The greatest British zombie romantic comedy in movie history is returning to Winchester for its 20th anniversary, announced Focus Features. Shaun of the Dead The film, which stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, is released in US cinemas from August 29 and in the UK from September 27.
Shaun of the Dead It follows a British slacker named Shaun, who gets dumped by his girlfriend Liz, played by Kate Ashfield, just before the undead apocalypse. His bestie Ed, played by Nick Frost, takes him out for drinks to help him get over the breakup and remind him that “it’s not the end of the world” when zombies show up.
They wake up to a George Romero-esque world, populated by lifeless, animated cannibals, hungover and completely oblivious to the carnage that surrounds them. The hilarious, continuous sequence of Sean walking from his apartment to the corner store, completely oblivious to the bloody state of the world around him, is worth seeing on the big screen.
Shaun of the Dead It became one of the undercover 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, a two-season TV series. interval When a zombie-themed subplot line in the episode inspired the creation of a proper British zombie comedy in the style of Romero’s “Dead” movies, an action cop parody Hot fuzz Alien Invasion Bar Crawl Adventure 2007 The end of the world In 2013, the remainder of the trilogy was completed.
“Ice Cream” refers to the flavor of Cornetto ice cream that appears as an Easter egg in each film. Red Strawberry flavor Shaun of the DeadBlue Vanilla Flavor Hot fuzz And the peppermint scent The end of the world. The film also launched Pegg’s acting career in the United States as Scotty, an inspiration to JJ Abrams. star trek Hughie’s father in the movie trilogy and the Amazon Prime superhero satire Boys.
