FILM · 2015
16 archived facts · 3 topics · 1 source · Last reviewed Oct 2026
This is the lowest-budget film Arnold Schwarzenegger has appeared in since the original Terminator (1984).
PRODUCTION STORY · SOURCED
After falling in love with the script, Arnold Schwarzenegger played the role of Wade in the film for $0.
INTERESTING FACTS · SOURCED
Arnold received no payment for appearing in this film.
It was shot in twenty-five days.
The script for this film appeared on the 2011 Black List, the annual list of the "most liked" unproduced screenplays.
Vogel's house and its view are the same as Sara's in Looper (2012). They even used nearly identical angles to shoot them: for example, the house, trees and cornfield appear at 1:27:16 in this film and at 0:50:43 in Looper (2012).
Chloë Grace Moretz and Paddy Considine were originally set to star.
CHARACTERS & CAST · SOURCED
It is Abigail Breslin's second zombie film after Zombieland (2009).
The film was pulled from the Toronto Film Festival at the request of Lionsgate, which acquired it for US distribution.
The daisies on Maggie's mother's grave are clearly a nod to the main character's name, given that the French word for "daisy" is "marguerite."
Four different houses were used as Wade's home.
Aiden Flowers was cast as Bobby by chance. Flowers had gone to the audition location with his sister.
Maggie's surname, Vogel, means "bird" in Dutch and German.
The local sheriff's name is Ray. Arnold Schwarzenegger played Sheriff Ray Owens in The Last Stand (2013).
It premiered in 60 cinemas in Spain. The film was released in a dubbed/subtitled version (2 cinemas).
The film's budget was approximately $10 million.
