Reese and Wernick’s most successful films concentrate on the well-explored (and some might say exhausted) genres of superhero and zombie films. However, their movies include a unique blend of violence, action, and comedy. In a world bursting with boy scout Marvel heroes, Reese and Wernick introduced Deadpool, an antihero who drops double entendres while destroying enemies with motorcycle chains and cigarette lighters. And their zombies aren’t the menacing walkers we’ve become accustomed to either. The undead in “Zombieland” pick the flesh from their teeth and burp after devouring a man alive. 

With every combination of quip and decapitation, the writers beg us not to take anything too seriously, which makes the gore of devouring humans and the ridiculousness of Deadpool’s fight scenes a lot easier to swallow. With such a tongue in cheek style, Reese and Wernick seem an unlikely choice for a sci-fi drama.  

“Spiderhead” is drastically different from the zombie apocalypse of “Zombieland” or the wisecracking superhero, “Deadpool,” but Reese found that the writing process is similar:

“To use a bad metaphor, it kind of feels like we’re doing a different exercise at the gym, but on the same muscles, to hit them from a different way. So it’s not that different, it’s sort of a half-step different. It’s just shades, right? I mean, our tone is always a little murky. Oftentimes we’ll have violence and comedy mixed together, and yet heart and love. I feel like this falls into that general area. It’s got a love story, it’s got real emotions. At times, it is funny, it’s just a little darker.”

The writing process might not have been very different, but the character that Reese and Wernick created certainly was.