The Geekscape Co-Produced ‘Doc Of The Dead’ Will Premiere On EPIX Next Month!
Briefly: Doc of the Dead is coming!
We let you know back in January that the film would be premiering at SXSW along the likes of Veronica Mars, Jon Favreau’s Chef, and plenty of other exciting features. Today, we’re announcing the television premiere date for all of us normal folk who can’t attend SXSW and/or don’t live in Austin (like me… though I’m in Canada so that’s another story altogether).
The film will premiere on EPIX at 8PM Eastern on March 15th during a 24-hour zombie marathon that will also include the television premiere of last year’s much-better-than-expected World War Z. Here are the details, straight from the press release:
Premium entertainment network EPIX announced today that Doc of the Dead will premiere at the SXSW Film Festival on March 10 and on EPIX on Saturday, March 15, at 8PM ET. The feature length EPIX Original Documentary, directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, examines the rise and evolution of zombies in film, television and literature and the impact on pop culture. Many of the genre’s most influential figures are featured in the film, including the “Godfather of the zombie genre” George A. Romero (Dawn of the Dead), actors Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) and Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead), producer Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead) and acclaimed author Max Brooks (bestsellers The Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z).
Doc of the Dead premieres on EPIX March 15 at 8PM ET as part of an all-day Zombie-thon celebrating the full range of zombie movies from a newly re-mastered HD version of director George Romero’s seminal cult classic Night of the Living Dead, with a special introduction by Max Brooks, to the world television premiere of this summer’s blockbuster addition to the zombie movie cannon, World War Z starring Brad Pitt.
Here’s a schedule for the Zombie-thon, or more importantly, where Doc of the Dead sits on that schedule:
6:00am – Zombies of Mass Destruction
7:35am – Night of the Comet
9:15am – White Zombie
10:30am – House of the Dead 2
12:10pm – Zombies of Mass Destruction
1:45pm – Night of the Comet
3:25pm – White Zombie
4:35pm – House of the Dead 2
6:15pm – Night of the Living Dead w/Introduction by Max Brooks
8:00pm – Doc of the Dead (World TV Premiere)
9:30pm – World War Z (World TV Premiere)
11:30pm – Night of the Living Dead w/Introduction by Max Brooks
1:15am – Nightmare City
2:45am – Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
4:30am – Zombie Lake
Sounds like a great day, doesn’t it? As Jonathan revealed in the announcement last month, he “wrote and directed the ‘Geekscape segments’ in the movie, which you’ll know ‘em when you see ‘em, and my Geekscape business partner Georg Kallert produced them. Who knows, you might even see a Geekscape character or two pop up in the film!”
Take another look at the trailer below, and let us know if you’re excited to see it. International distribution plans are still in the works, but we’ll be sure to let you know those details as soon as we can.
