David Bridges
Typically, in a zombie apocalypse, you want a plan. A plan like “Take automotive. Go to Mum’s. Kill Phil. Seize Liz, go to the Winchester, have a pleasant chilly pint, and watch for all of this to blow over.”
2024 is the twentieth anniversary of the discharge of Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Lifeless. Starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the movie helped reinvigorate the zombie style by working in wholesome doses of romance and comedy. It then spawned two non secular sequels (Scorching Fuzz, The World’s Finish) and launched the careers of everybody concerned. It’s an enormous film, an enormous anniversary, and to have a good time, Focus introduced the movie again to one of many locations that launched it, San Diego Comedian-Con.
io9 was invited to go to a recreation of the Winchester Tavern, Shaun and Ed’s favourite hang-out, at Comedian-Con and located an area affected by Easter Eggs. Shaun’s flowers are within the trash. Chairs are stacked up by the home windows. There’s a zombie within the jukebox. It’s a really cool area that, actually, is an elaborate retailer promoting particular Shaun shirts, pins, and most significantly, a particular beer by Beer Zombies Brewing Firm. You couldn’t drink it within the bar trigger, effectively, it didn’t have a liquor license, but it surely was cool nonetheless.
Listed below are a number of photographs from contained in the Winchester at Comedian-Con 2024.
On-line reservations for the expertise are closed, however they’re accepting walkups. In case you’re at Comedian-Con head to 520 Fifth Avenue or go to this hyperlink for more information.
On, and the film itself is coming again to AMC Theaters from August 29-September 5. Head right here for more information on that!
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