I’ve heard nothing but raves about the German comedy Night of the Living Dorks… except here on Cinema Blend where our own Brian Holcomb gave the DVD release a mediocre two and a half stars in his review. Still, I’m pretty keen to see what it’s about, and now I have an added reason to push it to the top of my priority viewing list. The Hollywood Reporter says Warner Independent has snatched up the rights to it and plans to remake the nerd/zombie comedy for easier American audience consumption.

The standard description for Night of the Living Dorks seems to be to call it Shaun of the Dead meets Revenge of the Nerds. Nerdy friends die in a car crash only to be resurrected as zombies. They decide they like it, and try to make a go of the zombie lifestyle.

Warner Independent has hired Charlie Bishop to write an Americanized version of the script.