Ryan Gosling to produce the zombie comedy, I Used To Eat Brains, Now I Eat Kale

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Barbie star Ryan Gosling has a quirky-sounding film lined up: a post-apocalyptic zombie comedy for Amazon MGM.


Having proved to everyone who didnā€™t go and see The Nice Guys how good he is at comedy in last yearā€™s Barbie, Ryan Gosling has another potentially amusing project lined up.

Itā€™s called I Used To Eat Brains, Now I Eat Kale, and Gosling will co-produce the film via his company General Admission. Amazon MGM Studios will distribute (so itā€™ll appear in cinemas, on Prime Video, or perhaps both); it hasnā€™t been announced whether Gosling will actually star in it yet, but given actors often produce films for themselves to appear in, itā€™s highly probably that he will.

Described as a ā€˜post-post-apocalypticā€™ film according to The Hollywood Reporter, I Used To Eat Brainsā€¦ is said to be about former zombies who ā€œstruggle to reintegrateā€ ā€“ and struggle to switch over to vegetarianism, judging by the title.

The project has a slightly unusual origin. Itā€™s co-written by filmmaking twin brothers Adam and Daniel Cooper, and began as a 42-page short story which was never published. Quite how it landed in Goslingā€™s hands isnā€™t clear, though the Coopers have spent the past few years raising their profile with commercials, movie trailers and short films.

A pair of bios on their website might provide a hint at the kind of humour we can expect in their zombie movie. Writes Daniel Cooper:

Daniel is a writer, director, and editor who is presenting this bio in the third person for fear of sounding conceited. He owes his brilliance to an inveterate state of inquisition and a dexterous talent for finding impressive words to use on Thesaurus.com.

I Used To Eat Brains, Now I Eat Kale is still in its early stages, with a director yet to be attached. More on this one as it comes in.

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