As We Know It premiered at the Pendance Film Festival in Canada on May 13, 2023, and received a limited theatrical release by Buffalo 8 on November 10, 2023.
Set in Los Angeles in the late 1990s, struggling writer James Bishop grapples with the emotional shrapnel of a recent breakup with his longtime girlfriend, Emily. As James holds up in his Hollywood Hills home with writer's block, his eccentric best friend Bruce shows up with bad news. The city has plunged into chaos by an unusual and hilarious zombie outbreak, courtesy of tainted soy milk. With the streets of Los Angeles swarming with the undead, James, Bruce, and Emily come together to barricade themselves in the house while reconciling their personal struggles. And occasionally, letting in the only food delivery service still operating, Abracadabra.
Monkarsh optioned the script for As We Know It in 2016. The original script did not feature zombies and Monkarsh came up with the idea to include them while "spitballing ideas" with Christopher Francis.[2][3] They did not approach the script again until the COVID-19 pandemic occurred and Monkarsh noticed that he believed that he had "something here with all the quarantining stuff that’s happening".[2] The crew substantially re-wrote the script but allowed the cast to see it as a foundation and to freely improv.[3]
Filming began in Los Angeles, California during July 2022.[4]
Release
As We Know It premiered at the Pendance Film Festival in Canada on May 13, 2023.[5] It was acquired by production and distribution company Buffalo 8 and given a theatrical release on November 10, 2023.[6] This was followed by a release to streaming and video-on-demand on November 30 of the same year.[7]
Film Threat reviewed the movie, noting that the film "hits a lot of the expected beats of a zombie comedy" while also praising the characters, makeup, cast, and its ending.[9] Andy Klein and Manuel Betancourt reviewed it for KPCC, both criticizing it and Klein stating that "It feels almost improvised... and unfortunately not that well improvised."[10]
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