Universal Dead, the web series starring D.B. Sweeney, Doug Jones, and Gary Graham, is going to be made into a feature film.
How do we know? Because writer Kelly Parks attached the press release to a comment on our humble little site (Kelly, you can always write me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
Check it out:
Unconventional Films – creator of UNIVERSAL DEAD – is completing discussions w/ Paramount Lot Producers, Fishman Productions, Ltd., on a Full Length Feature version of their highly successful horror web series. An official announcement is anticipated during Comic Con where UD will be the featured Project at ICON’s Saturday July 24, 2010 Event. UD Talent will be at Comic Con for signings and to meet their avid fans.
UD writer Kelly Parks indicates "I can’t wait for fans to see the whole story!" Director Vernon Mortensen said, “Fishman Productions has the highest integrity and has really earned our respect.” FPL Executive Producer, Jeff Fishman, admits being "blown away by the connection fans feel for “Universal Dead" and the Full Length Feature Script Kelly has written”. The Full Length Feature script is still under wraps and Fans are hoping for some teasers during Comic Con.
The series has only launched two episodes thus far (see the first one here and the second one here), and shows a lot of promise, even if they have yet to show much zombie action yet. I admit, I'm also a big fan because they hail from my home town of San Diego (and because they capitalized "fans" in their press release).
So congrats Universal Dead! Does this mean no more webisodes?
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Despite the official-sounding comments from Ruttan Fish, Kelly Parks has assured us that everything with Universal Dead is going swimmingly.
"Universal Dead 3D is progressing at a very fast pace and may be in production earlier than we anticipated," Parks wrote us. "Universal Dead fans should not worry that their story is in trouble of getting out as a Full-Length 3D Feature set for theatrical exhibition."
There you have it, folks.