+ from moviegoers.

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Rocker John Waite went to the movies in Los Angeles a couple of days ago to see Warm Bodies. His 1984 hit “Missing You” plays during a pivotal part of the Jonathan Levine film–a moment where the action shifts from the terrifying to the tender. “I was really very pleased,” says Waite. “It’s a great movie.”

For those who haven’t yet seen it, the movie is based on the Isaac Marion novel of the same name and takes place after an unnamed catastrophe has obliterated much of the planet, leaving behind a population of zombies. One in particular,...

As FEARnet wandered the aisles of Toy Fair this weekend in New York City, we found a bit of a trend we were thrilled to see. No, it’s not the Legos for girls (what?) or the female empowerment Nerf archery set that allows you to accessorize (really?). We actually picked up on the non pandering trend of horror-themed collectibles for females that don’t make you want to throw things in anger. It seems like the companies producing horror-oriented toys and collectibles actually get that having estrogen doesn’t mean you can’t want a dark edge to your girl-skewing products.

Here are some of the most interesting lady scary skewing items we found…

Neca Carrie Figures

Director Kimberly Peirce’s remake of Stephen King’s Carrie debuts in theaters this October, but Neca’s ready to release their Carrie White action figures come August. Featuring the sculpted likeness of actress Chloë Grace Moretz,...

The next piece of plastic-based goodness that's rolled out of Toy Fair courtesy of Nomad is the Tonner Doll Company's take on the hit horror comedy Warm Bodies! Shamble on in for a look at the Ken and Barbie of the undead world!

For loads of new images click here for the Idle Hands photo stream and keep your eyes here and on Nomad's Idle Hands Blog!

Read our Warm Bodies review here.

Starring Nicholas Hoult, Rob Corddry, Teresa Palmer, and John Malkovich, Warm Bodies follows an existentially tormented zombie named "R" (Hoult) who begins an unlikely friendship with the girlfriend of one of his victims (Palmer). It's based on the book by Isaac Marion.

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Synopsis

A funny new twist on a classic love story, Warm Bodies is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly...

Warm Bodies

Starring Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Analeigh Tipton

Directed by Jonathan Levine

Rated PG-13

The latest entry in the burgeoning zom-rom-com genre approaches the zombie apocalypse with some fresh ideas and fresh brains to explore the living dead in a more human way than ever before. What follows is light on scares but big on heart with the zombie apocalypse serving more as a fact of life as opposed to an ongoing terror. Think more Zombieland, less The Walking Dead.

Director Jonathan Levine has recently done some fun and clever work with 2008’s The Wackness as well as with 2011’s excellent 50/50 and he does a good job here of translating the tone and feel of those films to Warm Bodies. Much of this can be chalked up to a surprisingly likable cast and a heartfelt message that, while sometimes a bit cheesy, is an entirely pleasant romp through the land of the undead.

★★★★☆ Jonathan Levine, writer-director of 50/50 (2011) and The Wackness (2008), turns the zombie movie sub-genre on its head to successful, heartwarming and humorous results with Warm Bodies (2013), an adaptation of Isaac Marion's best-selling post-apocalyptic novel. In a world ravaged by an unknown plague that's left most of the population as undead, brainless corpses, R (Nicholas Hoult) is a unique specimen: a zombie who maintains a peculiar sense of humanity. R's new-found existence, which mostly includes pacing and grunting, is overturned when he meets beautiful survivor Julie (Teresa Palmer) - and consequently falls for her.

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Warm Bodies hits UK cinemas this Friday 8th February and it’s one that so many people are looking forward to. The movie is based on the extremely popular book by Isaac Marion with Jonathan Levine taking on the challenge of turning the best seller into a screenplay and directing the movie. The film stars British actor Nicholas Hoult alongside Aussie Teresa Palmer in a tail of love, loss and zombies! Joining them are Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, John Malkovich.

A funny new twist on a classic love story, Warm Bodies is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor) and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human—setting off an exciting,...

To celebrate the release Warm Bodies in cinemas February 8th we have got some goody bags to give away.

