Check out another interview with Emma from Comic-Con below. Thanks Jason for the heads up!

We’ve got answers to all of your burning Zombieland questions direct from San Diego Comic-Con courtesy of director Ruben Fleischer, writer Rhett Rees, along with actors Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson. Why slow zombies? Is it a horror movie? Is it gory? What does fake vomit taste like? Hit the jump!

Is Zombieland a horror movie?

Ruben Fleischer – Tonally I think it’s more comedic than a lot of other zombie movies. Shaun of the Dead is really funny and I guess that’s its closest kindred spirit as far as its approach to the zombie apocalypse but I guess this is a more grounded American version of that. I would say it’s more of a comedy than a horror zombie movie. It’s really about these characters and their unique experiences and the zombies are somewhat of a backdrop for it all.

What kind of impromptu weapons are used against the zombies?

Woody Harrelson – Chainsaw, skillet, toaster.

Jesse Eisenberg – Baseball bat.

Is the film gory?

Ruben Fleischer – There is a fair bit of gore, I would say it doesn’t distance you from the movie because it is so gory. There’s a sequence of rules that introduce you to the film, the rules that Jesse’s character has learned to live by in this zombie apocalypse and there is some gore for sure, in that sequence.

What are some of your favorite zombie kills in the movie?

Jesse Eisenberg – Woody has the most interesting kills but the most enjoyable one to film was where I’m being chased by a zombie and [another zombie] has a baseball bat and I slide underneath his bat as he’s swinging in order to kill the zombie that’s chasing me. Well, it was fun to shoot because I like sliding on floors.

Emma Stone – I get to butt a zombie in the head with the back of my shotgun and he falls 80 feet to his death.

Woody Harrelson – I like the skillet.

What does the fake blood taste like?

Jesse Eisenberg – We all had fake puke in our mouth at one point which was delicious. It was like saltines and honey.

Why fast zombies?

Rhett Rees – Well 28 Days Later, I think, reinvented the zombie genre and added a real threat to the violence, which inspired us, and the new Dawn of the Dead did the same and the zombies just seemed scarier and to us that was crucial. Interestingly what we envisioned more than anything was an escapist fantasy that this post apocalyptic landscape, that while we all dread it, in some ways it would be fun. It would be fun to not have any traffic on the freeway and to be able to walk in the White House and swing from the chandeliers in the Lincoln Bedroom, to be able to kill without consequences. To us it seemed fun.

Ruben Fleischer – Slow vs. fast? It’s scarier and more modern but also Shaun of the Dead did slow zombies so in order to distinguish ourselves it’s good that we have fast zombies. The fast zombies are scary and ferocious. There’s snot and puss and vomit coming out of them as they race towards you, it’s truly frightening.

Why do you think that post apocalyptic films are so popular now?

Ruben Fleischer – I think now more than ever the post apocalypse is something we all have on our mind given the recent economic recession as well as ecological, environmental issues, bioterrorism, that could have some bad effects on the world we live in. With 2012, The Book of Eli, there’s a bunch of these post apocalyptic movies coming out but ours is definitely the funniest.

From Fear Net

Two clips from Zombieland demonstrate what this foul-mouthed zombie comedy is all about: finding new and bizarre ways to slaughter the shuffling (or, in this case, sprinting) hoardes. And the Zombieland cast shared their favorite methods, from chainsaws to pianos.

So, what does it take to survive an offbeat version of the zombie apocalypse? Detachment from your fellow survivors, for one thing. Emma Stone, who plays a survivor called Wichita, explains that the characters call each other by the names of the cities where they’re from, so they won’t develop warm fuzzy feelings for one another and hesitate to deliver the brain-bashing blow when one of them is bitten.

You’ve also got to be fast on your feet and use whatever is at your disposal to effect zombie slaughter. Each member of the panel share their favorite zombie-killing method:

Woody Harrelson:

Chainsaw.

Emma Stone:

There’s a part in the movie where I butted a zombie in the back of the head with my shotgun, and he fell 80 feet to his death.

Jesse Eisenberg:

The end of the movie takes place in this theme park where I ran past this ride that’s like this huge swing, knowing that if I pass it at a certain speed and time, the zombies that were chasing me would get hit by it, and it’s awesome.

Director Ruben Fleischer:

My favorite was in the first trailer where we did the “Zombie Kill of the Week” and we dropped a piano on a zombie’s head

Click “Read More” to read in-depth about the two clips from “Zombieland” that were shown at Comic-Con… CONTAINS SPOILERS (more…)

I have added 7 photos of Emma at the “Zombieland” panel from the Comic-Con festival yesterday. Check them out by clicking on the thumbnails below!

Screen Crave has posted some videos from the “Zombieland” panel at the Comic-Con festival. You can see them by viewing the embedded videos below!

The stars and director of the upcoming horror comedy Zombieland presented clips from the film today at Sony Pictures’ panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Beware of spoilers.

In the Ruben Fleischer-directed film, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) doesn’t have fears. If he did, he’d kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they’re about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

Fleischer, Harrelson, Eisenberg, and leading ladies Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin chatted up the film to the zombie fans packed into the San Diego Convention Center’s massive Hall H. The panel opened with a Comic-Con exclusive trailer before a clip was shown. In the clip, Columbus is visited by his sexy next door neighbor (played by Pineapple Express hottie Amber Heard) who recounts being chased by a deranged derelict who was trying to bite her. This is before people are aware of the existence of zombies, mind you, so all Columbus is concerned with is “comforting” her. She falls asleep on his shoulder. Dream come true, right?

