A re-invention of the zombie genre
Update: Production Weekly states Fox Searchlight is in talks to join Cody in this endeavor.
Diablo Cody may be producing an adaptation of the upcoming novel “Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament.” According to Production Weekly, the Jennifer’s Body scribe is shepherding the project with screenwriter Geoff LaTulippe tackling S.G. Browne’s source material.
Here’s a synopsis from Publisher’s Weekly: Andy Warner reanimates after the car accident that kills his wife, but is too mangled from his injuries to talk. He lives in his parents’ wine cellar, occasionally attending a zombie support group and struggling to rejoin a society that offers the undead no rights, bans them from working and doesn’t even punish those who destroy them. When Andy and his fellow zombiesânotably Rita, a sexy suicide victim with a lipstick fetish, and Jerry, a Playboy-obsessed stonerâlearn why they’re so driven to consume human flesh, the repercussions are both tragic and hilarious. Browne neatly mixes humor and extreme violence with a surprisingly tender love story, some witty social satire and an extremely strong narrative voice.
It’s unknown where Cody is developing “Breathers.”
Source: Production Weekly
