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Cockneys vs. Zombies unleashed in London

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Principal photography will commence at east and west London locations on Cockneys vs. Zombies from March 21. Matthias Hoene, who earlier made Beyond the Rave for Hammer Horror will direct from a script by James Moran (Girl Number 9, Severance [+see also:
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).

Described as a ‘zom-com’, the film follows a gang of bank robbers whose theft plans go awry when contractors at a building site unlock and release hungry zombies from a 350-year-old vault.

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The cast includes iconic British star Honor Blackman (Bridget Jones’s Diary), Rasmus Hardiker (I Want Candy [+see also:
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), Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank [+see also:
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), Michelle Ryan (4.3.2.1 [+see also:
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), Ashley ‘Bashy’ Thomas (Shank), Jack Doolan (Cemetery Junction) and Alan Ford (Snatch, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels).

Hoene said, “What I love about the Cockney vs. Zombies concept is that it takes two established British genres: the gangster film and the horror film and blends them together into something that is more of an action/gangster film than a straight zombie film. In the vein of Evil Dead II and Braindead, it’ll be grittier and scarier than Shaun of the Dead and more colourful and fun than 28 Weeks Later [+see also:
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. It’s Football Factory with zombies. The film is scary, darkly comic, witty and anarchic.”

James Harris and Mark Lane are producing for The Tea Shop & Film Company Ltd. Optimum Releasing will distribute in the UK. SC Films International will handle global sales.

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