The Remnants

Joss Whedon wasn’t the only one who kept himself busy during the WGA strike last year. Screenwriter (and sometime director) John August (Big Fish, The Nines), together with a group of friends, created the pilot episode for The Remnants, a possible web series about a group of survivors in a zombie-infested world. That pilot is now available on the web. A mixture of a classic zombie movie and The Office, The Remnants isn’t quite as brilliant or captivating as Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. But it’s worth watching. The idea of doing a zombie survival story in this fake documentary style feels fresh, and the execution is good enough to carry the pilot. Judge for yourself, it’s only 11 minutes.