The goody bags include the following items: Warm Bodies hoodie, hand warmer and book.

Who says romance is dead? Life for Julie (Teresa Palmer) and R (Nicholas Hoult) couldn’t be more different.

R is a zombie; with a great record collection; limited vocab and an overpowering love of brain food.

Julie is a human; beautiful; strong; open minded and all heart.

When R makes an unexpected decision and rescues Julie from a zombie attack, his lifeless existence begins to have a purpose. As the unlikely relationship develops, R’s choice to protect her sets in motion a sequence of events that might just change both of their worlds forever.

Directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50) and based on the debut novel by Isaac Marion, the heart-warming Warm Bodies is 2013’s zom-rom-com with a twist.

Director: Jonathan Levine; Screenwriter: Jonathan Levine; Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Analeigh Tipton; Running time: 97 mins; Certificate: 12A

Where there's life there's hope, and even where there isn't, love offers the promise of a new beginning for slacker zombie R, played by Nicholas Hoult. In a truly deadpan romantic comedy, he pulls off the difficult task of drawing us into his world with pupils fixed and dilated, though his gaze turns noticeably misty after clapping eyes on living blonde Julie (Teresa Palmer).

Zombie purists will take issue with every twist of the plot, beginning with the idea that R (because that's all he can remember of his name post-apocalypse) is "conflicted" about the imperative to eat human flesh. They'll scoff, too, at his capacity for coherent thought. But it's just as well for this comedy, because it means Hoult gets to deliver a wickedly dry voiceover.

Audiences turned out for Summit Entertainment’s Warm Bodies, and drove the zom/rom/com to the top spot with $19.8 million. The film, based on the young adult novel by Isaac Marion, carried a decent 77% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a rarity for movies of this ilk.

Hansel and Gretel: Which Hunters fell to number two this weekend with a drop of 52.1% and a sophomore weekend total of $9.4 million. The sibs domestic total is now $34.6 million.

Coming in at number three is the multi- Oscar nominee Silver Linings Playbook. The Philadelphia set film has been doing great box office. This weekend the drop was 18.1% and $7.7 million. With a total domestic box office of $80 million, a shot at $100 million isn’t out of the question.

The Guillermo del Toro produced Mama fell to fourth with $6.5 million for a drop 49.6% from last weekend, and a domestic total of $58.1 million.

Jonathan Levine’s Warm Bodies arrived in Us theatres over the weekend, and went straight to the #1 spot over the Super Bowl weekend. Everything we’ve seen so far suggests it’s going to be a great new entry (with an injection of life) into the zombie genre, and the numbers look to confirm that.

We caught a new set of propaganda posters last week, and now Summit have released another excellent TV spot. The film hits UK cinemas this Friday, and I’m looking forward to seeing it for myself.

“Who says romance is dead?

Life for Julie (Teresa Palmer) and R (Nicholas Hoult) couldn’t be more different.

R is a zombie; with a great record collection; limited vocab and an overpowering love of brain food. Julie is a human; beautiful; strong; open minded and all heart.

When R makes an unexpected decision and rescues Julie from a zombie attack,...

Directed by: Jonathan Levine

Written by: Jonathan Levine

Featuring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, John Malkovich, David Franco

If anything is to be gleaned from Jonathan Levine's Warm Bodies, it's that looking good and having a record collection can get you out of a lot of trouble.

Drawing on the influx of tales of forbidden love by way of Twilight and Romeo and Juliet, Warm Bodies aims to be the post-apocalypse rom-com version of both. It flits through different tones and themes like a magpie with Add, creating a frantic quality to the film which is almost impressive seeing as it drags its feet throughout the entire plot. And as the title suggests, Warm Bodies gets warm but never manages to generate any heat.

This is practically problematic as Levine's previous effort in genre film was the little-seen but much love pseudo-slasher All the Boys Love Mandy Lane,...

