STX will distribute in North America and handle international sales excluding China on action comedy Zombie Brother from STXfilms and Tencent Pictures.
Todd Strauss-Schulson (pictured), whose credits include Isn’t It Romantic and A Very Harold And Kumar 3D Christmas, will direct the story based on one of Tencent’s most popular digital comics.
Zombie Brother will follow a lead Chinese character and a group of New Yorkers as they try to survive a zombie apocalypse. Tencent Pictures will release in China.
Tatum, Carolin, Kiernan and Michael Parets are producing for Free Association, with Conor Zorn for Tencent Pictures. Sam Brown. Edward Cheng and Howard Chen are executive producers. Sam Brown oversees the project with Drew Simon.
According to STX and Tencent, since 2011 the digital comic book has generated more than 24bn views over 241 episodes, and the animated series has attracted more than 3.7bn billion views over the first two seasons. The franchise was also adapted into a stage play.
According to STX and Tencent, since 2011 the digital comic book has generated more than 24bn views over 241 episodes, and the animated series has attracted more than 3.7bn billion views over the first two seasons. The franchise was also adapted into a stage play.
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