Cory Hardtrict Among Trio in Zombie Pic ‘Warm Bodies’by Wilson Morales
September 9, 2011
Cory Hardrict, along with Analeigh Tipton and Dave Franco, have beed added to Summit Entertainment’s zombie pic “Warm Bodies,” an adaptation of Isaac Marion’s novel that Jonathan Levine (“50/50”) is writing and directing.
Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer and Rob Corddry star alongside John Malkovich, who Variety recently revealed is in final negotiations to play the pic’s villain, General Grigio, who’s obsessed with the destruction of the zombie threat.
Hoult stars as an existentially tormented zombie named “R” who begins an unlikely friendship with the girlfriend (Palmer) of one of his victims, starting a chain reaction that has widespread consequences.
Tipton is in negotiations to play Nora, Palmer’s best friend, who struggles with her budding emotions in a world infested by zombies.
Franco is closing a deal to play Perry Kelvin, Palmer’s boyfriend, who gets over his initial fear of zombies and helps leads the human resistance.
Hardrict is set to play Kevin, one of Palmer’s dorky friends who serves as Malkovich’s right-hand man. He’s a member of a enclave of humans who have enclosed themselves within a walled city known as the Green Zone.
Bruna Papandrea is producing through her Make Movies banner along with David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman via their Mandeville Films banner. Laurie Webb and Cori Shepherd Stern are exec producing.
Hardrict, who recently appeared in “Battle: Los Angeles” and Clint Eastwood’s “Gran Torino,” will soon be seen in the indie thriller “The Day,” which premieres at the Toronto Film Festival.
Tipton, who was initially discovered on “America’s Next Top Model,” stars alongside Greta Gerwig in Whit Stillman’s “Damsels in Distress,” which closes the Venice Film Festival. Thesp, who recently appeared in “Crazy, Stupid, Love” and “The Green Hornet,” has a recurring role on the upcoming season of HBO’s “Hung” and just wrapped the indie “Samaritan,” which co-stars Trevor Morgan and Adhir Kalyan. She’s also being eyed for a role in Warren Beatty’s long-gestating Howard Hughes pic.
Franco has been nearly as busy as his older brother James Franco, who as director has cast him as a young Hart Crane in Focus Features’ “The Broken Tower.” After a string of recurring roles on TV, the younger Franco’s feature career is starting to take off, as the “Fright Night” thesp recently wrapped a role in Sony’s “21 Jump Street.”
