Apocalypse Pictures Presents — Matthew S. Rotundo

Lights. Camera. Survival.In the aftermath of a catastrophic pandemic called the Red Death, those who remain have banded together in barricaded enclaves, struggling to survive in a world where no one goes unarmed anymore.But Gil Thornton, an aspiring screenwriter and director before the plague, has a crazy dream--to make a movie in the ruins of civilization. He has one working camera, a script, and a dedicated cast and crew, each with their own set of skills. When a disastrous encounter leaves the Apocalypse Pictures team devastated and without hope, Gil decides their only chance to finish the film is to break into the heavily guarded Hollywood Hills and shoot on the Universal Studios backlot.To get it done, they must face nanotechnically reanimated corpses, a madman from Anaheim and his rodent-garbed gang, and a former movie mogul backed by a private army. Gil and his team will have to choose between getting the shot and saving lives—unless there’s a way to do both…