There was a show?!

The fact i never even knew there was an attempt at a show kinda says it all. 😂

I remember watching this and thinking “You idiots, you’ve captured their stunt doubles!”

Yeah the pilot feels like a weird snl parody. I don’t know why they recast the characters instead of creating new ones. I legit have not thought about the pilot in eleven years lol

I’m a massive fan of the original I didn’t know this show existed until right now, so that’s probably an indication.

You’re not wrong. They should’ve had new characters. Could’ve made an episodes where they meet the original cast along their adventures an epilogue or individually like prequel to the movies. So much potential wasted

*Had no idea this was even an idea*

On paper, a Zombieland TV series sounds awesome, but its execution left a lot to be desired. As you said, they should have had new characters rather than the ones from the movies.

Even the vehicle got a downgrade from a Cadillac to a GMC lol

I never really wibed with the movie, precisely because everything about the rules and whatever else, always felt like it would work better in a serialised TV-show. So this makes the whole thing make sense now. Also, sad that streaming services don't do the concept pilot thing for new shows. They should do that, instead of pumping out full seasons and then cancelling shows before they have the time to build a fanbase.

oooo do an episode on the Limitless TV show i really liked it and i think it did the movie justice in its own way

Thank goodness I missed this show.

Watched Double Tap last week for the first time, and absolutely loved it. Didn't know it received a tepid response, much less they tried to turn it into a series

Even double tap wasn't that good, a few funny bits but overall not as much fun as the first one. Sometimes it's just really hard to make a sequel to a good movie.

wait there was a posible show of this ?? never even heard of this.

Pretty interesting and original topic ! Keep it up

Great video.

The problem with tv adaptations of most properties (aside from the writing becoming generic schlock) is that the cast becomes "generic above average looks person" cast in the roles where you were expecting to see your favorite actor. Surprisingly, people in Hollywood movies typically have pretty distinct looks and aren't always "good looking" and aside from those distinct features they typically have very distinct mannerisms. When you cast "generic above average looking person" in those distinct roles you lose all of the charm and the majority of the talent as well. Better to just create a separate story with new characters then try to convince people these cardboard cutouts are the actors they're familiar with.

downloaded the premiere day of release,was very sad they never made another. Still have it saved to my hard drive to this day

Hi Tyler, any updates on the movie? Last update was June 2023

I would actually love to see you do a video about Castle Rock.

As someone who saw both films, I didnt even know there was a series so they didnt even advertise it to the people who already knew about it

Didn’t know this was a thing.

What about PAW Patrol and Doctor Who?

Had no clue a show was even pitched, let alone piloted.

For a "Zombieland" show to work, they need to do what "What We Do In The Shadows" did: focus on a different group of entertaining characters played by charismatic performers, with the occasional cameo from the original cast.

I love the two movies, to me they are great obviously the first one is the best but the second one it’s not far from the first. Love them wholeheartedly.

i still can't believe it was a decade ago

Maiara Walsh seems to have had bad luck with remakes. She also starred in the monstrosity that we all make sure to forget deliberately: mean girls 2 😭

I remember seeing about this coming out ages ago, but I never got to see it and I’m pretty sure it got scrubbed from Amazon.

They DEFINITELY should have just made new characters. What We Do in The Shadows was a film converted into a show. New characters are the difference between a failed pilot and a 5 season show with no sign of stopping!

Funny enough, Zombieland was originally pitched as a show. Each episode would sponsor a "rule" to survival. Then, the movie was made at it was so good, that when they finally got the show the characters were so iconic they couldn't make it work. So, they made the sequel. They really needed to make a new show in the same world using new characters. Well, and they needed a better budget than Amazon could provide. At least at the level of walking dead.

New characters with new states, and new rules. Keep all the weekly stuff

Also it´s an incredibly stupid idea to NOT make the whole character build up in the series. This does not work at all, because they pick up where the movie ended, tell us some backstory to characters that were established in the movie and ALL THAT with different Actors. IF they would have REBOOTED it into a series and would have shown us how they met, the audience could have connected with the new actors. Of course just MAYBE, because it´s also the execution that matters.

I never knew that show existed makes me kinda wanna watch it

The wildest part? If you make new, interesting and fun characters that are just an extension of the world, you could tell a NEW story AND include new chars in the movie sequel in a cool way that would probably feel really rewarding if you were a fan. The writer comment about "IdK WhY Y'AlL diDn'T LiKe iT" is proof that hollywood is full of walking bricks. He has no idea what was good about the first or how to do anything useful with it and is left thinking this is due to angry fans instead of the fact that they produced a BAD show that made the IP worse.

I remember reading about this….however, I didn’t know it ever got made. 😅

I remember that I saw it but if it weren't for your video, I would never have remembered that I wasted my time watching that pilot...

I remember this was being announced then it shortly got cancelled it was originally on Amazon

Zombieland was obviously planned to be a show, and I was confused why there was never a show based on it. It would've been so fun to see a comedy about people surviving a zombie apocolypse!

I remember watching this on KZfaq back in the day!

Didnt know this was a thing

well, the good news is we're on track for a zombieland three in just five short years

I thought you meant the series of movies, I was so confused 😂

There was no way that a Zombieland show without the original cast in their respective roles was going to be anywhere near as good. Their personalities, charisma, and chemistry together just weren't going to be duplicated effectively.

