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'''''Plants Vs Zombies''''' is a tower defense game released on PC in 2009 and became available on mobile phones the following year. The game is set in a zombie invasion with the protagonist, Crazy Dave, defending his home with various types of plants which either send off projectiles or slow down the zombies, that the player has to set in his garden in order to stop them from getting into Dave's home and eat his brains. | '''''Plants Vs Zombies''''' is a tower defense game released on PC in 2009 and became available on mobile phones the following year. The game is set in a zombie invasion with the protagonist, Crazy Dave, defending his home with various types of plants which either send off projectiles or slow down the zombies, that the player has to set in his garden in order to stop them from getting into Dave's home and eat his brains. | ||
The game became a hit with audiences and critics, which ended up spawning a franchise that is still going to this day, it became so well-known, that at some point, '''a pitch for a potential film adaptation was presented to | The game became a hit with audiences and critics, which ended up spawning a franchise that is still going to this day, it became so well-known, that at some point, '''a pitch for a potential film adaptation was presented to DreamWorks'''.<ref>[https://x.com/rich_werner/status/1518156378216407040 Tweet by Rich Werner, mentioning the film's pitch.] Retrieved 21 Jul '24</ref> | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
The pitch ultimately never became a film, with | The pitch ultimately never became a film, with DreamWorks deciding to pass on the idea for unknown reasons. While concept art from the pitch has been made available, the same can't be said for the script that was presented, which remains lost outside of some plot details previously mentioned, which were provided by Rich through a short interview conducted by the Hispanic YouTuber ''CrazyDaveEl''.<ref name="plant" /> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:40, 21 July 2024
Concept art by Peter Zaslav.
Status: Partially Found
Plants Vs Zombies is a tower defense game released on PC in 2009 and became available on mobile phones the following year. The game is set in a zombie invasion with the protagonist, Crazy Dave, defending his home with various types of plants which either send off projectiles or slow down the zombies, that the player has to set in his garden in order to stop them from getting into Dave's home and eat his brains.
The game became a hit with audiences and critics, which ended up spawning a franchise that is still going to this day, it became so well-known, that at some point, a pitch for a potential film adaptation was presented to DreamWorks.[1]
Plot
While the majority of the film's plot is unknown, Rich Werner, the main artist of the game, recalls some elements from it during the pitch, stating the film's reasoning for the zombie invasion would've been a carnival contaminating people with hotdogs, the film's protagonists, being Crazy Dave and a boy with his grandma, and that the plants would have mutated (as seen in concept art) due to a formula fertelizer created by Dave.[2]
Availability
The pitch ultimately never became a film, with DreamWorks deciding to pass on the idea for unknown reasons. While concept art from the pitch has been made available, the same can't be said for the script that was presented, which remains lost outside of some plot details previously mentioned, which were provided by Rich through a short interview conducted by the Hispanic YouTuber CrazyDaveEl.[2]
Gallery
Images
Response tweet by Rich Werner, mentioning the existence of a script.
Concept art
Concept art by Ruben Hickman (1/2).
Concept art by Ruben Hickman (2/2).
See Also
References
- ↑ Tweet by Rich Werner, mentioning the film's pitch. Retrieved 21 Jul '24
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tweet by Plants vs. Zombies Facts, showcasing CrazyDaveEl's short interview with Rich Werner about the film. Retrieved 21 Jul '24