It Takes a Super Zero to Survive the Apocalypse in This Short Film
When we first told you about writer/director Mitch Cohen’s zombie comedy project Super Zero, it was in reference to last year’s Kickstarter campaign that sought to secure funds for a feature film. That wasn’t to be, though Cohen forged ahead regardless to create a promising short edition which you can watch right here!
We asked Cohen whether the failure of his Kickstarter project to reach its target influenced the decision to create a short film instead. Not so, he explained, telling us: “The story of the production is that the Kickstarter was also to produce the short film. The idea was to make the short as a teaser and a proof of concept to expand this into a feature film or a series. I have already developed the project out both ways. Even though the Kickstarter was unsuccessful financially, it gave me some promotion and I met some really talented people who helped me get it made for way less money and with even more production value. So in that way the Kickstarter campaign was a success!”
Super Zero stars Umberto Celisano, Giselle Gilbert, Al Bernstein and Tyler White, is written and directed by Mitch Cohen, and is produced by Devon Byers and Alex Moran.
Synopsis
When Josh Hershberg, a 20-year-old introverted geek culture lover, is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, he believes he isn’t special and has nothing to offer the world. However, on the day he decides to kill himself and end it all, a vessel carrying the first sample of liquid water discovered on Mars crashes to Earth on re-entry, sparking the Zombie Apocalypse.
One month later, the world has gone to hell and Josh has set off to wander through the madness alone. He stumbles upon his crush, her cousin and a wayward pizza party clown trying to find their way to safety. In the middle of a sudden Zombie attack, the three learn that Josh is immune to being a target of the undead due to his rare illness. Josh, using his comic-book/gaming/movie knowledge and engineering expertise, crafts Zombie killing weapons and heroically saves the lives of his compatriots, earning him a place in their ragtag group.
In the process, Josh discovers, once and for all, you may not know what makes you special, but your time will come. And perhaps, when the biggest epic fail ever to happen to civilization triggers the rising of the dead to kill the living, one may find that there is a zombie assassin in all of us.
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