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New York Will Eat You Alive
Directed byTodd Strauss-Schulson
Written by
Based onZombie Brother
by Jia Haibo
Produced by
  • Michael Parets
  • Channing Tatum
  • Reid Carolin
  • Peter Kiernan
  • Todd Strauss-Schulson
  • Wenxin She
  • Edward Cheng
  • Ken Zou
  • Conor Zorn
  • Ged Doherty
Starring
Production
companies
Tencent Pictures
Free Association
Above The Line Productions
Distributed bySTX Entertainment
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

New York Will Eat You Alive is an upcoming American zombie action-comedy film based on the webcomic Zombie Brother by Ja Kaibo, directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson and starring Colin Firth and Victor Ma.

Plot[edit]

Biotech engineer Bai leads his friends across a New York City overrun with zombies in order to save the world.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

On March 29, 2017, Channing Tatum’s company Free Association and Tencent Pictures were set to produce Zombie Brother, a film based on Jia Haibo’s webcomic of the same name with David Sandberg attached to direct and Matt Lieberman writing the screenplay.[1] On May 9, 2018, STX Entertainment joined the production of Zombie Brother.[2] On September 9, 2019, Todd Strauss-Schulson was set to produce the movie and direct instead of Sandberg.[3] On November 6, 2020, the movie was entitled “New York Will Eat You Alive” and that Alex Rubens, Dan Gregor and Doug Mand have screenwriting credits.[4]

Casting[edit]

On November 6, 2020, Colin Firth was casted in the film.[4] On May 5, 2021, Victor Ma was casted in the film.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroll, Justin (March 29, 2017). "Channing Tatum's Production Banner and Tencent Pictures Team on 'Zombie Brother' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  2. ^ Busch, Anita (May 9, 2018). "STX Joins China's Tencent Pictures & Free Association Team On 'Zombie Brother'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  3. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 9, 2019). "Todd Strauss-Schulson In Talks To Direct 'Zombie Brother' For STX & Tencent". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Kit, Borys (November 6, 2020). "Colin Firth To Star In 'Zombie Brother' Adaptation 'New York Will Eat You Alive' From STXfilms and Tencent Pictures". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  5. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 5, 2021). "Victor Ma To Star Opposite Colin Firth In STX & Tencent's 'New York Will Eat You Alive'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 23, 2024.

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