"Warm Bodies" may be a strange horror hybrid, a zombie romance with a dearth of big stars, released in the dead of winter over Super Bowl weekend, but it still managed to top the box office chart with a take of about $20 million and beat new releases starring Sylvester Stallone and Al Pacino. How it accomplished that feat reveals some new trends at the box office and should force reconsideration of older conventional wisdom. After all, "Warm Bodies" succeeded by doing a lot of things right, but it also benefitted from Stallone's "Bullet to the Head" and Pacino's "Stand Up Guys" doing things wrong. Some lessons from this weekend's chart: January and February are a good time for horror. Usually, the long stretch between Christmas and Easter is a movie no-man's-land, a dumping ground for low-budget genre movies that the studios have little incentive to support. But already in 2013, we've...

Young women drove Summit’s zombie-themed romantic comedy Warm Bodies to the top spot at the box office over Super Bowl weekend, while Sylvester Stallone’s Bullet to the Head got tackled, leaving the action icon with the worst debut of his career.

Warm Bodies, which was financed for about $35 million, earned an estimated $20 million from 3,009 theaters in its first three days. No, that’s not a Twilight-sized number, but no one was expecting Warm Bodies to be the same sort of blockbuster. Sure, they’re both about romances between a teenage girl and an undead boy, but the Isaac Marion...

The zombie-rom-com (zom-rom-com?) has found its place at the box office. Nicholas Hoult's "Warm Bodies" opened this weekend to $19.5 million across 3,009 theaters, giving it the number one spot. "Warm Bodies" stars Hoult as a zombie who becomes involved with a human girl, played by Teresa Palmer, and must protect her from the other zombies. The film is an adaptation of Isaac Marion's novel of the same name. "Warm Bodies" received a B+ CinemaScore.

"Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" continued its box office run by taking the number two spot. The film, which stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton, made $9.2 million across 3,375 theaters. "Hansel and Gretel" won its opening weekend, making $19 million last week. The movie has made $34.4 million to date.

"Silver Linings Playbook," starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, came in third this weekend. The Oscar nominee made $8.1 million across 2,809 theaters, bringing its total domestic gross to $80.4 million.

Summit Entertainment's Warm Bodies -- a new spin on the zombie genre -- topped the Super Bowl weekend box office with a solid $20 million debut, while Sylvestor Stallone's new action pic Bullet to the Head turned in a grim $4.5 million. Billed as a paranormal romantic comedy, Warm Bodies stars Nicholas Hoult as a zombie who rescues a girl (Teresa Palmer) from imminent death at the hands of his fellow undead. An unlikely romance develops, setting off an unforeseen chain of events. Jonathan Levine directed Warm Bodies, based on the popular young-adult book by Isaac Marion (Summit, of course, is

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The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office. It's Super Bowl weekend, which means that as in past years, the box office is going to go quiet on Sunday as many Americans stay home to watch the 15 hours of football programming leading up to the 47th Super Bowl game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens. Not that it matters much since this is proving to be another slow weekend with only one movie bringing in more than $10 million. That movie was Warm Bodies (Summit Entertainment), filmmaker Jonathan Levine's ( 50/50 ) PG-13 romantic zombie comedy based on Isaac Marion's...

The Movie: Warm Bodies (2013) Studio: Summit Entertainment Director: Jonathan Levine Starring: Nicholas Hoult as R, Teresa Palmer as Julie, Analeigh Tipton as Nora, Rob Corddry as M, Dave Franco as Perry, John Malkovich as Grigio and Cory Hardrict as Kevin Screenwriters: Jonathan Levine based on the novel by Isaac Marion (buy it amazon asin="147671746X" text="here") RottenTomatoes: 78% MetaCritic: 59/100 Snippet from My Review: (read my full review here) Warm Bodies is akin to a complete nine year run of a CW primetime soap, boiled down to 97 minutes, stripped of its angsty, faux drama and given a healthy soundtrack budget because even soap opera emotion is harder to create than emotion generated from songs we all recognize. It's not that bad, but I could just as easily do without it. Starter Questions Here are a couple of questions to help get the conversation started. 1.) Do you think the soundtrack elevated the...

From the director of 50/50 and All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, Warm Bodies is not that hot. Director Jonathan Levine has adapted Isaac Marion's unique zombie love story into a predictably safe PG-13 screenplay.

