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Writer/Consultant James Gunn (Dawn of the Dead, Slither) has assembled an impressive voice cast for Lollipop Chainsaw‘s western release. In addition to pulling in some familiar names with geeky cred, Gunn even called in a familial favor for the game’s villainous center.

That’s right, in a move that will be sure to get fans of “The Gilmore Girls” playing Lollipop Chainsaw, James Gunn has hired his brother, Sean Gunn (who starred in GG as Kurt), to play Swan the necromancer (called it). His “Gilmore Girls” co-star, Gregg Henry, is also along for the ride as Juliet’s Father.

So who’ll be playing Juliet Starling, the blonde and perky cheerleader that’s trying to stop this zombie uprising? That’ll be Tara Strong, who most recently provided the voice of Harley Quinn in Batman: Arkham City.

Rounding out the cast will be:

• Linda Cardelleni (star of “Freaks and Geeks” and Velma from the Scooby-Doo movies) as a fellow demonhunter, Cordelia.
• will play her sister Rosalind.
• Michael Rosenbaum (Lex from “Smallville”) will play Juliet’s boyfriend Nick, a disembodied head.
• Jimmy Urine, from the band Mindless Self Indulgence, will voice the “deranged” Zed.
• Finally, Shawnee Smith (of the Saw films and “The Stand”) and Michael Rooker (who starred in Slither) will voice two additional characters.

Lollipop Chainsaw will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on June 12.

Little ditty about Nick and Juliet… two American kids cuttin’ heads off zombies…

OK, it doesn’t scan quite like “Jack and Diane.” But the love story at the center of Lollipop Chainsaw is truly one for the ages. Boy loves girl. Boy gets bitten by zombie. Girl cuts off boy’s head and reanimates it. John Mellencamp couldn’t have said it better!

Thankfully, we have Suda 51 to step in for the former Johnny Cougar. So be sure to check out the special Valentine’s Day trailer of Lollipop Chainsaw above. It’ll be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 later this year.

As if I wasn’t already, like, super-stoked for Lollipop Chainsaw…

The next game to emerge from the twisted mind of Suda 51 stars Juliet Starling, a bubbly teenager who has to hack and slash her way through the school day after a nerdy classmate raised an army of zombies. But if you thought the cheerleader uniform was too exploitative, then WB Games has a more appropriate zombie-killing outfit for you: Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy (or rather, Juliet dressed in Ash’s clothes).

That’s what you’ll get if you pre-order Lollipop Chainsaw from GameStop (along with a Jimmy Urine, lead singer of Mindless Self Indulgence, skin). If you’d prefer to pre-purchase the game from Amazon, you’ll receive a Betty Page-styled “Rockabilly” outfit while Best Buy is giving out “Foxy Funk” and “Goth Girl” outfits. But for some reason, the Goth Girl skin is a pink leotard with fairy wings (I don’t get it either).

Juliet will model all of the skins for you in a video and image gallery found after the break. (more…)

Say hello to Swan, the “Goth Geek Bastard” behind the zombie uprising in Suda 51’s Lollipop Chainsaw. If you’re thinking this necromancer is any match for the big bads regularly faced by Buffy Summers, think again. He’s just an 18-year old loser who decided that the world needed more walking undead. OK, so he’s exactly like several of the big bads from “Buffy.”

His voice actor also sounds very familiar and I believe it belongs to Sean Gunn, brother of Lollipop Chainsaw writer James Gunn.

Lollipop Chainsaw will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 sometime in 2012, which will be a day filled with rainbows and sunshine and happy dances for me.

Attention class, Suda 51 got an A+ in Fan Service.

WB Games and developer Grasshopper Manufacture have unveiled the official box art for Lollipop Chainsaw, their 2012 mashup of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and every girly-girl stereotype that Buffy spent seven seasons satirizing. If heroine Juliet Starling were forced to spend her detention writing an essay about all her bad deeds, it would take her a long time:

I WILL NOT let my boyfriend cower behind my miniskirt.
I WILL NOT stuff a zombie into my locker.
I WILL NOT run through the halls with my chainsaw.
I WILL NOT wear an ultra-revealing top with a lance pointing at my cleavage.
AND I WILL NOT suck on a lollipop in class.

Of course, who am I kidding? Lollipop Chainsaw will probably be the biggest game of 2012.

I think the whole world is aware of the fact that Lollipop Chainsaw is a ripoff of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” In case you had your doubts, the latest trailer for Suda 51’s next game introduces us to Morikawa, the old man who teaches cheerleader Juliet Starling how to slay the undead.

But after watching the trailer, I don’t think there’s anyone in the world who cares that Lollipop Chainsaw’s plot has been done before because it looks insanely awesome.

Lollipop Chainsaw will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2012.