Woody Harrelson will battle the undead in his newest project.

The Oscar-nominated actor has signed on to star in “Zombieland,” a horror comedy from Columbia Pictures.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie follows a mismatched duo battling for survival in a world overrun by zombies, finding friendship and redemption along the way.

Harrelson, 47, will play one of the two men, a zombie fighter named Albuquerque.

There is no word yet on who will play the second survivor.

The script was written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, whose previous credits include “The Joe Schmo Show.” Ruben Fleischer will make his big-screen directorial debut.

Harrelson, who received a Best Actor Oscar nod for 1996’s “The People vs. Larry Flynt,” recently appeared in such wide-ranging movies as “No Country For Old Men” and “Semi-Pro.”

He just wrapped up the martial arts drama “Bunraku” and is now working on the latest Roland Emmerich disaster epic, “2012.”






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