"ShootAround" Zombie Webcomic Live-Action Movie in Works

Lion Forge Entertainment and Webtoon Productions are bringing the zombie horror-comedy “ShootAround” to the big screen as a YA live-action movie.

Aiyana K. White, whose credits include “Severance” and “The Night Agent,” has been tapped to write the feature based on the Webtoon webcomic of the same name.

The comic by creator “Suspu” (Susanna Nousiainen) has amassed 28 million views.

The official plot description reads: “When the zombie apocalypse hits Penny Hall High, the state’s best girls’ basketball team must join forces with the boys they loathe to survive the most nightmarish scenario imaginable: 24 hours locked inside their high school with each other… and zombies. But mostly, each other. ‘Zombieland’ meets ‘Bring It On’ in this life-or-death battle against a zombie outbreak and — perhaps more terrifyingly — teenagedom.”

Lion Forge Entertainment founder and CEO David Steward II and president and chief creative officer Stephanie Sperber are producing the project for Lion Forge, which is financing the script.

President David Madden and head of global film Jason Goldberg will executive produce for Webtoon Productions.

White is rewriting the script based on a previous draft by Mike Dow and Devon Kelly.

Lion Forge Entertainment develops and produces animated and live-action content targeting kids and family, YA, and adult audiences.

Most recently, the studio’s fantasy series “Iyanu” was a breakout on HBO Max and Cartoon Network last year and will debut its second season this spring.

The company also recently joined forces with “Game of Thrones” author George R. R. Martin to adapt the novella “A Dozen Tough Jobs” into an adult animated feature film.

It also executively produced “Jacob Beats Up Nate” and “A Dog’s Perfect Christmas” for Netflix and set a strategic partnership with Scouting America (formerly Boy Scouts).

Webtoon Productions’ recent and upcoming projects include “Lore Olympus” with Prime Video and The Jim Henson Company, the “Sidelined” franchise with Tubi, “Love Me Love Me” with Prime Video, “Stagtown” with Luckychap Entertainment, and “Love Advice From the Great Duke of Hell” with Imagine Entertainment.