Robin Thede’s Zombie Comedy Film “Killin It” Currently in the Works at Amazon Studios
By Kurt Balingit
Robin Thede, the comedian behind HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” is currently developing a zombie action-comedy at Amazon titled “Killin’ It.” Thede will be responsible for writing and producing. The story will follow a group of underachieving friends in Atlanta, which becomes overrun by zombies while the friends are taking part in Spelman College’s homecoming event, despite dropping out 10 years earlier from the HBCU. The film is being described as “Shaun of the Dead” meets “Girls Trip.”
The Amazon feature deal comes as Thede’s is making a name for herself and reaching milestones for Black female creators. She’s the creator of the HBO series “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” which also stars Issa Rae. The TV series that earned three Emmy nominations last year. The second season of the sketch comedy comes out April 23.
As an actor Thede was recently on screen in the 2020 horror comedy “Bad Hair” from “Dear White People” writer-director Justin Simien. Thede had previously host and executively produced BET’s series “The Rundown with Robin Thede,” and served as head writer and a correspondent for Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.”