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Emma was at a panel for “Zombieland” at the 2009 Comic-Con Festival in San Diego earlier today. Check out a recap of the panel from Screen Crave:

3:46: A fan asked Roland if the world did end in 2012, how would he want it to. He said that he hopes it doesn’t end. If we stopped having so many wars, we could start working on the planet.

3:43: A Spanish fan just asked Roland why he never destroyed Spain in any of his films. I think that was an attempt at humor but blah!

3:39: Roland wants to do a film adaptation of the sci-fi series, The Foundation from Isaac Asimov. He said he’s trying to get a script right now.

3:38: Holy Sh*t!!! For that to be 70 percent done it looked amazing!!! How much destruction can you put in one scene!!

3:32: Here’s another scene which Roland prefaces by saying it’s not finished yet. About 70 percent of it is done.

3:30: Director Roland Emmerich just came out to talk about 2012.

3:28: “Oh My God!!” We just saw some footage from 2012, and it blew me away. I haven’t felt this way about a trailer since Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow. Talk about following suit!

3:22: Woody is talking about his other movie 2012, and their about to show a clip!

3:20: A fan just asked Woody Harrelson if he wanted to go one on one in basketball, because White Men Can’t Jump is his favorite film. So, lame….

3:18: They just showed another clip and it was hilarious!

3:13: Woody said his favorite zombie movie was 28 Days Later, but there were a lot of sleepless nights after that.

3:12: Is Bill Murray in Zombieland and can you kill a zombie with hemp? Woody confirms that there is a rumor, but he doesn’t know if he can kill a zombie using hemp.

3:09: Our very own Brendan Walsh from ScreenCrave just asked the cast if he was in the movie and got bitten would they kill him? Emma replied, “It’s everyman for himself in Zombieland, so yeah we’d kill you. Woody chimed in, ” Even if you weren’t bitten….” The crowd bursts out into laughter.

3:07: Fans are asking the actors about their favorite method to take out a zombie, Woody: chainsaw, Emma: head butt,: Jesse: a swing set. Interesting…

3:06: They just showed another clip, and it was gross……I love it!

3:00: Jesse thought the script was hysterical, moving, and really fun. Emma Stone said, ” I read the script.” “I was not as put off by the idea of it being a zombie movie. I thought it would be kind of cool.”

2:58: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Emma Stone just came out. Woody said “it was high time I got offered a zombie movie. ”

2:58: That was f*cking awesome! It was funny, and gross! Everything I love about zombie flicks!

2:54: Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer just walked on stage to introduce a new trailer for Zombieland.

2:51: They’re ready to get started (so they say).

2:48: We are waiting for the Zombieland/2012 panel to start. It’s cold in here and the people behind me are having the lamest conversation ever! This needs to start.

Back in March, Columbia Pictures invited /Film and a few select other online sites to the set of Zombieland, short film and commercial director Ruben Fleischer’s feature film debut — a zombie buddy comedy roadtrip adventure film. We posted a video blog set visit report on Tuesday morning and will be following with a series of roundtable interviews we conducted on set over the course of our visit.

Below is an interview with Emma Stone, who most of you will know from Superbad. In Zombieland she plays Wichita, who is traveling through “Zombieland” with her little sister played by Abigail Breslin.

Emma Stone: Hello everybody!

Q: Hello. Since we’re just coming into this and we’ve heard a little bit about your character, but can you talk a little bit about who you play in the film

Stone: I play…can we say names? Wichita is my character’s name being that she is originally from Wichita and that’s how our characters go by, and she’s a woman [Laughter], I think, on the road. I don’t know how much I can and cannot say. I’m a little nervous. I’ve never had one of these secret movies before.

Q: Can we learn how you meet the other two characters?

Stone: Columbus and Tallahassee? No, right? Obviously, we’re on the run across the country from everyone who’s turned into flesh-eating zombies. We’re traveling along and we’re benefiting from some things that they can offer us. Can I say what kind of things? Weapons, cars, ammunition.

Q: So you’re with Abigail, though.

Stone: I am with Abigail.

Q: What’s your relationship with her character?

Stone: She’s a girl I’m traveling with. Can I just say it, Michael? For the love of God, we’re sisters. She is my little sister. We’re traveling. It’s like Paper Moon. Are we sisters? Are we not sisters? Is she just an orphan? So yeah, we are sisters.

Q: You’ve done a lot of comedies before. You’ve done nothing like this genre. Did you ever think you were going to make anything with zombies and what’s the experience like now?

Stone: Amazing. It’s really incredible. I’m shockingly terrible at action movies. I tore my muscle three days in just running, and then I was limping around everywhere. Reese had to push through it because I was limping like a zombie. [Laughter] I’m dead serious. We’re running from zombies, and I’m limping in the same fashion that they limp. It was just awful. I just had to try and rally, and I don’t know that I did it that well. It’s been really fun and really different to learn to shoot guns and to try and look tough. I’ve never really played a woman before. I’ve only really played girls. This is very much a woman. It’s interesting. It’s really cool. It’s been a huge challenge more so than I thought it would be.

Q: Do we see a lot of your character before you meet Woody and Jesse?

Stone: Not too much, no.

Q: So basically your story starts when you meet them.

Stone: Ish.

[Laughter]

Stone: Who knows?

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