LOVE RESURRECTION

HAS IT REALLY BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE the now classic post-apocalyptic zombie film Zombieland was released? No one is more surprised by how fast the years have gone by than the film’s director, Ruben Fleischer, and cast members Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin, who never imagined that it would take them so long to reunite for a sequel.

“We all became friends during the making of the first film, and we had so much fun together that we wanted to get back together for a sequel as soon as possible, right after Zombieland was released in 2009,” says Fleischer. “We talked about different sequel ideas, and it was something that we were all passionate about doing. But we just couldn’t make it work. Then the years just started to roll by.”

The camaraderie that developed between Fleischer and the cast during the making of developed into an enduring bond of friendship. However,, each of their careers moved in separate directions, while they waited for the perfect sequel script to magically appear. “We always stayed in touch with one another, but our careers took us away from each other and the sequel,” says Fleischer. “I was lucky to have been able to work with most of the cast during this period. I did with Jesse, and Emma was in , and then, most recently, I worked with Woody on . Emma and Jesse have become major stars since , which was another complicating factor in terms of getting everyone back together. Finally, about three or four years ago, someone, maybe Emma, said something like, ‘Why don’t we just do this?’”