The year 2021 (and beyond!) looks promising for the genre of zombie movies, so we compiled a list of everything we know about what’s to come. Most of this list was compiled from sites like Nerdmuch, Bloody Disgusting, IMDB, and various tidbits here and there across the internet. We left out wild speculations and wishful thinking, and tried to focus mainly on concrete announcements or at least official quotes.
We plan to update this list as we find more information, so be sure to book mark this post and check back often!
Name: Army of the Dead
Year of Release: RELEASED
Director: Zack Snyder
Plot: Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
Status: RELEASED
Name: Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (Netflix animated mini-series)
Year of Release: RELEASED
Director: Unknown
Plot: Unknown
Status: RELEASED
Name: Steel-Man
Year of Release: RELEASED
Director: Mike Palmer
Plot: Steel-Man, Pittsburgh’s Official Superhero is hosting his Annual Comic Book Convention at the C3 Mall when a strange turn of events finds him battling an Army of the Undead as well as the Pittsburgh Underworld.
Status: RELEASED
Name: Shakespeare’s Mummy
Year of Release: 2022
Director: Adam Boster
Plot: After a mummy hand appears in a frat party pizza, four kids must chase it down, escape the mob and an ancient sect but most of all learn to forgive each other if they’re going to stop an Egyptian zombie apocalypse . . . then deliver pizza.
Status: In Production
Name: Toilet Zombie Baby Strikes Back
Year of Release: 2021
Director: Jamie Robert MacDougall
Plot: In a small town, a hit-man unknowingly unleashes a blood-thirsty creature, and the entire town is soon stalked one by one in a bloody massacre. Hold it while you can, but the next time you “gotta go,” check the toilet first.
Status: Post-Production
Name: Gym of The Dead
Year of Release: November 21, 2021
Director: Emir Skalonja
Plot: The film that finally answers the age old question: Where is the best place for Zombie men to meet Zombie women. From the studio that brought you Zombie Love Cruise.
Status: Ready for Release
Name: 86 Zombies
Year of Release: 2022
Director: Unknown
Plot: In the wake of a deadly virus, a waitress and her co-workers must turn the tables on a horde of zombie townies and stay a step ahead of The Butcher who has returned for his pound of flesh.
Status: Pre-Production
Name: East Side Zombies
Year of Release: RELEASED
Director: Christopher Annino
Plot: Zombies who have lived underground for 10,000 years finally emerge as more advanced beings than humans, yet are shunned by the human population, leading to an outcry for zombie rights.
Status: RELEASED
Name: Plaguepits
Year of Release: 2022
Director: Peter Thorndike
Plot: Paranormal investigators enter an uncharted forest and encounter a legion of “Carriers” – living dead plague carriers who perished there centuries before.
Status: Pre-Production
Name: Outbreak Z
Year of Release: Unknown
Director: Chris Brewster (Starring Wesley Snipes)
Plot: Callie and Ethan lead their team through an overrun college in search of a man who has possession of a possible vaccine to the “Zombie” virus.
Status: Pre-Production
Name: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Year of Release: Unknown
Director: Kate Maberly (Based on Carrie Ryan novel, starring Maisie Williams)
Plot: In Mary’s world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth.
Status: Pre-Production
Name: Rise (AKA Rise of the Living Dead)
Year of Release: Unknown
Director: George Cameron Romero (George A. Romero’s son)
Plot: To ensure the survival of the human race in the face of M.A.D., Ryan Cartwright’s research grabs the attention of Gen. McNab’s military backers. Money and power lead him to loose the unholiest of terrors on the world.
Status: Pre-Production
Name: Road of the Dead
Year of Release: Unknown
Director: Matt Birman (Written by George A. Romero before his passing)
Plot: Road of the Dead takes place six years after 2005’s post-apocalyptic Land of the Dead and is set on an island where zombie prisoners race cars in a modern-day Coliseum for the entertainment of wealthy humans. (Via Bloody Disgusting)
Status: Pre-Production
Name: Dead Snow 3
Year of Release: Unknown
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Plot: Expected to be very similar to the first two Dead Snow movies (zombie Nazis and all that), director Tommy Wirkola noted that he’s working on a third film way back in a 2017 interview with EW.
Status: Unknown
Name: Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament Movie
Year of Release: 2021
Director: Unknown (Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson)
Plot: The popular Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament book by S.G. Browne is being adapted into a movie, although we can’t seem to find a date attached to the production or its release. The story follows a young man who “survives” a car accident that kills his girlfriend, although he has to go through life as a zombie who lives in his parents’ wine cellar, now. He also attends support group meetings for his fellow undead. (Via NerdMuch)
Status: Unknown
Name: Inherit the Earth
Year of Release: Unknown
Director: Mike Flanagan
Plot: Based on the IDW comic Zombies vs. Robots released in 2006. The story follows a protector robot who has to protect a young girl from an onslaught of zombies. (Via NerdMuch)
Status: Unknown
Name: Thomas J. Churchill’s – M
Year of Release: Unknown
Director: Thomas J. Churchill
Plot: “The film is just what it sounds like: Marilyn Monroe in a bloodbath horror film, slaying zombies and looking sexy. It’s going to be filled with plenty of pop culture camp, with the director teasing ‘think Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Kill Bill.’ Sold! We are fully expecting Marilyn: Zombie Hunter (original title) to be entirely ridiculous but in a good way.” (Via NerdMuch)
Status: Unknown
Name: Untitled Walking Dead Movie
Year of Release: Unknown
Director: Greg Nicotero (Starring Andrew Lincoln)
Plot: Follows Rick Grimes from the departure of his final season in the TV series. Planned as a trilogy.
Status: Unknown
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