The Hollywood Reporter has word that Fox’s Russian partner, Monumental, will produce its first English-language television series based on Sergei Lukyanenko’s post-apocalyptic zombie novel Quazi.
Schlicht and Monumental partner Paul Heth have both developed and produced films in Russia under Monumental’s joint venture with Sony from 2000-2011.
A small group of evolved, intelligent zombies, known as the Quazi, form an uneasy alliance with the remaining humans surviving within fortress city-states.
After a violent murder threatens the balance of power, one human detective must form an uneasy partnership with a Quazi agent to investigate.