‘Warm Bodies’ Review: Jonathan Levine’s Zom-Rom-Com Shows Sparks of Life, But Lacks a Heartbeat

Posted on Friday, February 1st, 2013 by Angie Han

It’s no coincidence that the official website for author Isaac Marion includes glowing blurbs from both Stephenie Meyer and Simon Pegg. Marion’s novel Warm Bodies, and Jonathan Levine‘s film adaptation of same, owes as much to Twilight as it does Shaun of the Dead. It attempts to infuse some self-aware humor into a tale of star-crossed inter-species romance. Ultimately, however, the combination turns out to be less than the sum of its parts.

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The Wackness Director Jonathan Levine to Adapt Zombie Novel

Posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 by Russ Fischer

Jonathan Levine made a mark with All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (a solid film that still hasn’t been given a proper release in the States) and then got a lot of people on his side with The Wackness. Earlier this month he signed on to direct the film formerly called I’m With Cancer, starring Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick. Now there’s word that he’ll adapt the forthcoming novel Warm Bodies, a “darkly comic, existential zombie romance set at the end of the world” by Isaac Marion. Read More »

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