Jim Jarmusch Is Making A Zombie Movie With Bill Murray, Adam Driver, And Tilda Swinton
Jim Jarmuschhas already directed a modern classic about vampires, so why not zombies? ThePatersonandOnly Lovers Left Alivedirector has announced that his next project will be a zombie comedy titledThe Dead Don’t Die, featuring a who’s who of past Jarmusch collaborators, includingBill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, andChloë Sevigny.
Jim Jarmusch is currently shooting his new zombie comedyThe Dead Don’t Diefor Focus Features, the studio announced in a press release.
This will be the writer-director’s third feature film with Focus following 2005’sBroken Flowersand 2009’sThe Limits of Control. But that won’t be the only familiar element forThe Dead Don’t Die.The main cast members ofThe Dead Don’t Diehave all starred in Jarmusch films before, including Bill Murray (Broken Flowers), Adam Driver (Paterson),Chloë Sevigny (Broken Flowers), Tilda Swinton (Only Lovers Left Alive, Broken Flowers), and Steve Buscemi (Mystery Train).
The only major cast member to have not worked with Jarmusch before is actress-singerSelena Gomez, who makes her Jarmusch project debut withThe Dead Don’t Die.
Murray is probably the most frequent Jarmusch collaborator, having starred in bothCoffee and Cigarettesand inBroken Flowers. And this will also be a second go-around at the zombie genre for Murray, who made a hysterical cameo in 2009’s action-comedyZombieland.Murray seems excited for his latest team-up with Jarmusch, accidentally letting some details slip while speaking toPhilly.comin March:
“I’ve got a good job coming up. Brace yourself: It’s a zombie movie. Jim Jarmusch has written a zombie script that’s so hilarious and it has a cast of great actors: Rosie Perez, Daniel Craig. It’s titledThe Dead Don’t Die, and it shoots over the summer. But, no, I will not play a zombie.”
It seems that the cast has changed since then, as Rozie Perez and Daniel Craig are not included in the official announcement that Focus Features released today (or else Murray was just messing with us).
Production forThe Dead Don’t Dieis currently underway in New York, where TheDaily Mailspotted Gomez, actorAustin Butler, Driver, and Murray shooting a gruesome, blood-soaked scene.
No release date has yet been announced forThe Dead Don’t Die.
