Zombies 2

**Zombies 2** is a Disney Channel Original Movie that was released on February 14, 2020. It is the sequel to 2018 film Zombies.

The film was written by David Light and Joseph Raso, and directed by Paul Hoen.

## Plot

In the earlier days of Seabrook, settlers fought off a group of werewolves for a moonstone that they have since kept hidden underground. In the present, time has passed since Seabrook and Zombietown settled their differences. Zed plans to ask Addison to Prawn, Seabrook's version of prom, while Addison works to lead her team of zombie and human cheerleaders against a team of more experienced, all human cheerleaders. Bucky announces he will be running for class president and, as a result, will be passing the cheer captaincy onto someone else, which both Addison and his sidekicks, the Aceys, show interest in. When the bus carrying the cheerleaders crashes into the nearby forbidden forest; Addison and the cheer team see the werewolves. When they get back to Seabrook, the residents of the town become wary, and the mayor reinstates the anti-monster laws. As part of these anti-monster laws, zombies are banned from Prawn, so Zed decides to run for class president in order to go to Prawn with Addison.

Meanwhile, the local werewolves' moonstone necklaces which give them werewolf abilities are losing their power, so they need to find the moonstone in order to recharge their necklaces. Prophecy states that a girl with white hair called the Great Alpha will show them where this moonstone is. Because Addison has white hair, some of them begin to suspect she is the Great Alpha, so they enroll at Seabrook High to get closer to her. Zed attempts to convince them to vote for him by offering them advice on how to assimilate into Seabrook, which they ignore because they value embracing their werewolf traits over blending in. At cheer practice, Addison convinces the werewolves to join in; as Zed and Eliza walk in, they suspect that Wyatt, one of the werewolves, likes Addison, which makes Zed jealous and starts a fight between him and Addison.

The werewolves eventually bring Addison to their den, where they tell her the prophecy, and give her a fully charged moonstone necklace, which they have saved for the Great Alpha. If she puts it on and is truly a werewolf, she will transform into one. The werewolves agree to give her one day to decide. They feel an explosion, and it is said that they are destroying the power plant which created the zombies. If the power plant gets destroyed, it will collapse and destroy the moonstone, which is found to be under it, along with it. The next day, Addison shows Zed the necklace, and Zed takes it when she is not looking. Zed goes to his presidential debate against Bucky and wins over the humans, but when the Z-band shorts out due to Addison's moonstone, Zed becomes a full zombie and everyone runs away screaming, which causes Zed to lose the election.

Meanwhile, the werewolves head to Seabrook Power, where the alarm immediately goes off and the Zombie Patrol shows up. Addison and Bree also hear the alarm from school and realise that they need to help the werewolves. The werewolves get arrested at the demolition site. Addison arrives with the cheerleaders and zombies, who get the adults to agree not to destroy the building. They all go outside to celebrate, and Zed reveals to Addison that he took the necklace from her. She gets mad at him and puts on the necklace, but finds out that she's not a werewolf. The device controlling the demolition shorts out and causes the whole building to be destroyed.

Prawn night arrives and Zed, as well as the rest of the zombies and werewolves, show up to crash Prawn. Everyone dances and Zed and Addison make up; however, the ground starts shaking and splits in half with a blue glow from the hole. The werewolves realize that the moonstone is not destroyed and go in the hole to find it; the humans and zombies follow to help. They find the moonstone, but a huge boulder blocks their exit. Zed removes his Z-band and uses his zombie strength to lift the boulder and allows the others to bring the moonstone out safely. They all go back to Prawn and sing and dance and have fun, with Zed and Addison having their first kiss.

Later, a blue glowing rock falls from the sky at night. This causes Addison's alarm clock to briefly short out; later, after waking up, her hair glows bright blue for a short moment.

## Cast

* Milo Manheim as Zed Necrodopolis
* Meg Donnelly as Addison Wells
* Trevor Tordjman as Bucky Buchanan
* Kylee Russell as Eliza Zambi
* Carla Jeffery as Bree
* Chandler Kinney as Willa Lykensen
* Pearce Joza as Wyatt Lykensen
* Ariel Martin as Wynter Barkowitz
* Kingston Foster as Zoey Necrodopolis
* James Godfrey as Bonzo
* Naomi Snieckus as Ms Lee
* Jonathan Langdon as Coach
* Paul Hopkins as Dale
* Megan Ward as Missy
* Tony Nappo as Zevon Necrodopolis
* Emilia McCarthy as Lacey
* Jasmine Renee Thomas as Stacey
* Noah Zulfikar as Jacey/Kevin

## Production

In early 2019, a sequel to Zombies was in production, with returning stars, director, and writers. Pearce Joza, Chandler Kinney, and Ariel Martin joined the cast with Kylee Russell, Trevor Tordjman, Carla Jeffery, James Godfrey, and Kingston Foster reprising their roles from the first film. The film is written by David Light and Joseph Raso, directed by Paul Hoen, and executive produced by Anna Gerb, Paul Hoen, and Joseph Raso. Production on the film began on May 27, 2019, and wrapped in Toronto on July 15, 2019. Mary Pantelidis served as producer.

## Reception

During its premiere on February 14, 2020, in the 8:00 PM time slot, Zombies 2 attracted a total of 2.46 million viewers with a 0.52 rating for people aged 18-49.

As of July 2020, the film holds a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on five reviews with an average rating of 7.4 out of 10.