WARM BODIES Author Offers Update on the TV Series Adaptation
It’s been four years since it was announced that the Warm Bodies zombie book series was getting a series adaptation, but we haven’t had an update on it since. I just assumed the pandemic ended up killing the project, but author Isaac Marion kind of offers an update, and in an interview with SYFY Wire he said:
"There was a time when it seemed like a sure thing, contracts were drawn up, etc., but for some reason, it keeps sliding around. Talks of a movie sequel morphed into a TV series, which was actually announced as 'in development' a couple of years ago, only to mysteriously go silent. I'm only peripherally involved at this point, so I don't actually know what's going on behind the scenes. It's all a big tease for me. But they did option all four books for TV, so it's still possible. To me, Warm Bodies is just the opening act of the story -- it's actually 18 percent of the total word count -- so it would be a dream to see the rest of it on screen someday."
He’s not quite sure what is going on or why the series was stalled, but he’s hoping that one day it happens. The 2013 movie with Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer was great. I still revisit that movie every once in a while because it’s just an enjoyable story. It’d be fun to see a series dive into the story and character further.
This is the description from the original book: "His name starts with 'R.' That's all he remembers. But what's in a name when you're a walking corpse just waiting to decompose? 'R' wanders the ruins of post-apocalyptic America with no idea who he is, how he got here, or why he has to eat people. He just follows the crowd: a mindless mob that has spread across the globe and reduced civilization to ruins. And then he meets Julie. This fiery young survivor is a blast of color in R's gray landscape, and he begins to remember the humanity he's lost. But their unlikely romance becomes something much bigger, sparking a revolution that wakes the Dead -- and other, darker forces. Warm Bodies is a dead man's search for life. It's a young woman's fight for a better world. It's hope that refuses to die."
Do you hope to see a Warm Bodies series produced one day?