I found out about this because I was Wikipedia page diving into the Cory In The House cast and read Maiara Walsh’s page and now I’m here 😅

This could've worked if they had went with a different cast of characters and built that instead of hoping to successfully flip the whole cast. If three series went well, it could've dovetailed neatly into a sequel like Double-tap including the original cast and maybe have the show cast pop up toward the climax to help out or something.

The first Zombieland was lightning in a bottle. I don't think you'll ever get a comedy zombie movie that good again, it would have to be really well written and cast. There are tons of comedy zombie movies on streaming, but they are so bad. I saw a VHS home movie of 2 preteens LARPing Resident Evil on streaming service, like whatttt, they will put anything on there.

You just blew my mind

As a fan of zombie films, I enjoyed Zombieland. As far as zombie comedies go, it's not nearly as good as Shaun of the Dead or Return of the Living Dead, but it was a well written and well acted out film. I think its biggest drawback was that overly kinetic, in your face, action style that American comedies can be guilty of, which I tend to find a bit obnoxious. But that said, despite that fact, it's still a very enjoyable movie, and I enjoyed the sequel too.

I didnt even know Double Tap existed and i loved the original one.

Love the movies and had high hopes for the show. But just like you said… the TV show felt like a really dull boring worst copy of the originals. None of the characters were likable and felt more like they were just trying to copy the movie characters and failed miserably

7:28 "Why did you hate us changing every thing that made the movie good" How is that hard to understand?

There was a show? This is the first time hearing about it, and I would have hated it too.

I'm not a huge zombieland fan, and I don't like zombies, and I think the show wouldn't pick up if they at least tried something else like Writing new characters.

lol, like many here, I had no clue there was a show…

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I swear I NEVER knew this was a thing

I watched it back then, I thought “oh no, this isn’t good for the future of Amazon originals if this is what they have in mind.” Glad to be wrong on that front lol. I love the Zombieland movie and even liked Zombieland 2, but this pilot was like the majority of these movie to TV series that weren’t good. The replacement actors were not good and the talking car concept was lame

To me, you very often can’t explain why something. Usually the answer is just, they didn’t do a good job with it so nobody liked it. And when you move into a comedy, the answer is nearly always just that it’s not funny.

I loved the first movie as a teen and still think both are solid...never heard of the pilot tho

the tv show zombie land chick is from Corey in the House, i know that name anywhere

I'm a massive zombie fan, shows movies books visual novels fanfic etc. Never even heard of this, glad I didn't, it looks dumb.

This show being more Zombieland for the fans to enjoy is like season 4 of Community being more Community, but maybe even less so.

Both the movies are great! Didn't know there was a show 😂

The zombieland VR game is pretty solid

Eu lembro da época que lançaram isso, eu fiquei puto. Ainda bem que não deu certo, era uma péssima ideia.

That opening scene looks pretty good to be fair :p

Because instead of doing a new original story in the same universe they always try a lukewarm reboot... I would have taken the standard cheerleader football player nerd cliche group thing and made the smart people die and stupid people live... also i would have hired the wayans brothers to do the show... people are craving for a scary movie substitute...

It's very difficult if not impossible to recast Woody Harrelson

I sae this when it premiered. The moment a zombie was shot in the chest, leaving a huge hole, never getting back up. That was in the first 5 minutes, and i was done. Tried to enjoy it, but is wasngood at all

Okay Eddie, calm down lol

Odd feeling of deja vu...pretty sure I watched this exact video like a week or 2 back 🤔😅

It's like trying to recast Ghostbusters, it's impossible, just try something new

The pilot was rough but likeable in a way that felt like it would find it's footing as the season went on. The casting wasn't bad but the switch between the two was a huge leap that most couldn't hack. Too bad, we need more zombie TV.

I was just thinking about this

In the movie they had a play on the show with dollar tree versions of them

I mean...it had the spirit, definitely. You just can't make Zombieland without Jesse or Woody

Is the TV Series Witchitaw the same actor from the awful Mean Girls 2 movie?

How was there a character literally written FOR an actor hardly anybody even knew existed. All of these actors seem like people they grabbed off the street. Ward being the worst of them.

I’ve seen the original probably 10 times. Didn’t know this show was a thing lol. The clips I saw here are proof didn’t miss anything 😂

I didn’t knew 2013 had a zombieland show, the only zombie show I was aware of was the walking dead 😂

Show? What show?

I remember reading about this show. Glad it didn’t make it

Why didn’t they just make them different characters?? Doomed from the start.

Hold on, They made a tv show about Misery?

Didn't know there was a show

This looks like something that would be aired on the SyFy channel

The casting is obviously atrocious. Woody Harrelson changed the role, so they'd have to undo those changes to go back to Kirk Ward.

Oh, I most certainly did witness that awful Pilot...

Ruben Fleischer used to be a decent director Now he's just another director for hire

Didn't know there was a TV show

This definitely could’ve been a great series, sad it didn’t go as planned and crashed and burned.

I'm with the other comments i had no idea this even existed and i've had prime for years

I remember this coming out and thinking.... Wow Amazon's trying to out netflix netflix... Cute.

There is no show. About 10 years ago a tv channel did 10 1 hour episodes of shows they wanted to do. They were looking for the fans to pick the shows they wanted. Zombieland was 1 episode it was good and funny but fans didn't like the fact it was not the movie cast so it never made it to a season.

I think castle rock did a great job with Annie.

Zombie land does have potential as a show for sure but they probably should’ve just used different characters that’s in the same world at least

They prolly should've had different characters and plot line entirely if they couldn't get the original actors. Like that one walking dead spin off.

No surprise I didn't know the series existed; I absolutely hated the movie.