In case you are a Londoner and haven't heard about this, please go check out this link!'On Sunday 27 May, zombies will rise all over London and shuffle into the West End, invading the Leicester Square gardens from 12.00 noon – for Lawn of the Dead.'
Leicester Square has apparently been undergoing 18 months of redevelopment work and is re-opening this weekend. I wouldn't know as it's an hour and £20 train ride away from me so I don't get up there very often! However as it's the home of the Odeon that had the first digital projector in Europe and hosts the most premieres with a capacity for 1683 people, this is pretty much the centre of London's film exhibition.
Apparently there is going to be loads of stuff going on all weekend starting today:
'An array of interactive displays, costume characters and personal appearances will bring the new-look Leicester Square to life in a special film-themed event running from Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 May. Free to the public, the live event will showcase the quality and diversity of films coming to West End cinemas in 2012 in a variety of engaging ways - while also offering a glimpse of the spectacular film events hosted in Leicester Square during previous years.'
It sounds really exciting and pretty much a film lovers dream. I hope the beautiful sunny weather that has just finally arrived holds out all weekend for the lucky Londoners in attendance.In case you're wondering what the zombie invasion is about: 'The programme of relaunch events includes a celebration of FrightFest, which has haunted the Square for the last 12 years'. Hence the zombies.
And there's more. In an email I was sent from See Film First, it says:''Get down to the square for:
▪ interactive preview zone, in which visitors may select and view their own choice of content such as trailers, compilations and games on digital iTables;
▪ a family zone with entertainers, face painters, green-screen photo opportunities for audiences aged 3 plus;
▪ a performance zone that will feature a film quiz presented by Alex Zane, a Q&A with the world's leading stuntman Vic Armstrong as well as a movie fencing demonstration, and an insight into life as a leading film journalist with Empire magazine.'
If all that isn't exciting enough, you can 'come as a zombie or get a special make-over in the Square' if you head down on Sunday!
Head here for the full programme including the details of free screenings of Top Cat - The Movie and Red Tails. The programme really suggests this would be a great family event but just be careful of all the marauding zombies on Sunday.So is anyone going along to any of this? I'm busy Friday and Saturday but am really hoping to go join the zombie madness on Sunday. If I do, expect lots of ridiculous photos next week.
Read more about it over at Screen Daily.
