If you're tired of watching reruns of My Cat From Hell and waiting for the next Puppy Bowl, get excited, because Animal Planet is working on a scripted series about zombie animals, Variety reports.
The series is based on Joshua Ortega and Digger Mesch’s award-winning comic book miniseries The Other Dead, about a mysterious infection that turns animals into "ravenous, cold-blooded killers," which also takes place during a hurricane.
Some characters as described by Ortega:
Tommy Romero, a 10-year old cancer survivor who’s struggling with his faith and belief in life; Azrael, Tommy’s older brother and a member of the Norwegian-like death metal band, Decapitated; Justina Abelinda Cortez, Az’s girlfriend who’s an exotic dancer and a Puerto Rican bruja/witch; Chet Wayne, a racist ex-Army Ranger who’s been preparing for the apocalypse for years; and Barack Obama — yes, the actual president of the United States — who ends up in the eye of the storm, dealing not only with the hurricane but the zombie animal outbreak as well.
Yes, just yes.
Here's a dream cast of animals that we need to see as zombies if this thing ever gets made:
An alpaca
1.
Lassie (brought back to life through actual zombification)
A shitload of giraffes
This hawk
That dolphin from Dolphin Tale
One of DMX's pit bulls
A manatee
The anaconda from Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" video
A komodo dragon
3.
These guys
4.
Brian from Family Guy
Kermit the Frog
My dog (anything to get him off the couch)
5.
A hippopotamus
[Via AV Club]