There are a couple of well-established formulas for zombie movies that people expect to see. First and perhaps most prevalent is the survival story that pits a random group of people against an inevitable horde of the undead, trapped in a shopping mall or on an island, usually killing them off one by one until they are all gone or perhaps one or two escape.

Next is the post-apocalyptic adventure which focuses on one or two travellers as they make their way through a landscape from which the undead pop up along the way to drive the story forward. Zombieland is one of the best recent examples.

Many films combine elements of both of these stories,...

Warm Bodies: Zombie movie to easily top North American box office on Super Bowl weekend; Nicholas Hoult stars The supernatural romantic comedy Warm Bodies, in which a zombie (About a Boy‘s Nicholas Hoult) rescues and falls in love with a non-zombie (I Am Number Four‘s Teresa Palmer), topped the North American box office on Friday, grossing a relatively strong (estimated) $8.1m — including $525k from Thursday late-evening and midnight screenings — at 3,009 locations, according to figures found at Box Office Mojo. Distributed by Summit Entertainment (now part of Lionsgate Pictures), and based on Isaac Marion’s novel for young adults, Warm Bodies will easily top the North American box office this Super Bowl weekend, collecting approximately $20m. (Photo: Zombie R Nicholas Hoult Warm Bodies.) That’s not bad for a movie featuring no stars, with an unusual theme, and budgeted at a reported $30m (not including marketing and distribution expenses). Having said that,...

Its main star may be a dead guy, but Summit’s new release Warm Bodies exhibited nothing but life in its first day at the box office.

The zombie-themed romantic comedy (zom-rom-com?) easily topped the chart on Friday with $8.7 million. Last year, the teen superpower adventure Chronicle earned $8.6 million the Friday before Super Bowl Sunday and finished the frame with $22 million. Since Warm Bodies, which is based on the popular novel by Isaac Marion, already has a built-in following, it’s likely that it will be more frontloaded and finish the weekend with about $20 million. Still, that’s a tremendous...

Do you have any idea how hard it is to be a charming zombie? Think about it: You see a hot girl. Let's call her Julie (Take Me Home Tonight's Teresa Palmer). She's smart, funny and knows her way around an assault rifle. How are you going to sweep her off her feet when: A) You can barely speak, B) You reek of decomp, and C) You're technically trying to kill each other? For Nicholas Hoult's R (his character can't remember his whole name), the trick is to rescue the damsel from the other walking dead, then show her his cool record collection.

Title: Warm Bodies Director: Jonathan Levine Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, Analeigh Tipton, John Malkovich, Dave Franco, Cory Hardrict A funky and fresh tale of adolescent self-doubt and blossoming young love funneled through the prism of post-apocalyptic zombiedom, “Warm Bodies” conjures a lovely, commingled tone of wistfulness and witticism. The best, most unique zombie movie since “Shaun of the Dead,” director Jonathan Levine’s smart adaptation of Isaac Marion’s same-named novel delivers laughs as well as an unlikely, surprisingly affecting coming-of-age tale centered around the curative powers of passion and hope. Unfolding in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, “Warm Bodies” takes as its narrator R (Nicholas Hoult), a soulful and self-aware zombie who nevertheless can’t remember his name or [ Read More ]

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Smart horror fans know that they have to be flexible on some things. Sometimes a vampire is a feral beast of a monster, and sometimes a vampire is a tall, handsome wimp who struggles with emotional baggage. Sometimes the boogeyman who used to scare you every Halloween is transformed into a hulking brute who kills people simply because his white-trash mama wouldn't take him trick or treating. And sometimes zombies, usually the most basic and consistent of movie monsters, are not mindless chewing machines, but love-struck young men who change their ways when enamored with a pretty human female. It happened in the little-seen My Boyfriend's Back (1993), and the concept of "undead boyfriend" is back again with Warm Bodies, a certifiably strange but quietly appealing "zombie rom-com" that's based on the novel of the same name by Isaac Marion.

Adapted for the screen with equal doses of earnest sweetness and...