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Commercial director wunder-kid and multiple Cannes Lion award winner Matthijs van Heijningen has been selected to direct the upcoming big screen zombie massacre that is Army of the Dead. The project is the brainchild of and will be produced by Zack Snyder, who helmed one of the top zombie movies of all time – Dawn of the Dead, a remake which, in my opinion (which matters), is far superior to the slow, plodding original. (Flame on)

Details are sparse, but we do know a few things about this flick. First off, it will feature zombies and secondly it will take place in an over-run Las Vegas. The main crux of the story will be a father attempting to save his daughter from the impending onslaught of flesh-eaters, presumably by finding her and then fighting his way through the reanimated corpses. We can also postulate that the Snyder produced flick will be feature fast zombies, because A) Dawn of the Dead had them and B) Heijningen is a music video director, a breed not known for their long establishing shots and slow pans.

When we know more, you’ll know more. My blood is already flowing for this one.

Zombie art courtesy of Chris Bolton