The zombie tale with Hoult & Palmer
UK website, The Void, caught up to author Isaac Marion to his novel “Warm Bodies” and the forthcoming big screen adaptation.
The film is about an existentially tormented zombie named “R” (Nicholas Hoult) who begins an unlikely friendship with the girlfriend of one of his victims. That starts a chain reaction which will transform him, his fellow zombies, and maybe the whole lifeless world.
Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer are set to star for All the Boys Love Mandy Lane director Jonathan Levine.
In Void’s interview, Marion touched a bit on the script he has read…
The early draft I read employed a voiceover narration in the beginning to bring us up to speed on who R is and how his world works, then the VO gradually faded away as the film progressed, portraying Râs thoughts more through his body language and limited speech. I think narrations can be obnoxious if used clumsily or unnecessarily, but this one seems well integrated, and adds a sense of mood and style that I actually missed in the second half. Last I heard, the director agreed and was planning to work more of that into the second half to prevent it from doing that thing that so many Hollywood movies do, starting out full of wit and charm and gradually collapsing into action and spectacle in the third act.
For the full interview, follow this link!
Source: The Void
