Top 10 finalist at the Cannes Film Festival in the TV category
Winner of the 2016 Gold Remi Award for TV writing
ABOUT THE BOOK
This tell-all companion guide to theTeen Zombie Showreveals secret information and true events that helped shape and inform the creation of the TV series. It is the perfect insider’s guide on how and why the show was created. In short, by reading this, you will know things that others don’t.
There’s nothing like a man / zombie in a military uniform to make you swoon. But, get this - he could talk! This is very different than the TV series.
In the show, Za can’t speak. Now, he did spend months unable to communicate. So, I guess the producers thought this made a better character - or they never did a follow-up on the real people I based the script on. Whatever the case; the guy / zombie I met could speak.
Now, his speech was labored like every word that came out of his mouth required great concentration. So, I dispensed with the chitchat, and got right into it. He does not really remember much before Sugar found him. But he’s certain that he was normal. He pulls out a tattered slip of paper with some kind of official college writing on it like a report card or something. There’s no logo, only a collegiate font. I ask him if he thought that he was a college student. He answers…
Yes. Freshman. I ask how he knows this, and he just shrugs his shoulders. I ask if he’s happy. He holds Sugar’s hand and enthusiastically replies…
Yes!
Now, I know when a man is in love, and trust me, this dude is in love. He’s got it bad. I try to find out any information I can about his past but there’s just not much there for him to remember. And, he’s getting frustrated at my approach. So, I switch up and talk about the things he likes right now.
His favorite Food? Chocolate chips cookies.
Favorite Band? Guns and Roses (because Sugar likes them).
Favorite TV show? Steven Universe.
Then, Sugar asks me if I want to see the most amazing thing ever.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Santo has won multiple screenwriting awards, sold 5 scripts, 3 published books. His book on how to write screenplays went to #1 on Amazon Kindle in the performing arts category.
