Army of the Dead comes from DC director Zack Snyder, and while it's different from his usual superhero movies, the new Netflix release is well worth a watch, particularly if you're a fan of zombies.
More specifically, robot zombies – even though they're in the movie, they aren't addressed at all and there's a specific reason for that.
Before the movie landed on the streaming service, Snyder addressed the purpose of the robots during a Q&A for Netflix's press notes (via Comicbook). Synder said that the backstory of the zombie robots would be explained in an upcoming TV series.
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According to Snyder, the animated series titled Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas will show the origins of the zombie infection depicted in the film. He detailed that the series will address things that were not mentioned in the movie, including the role and purpose of the robots.
"I had the idea from the beginning that these zombies were going to embody an evolution, they were on their way to becoming something else, not stagnant like the zombies we're used to. It was a way to make them fresh, while still delivering the zombie canon in some ways," Snyder explained.
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"I really wanted this sort of weird ambiguity to their origins – which, of course, we'll explore in the animated series, Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas."
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Teasing that there could be a twist in the zombie's origin story, Snyder mentioned that there are "a number of zombies that are clearly not zombies".
"Without giving away too much... If you pay close attention, there's a number of zombies that are clearly not zombies. You see normal zombies and then you see some robot zombies. Are they monitors that the government has placed among the zombies to monitor them? Are they technology from the other world? What's happening there?"
Army of the Dead is available to stream on Netflix.
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