Broken Frontier

IDW Publishing today announced its agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group to publish a comic book miniseries based on the hit zombie comedy, Shaun of the Dead, which Rogue Pictures released in theaters last fall and which is now available on DVD from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.  The four-issue, full-color comic book miniseries debuts in June.

IDW, home to other successful movie adaptations like Dawn of the Dead and Underworld, will produce the four-issue miniseries with the full participation and input of the film’s screenwriters, Edgar Wright (who directed the film) and Simon Pegg (who starred as Shaun), as well as Universal Studios.  The adaptation will follow the storyline of the film but will also feature scenes that weren’t included in the theatrical release.  Illustrating the four-issue miniseries will be Zach Howard (Detective Comics), with unique covers painted by British artist Jason Brashill.

“Edgar and Simon have been great,” said IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall, who will also script the adaptation. “They’ve given us full access to deleted scenes, unshot scenes and other bonus materials, allowing us to present a sort of ‘director’s cut’ of their movie, in four parts.”

Shaun of the Dead is a four-issue, 32-page, full-color miniseries debuting in June.