Zombieland

Zombieland
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ruben Fleischer
Produced by	Gavin Polone
Written by	Rhett Reese Paul Wernick
Starring	Woody Harrelson Jesse Eisenberg Emma Stone Abigail Breslin
Music by	David Sardy
Cinematography	Michael Bonvillain
Edited by	Sohum Suryavanshi Shreya Johar
Production company	Relativity Media Pariah
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	September 25, 2009 (2009-09-25) (Fantastic Fest) October 2, 2009 (2009-10-02) (United States)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$23.6 million
Box office	$102.4 million

Zombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin as survivors of a zombie apocalypse. The film follows a geeky college kid making his way through the zombie apocalypse, meeting three strangers along the way and together taking an extended road trip across the Southwestern United States in an attempt to find a sanctuary free from zombies. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2009 and was theatrically released on October 2, 2009 in the United States by Columbia Pictures. Zombieland was a critical and commercial success, grossing more than $60.8 million in 17 days and surpassing the 2004 film Dawn of the Dead as the top-grossing zombie film in the United States until World War Z in 2013.

Two months have passed since a mutated strain of mad cow disease mutated into "mad person disease" that became "mad zombie disease" which overran the entire United States population, turning American people into vicious zombies. Unaffected college student Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is making his way from his college dorm in Austin, Texas, to Columbus, Ohio, to see whether his parents are still alive. He encounters Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), another survivor, who is particularly violent in killing zombies. Though he doesn't appear to be sociable, Tallahassee reluctantly allows Columbus to travel with him. Tallahassee mentions he misses his puppy that was killed by zombies, as well as his affinity for Twinkies, which he actively tries to find. Survivors of the zombie epidemic have learned that it is best not to grow attached to other survivors, because they could die at any moment, so many have taken to using their city of origin as nicknames, e.g. Columbus is from Columbus, Ohio.