Today in show business news: The walking dead are headed to Riverdale, Michael Keaton is going to save his career, and Vinn Diesel is gonna go witch hunting.
The Canadian government made it very clear on Wednesday that once America is overrun by zombies, the flailing, hungry, murderous undead would not be welcome on the frostier side of the border.
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The first trailer for World War Z is finally here and while everything about the movie itself looks encouraging, we have some reservations with the style of zombie they chose to go with.
With only a few minutes left of Halloween, it's time to soak up all things that are scary, since it'll be another year until you get to put on a funny outfit, drink a bunch of rum and wander the streets in search of tricks or treats.
On Thursday, FEMA became the latest U.S. government agency to act like a zombie apocalypse is a real thing, ensuring that this trope keeps coming back to life long after it's dead, just like a real zombie.
Today in books: Baghdad students don't like American books, zombies invade our literary fiction, popular fantasy author Anne McCaffrey has died, and Penguin stops its e-book library lending programs.
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If you were absentmindly perusing The Huffington Post's culture vertical this morning you may have been surprised to spot a whole bunch of zombies featured.
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Here at The Atlantic Wire, we respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. Sometimes, though, we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
The tweets that made no sense today
Looks like walking undead are mostly a U.S and European obsession
Also in video news: 'The Walking Dead' zombies are still grabbing everyone they meet
Plus: banks are now zombies, possibly squid zombies
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