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Tina Romero’s Zombie Movie, ‘Queens of the Dead,’ Has a Queer, Gory, and Gleeful First Trailer

You can’t have the last name “Romero” and release a zombie movie that flies under the radar—which is why it’s so delightful that Tina Romero, daughter of late zombie movie legend George A. Romero, is making her feature directorial debut with the glittery, flashy, gory, proudly queer, and over-the-top-looking Queens of the Dead. The first trailer is here, and it does not disappoint. There’s still a George A. Romero-adjacent zombie movie in the works, titled Twilight of the Dead—last we heard, Mi

Cillian Murphy Is Flattered Everyone Thought He Would Play an Emaciated Zombie in ’28 Years Later’

As soon as the teaser trailer for 28 Years Later dropped, pretty much everyone and their mom assumed the skinny zombie seen struggling through flowers looked uncannily like Cillian Murphy’s Jim, the franchise’s original main character from director Danny Boyle and Alex Garland‘s 2002 28 Days Later. The internet sleuths swiftly discovered the likeness was pure serendipity, but the Oscar-winning actor now says he was touched that fans had assumed the emaciated undead wanderer was him. In an inter

‘Marvel Zombies’ Teases a High-Energy Undead Adventure

The zombie apocalypse hits the Marvel Cinematic Universe, at least in 2D, just in time for spooky season. The trailer for Marvel Zombies shows us a timeline where the assembled Avengers aren’t showing up to save the day—they’re the threat after being hit with the zombie virus. The latest trailer for the Disney+ animated series reveals that the likes of Okoye, Hawkeye, the Scarlett Witch, and Captain America are now the brain-munching undead. And the unlikeliest of heroes will need to rise up to

The Avengers face an undead Thanos in Marvel Zombies trailer

Marvel Studios has (mercifully) slowed the pace of new releases of late, but this month we're getting the miniseries Marvel Zombies—and the studio just dropped the official trailer. It's adapted from the Marvel Comics series and a spinoff of the 2021 What If...? episode featuring several Avengers in zombified form. It's part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase Six. (Spoilers for the 2021 What If...? episode below.) In the What If...? episode—which retconned the events of Ant-Man and the W

Killing Floor 3 Perks Explained: Which Class Makes Sense for You?

Killing Floor 3 completely revamps the series' perk system, bringing the game's classes more in line with hero shooters such as Overwatch or Marvel Rivals. This streamlined perk system differentiates every character, with each getting a unique arsenal of weapons as well as a signature gadget and grenade. But you start to feel the real differences as you level up and unlock nodes throughout the specialized perk skill trees. Killing Floor 2 veterans are used to having 10 perks to choose from, bu

Comics Legend Charlie Adlard Returns to the World of Zombies in This ‘Everything Dead & Dying’ Cover

Charlie Adlard is one of the most recognized comics artists around, thanks to his landmark work on The Walking Dead, defining generations of comic storytelling. Now, the artist is heading back into the apocalypse with a twist—thanks to a new series from Image Comics. io9 can exclusively reveal your first look at Adlard’s stealth variant cover for the debut issue of Everything Dead & Dying, set to hit shelves this September. Written by Tate Brombal and with art from Jacob Phillips, the five-issu

James Wan Offers a Mildly Discouraging Update on That ‘Train to Busan’ Remake

Released in 2016, Yeon Sang-ho‘s Train to Busan proved there were still plenty of fresh thrills to be mined from the zombie genre. It spawned an animated prequel and a sequel, and nobody was surprised when an American remake, to be titled The Last Train to New York, was announced. A 2023 release date made things official… almost. Obviously, The Last Train to New York—which at one point had Timo Tjahjanto (May the Devil Take You, this year’s Nobody 2) attached to direct and Gary Dauberman (It an