Jesse Eisenberg  is in final talks to join Woody Harrelson in Columbia Pictures horror comedy Zombieland, to be directed by Ruben Fleischer from a script written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick of The Joe Schmo Show fame.

The film revolves around a mismatched pair of survivors who find friendship and redemption in a world overrun by zombies. Eisenberg would play Flagstaff, a terrified shut-in whose cowardice makes him an expert at surviving the zombies. But he's soon forced out of his shell to join the band of survivors, which includes Harrelson.

Eisenberg, whose credits include the Squid and the Whale, Rodger Dodger and The Hunting Party, recently wrapped a lead in Miramax's '80s comedy Adventureland, in which he plays a recent college grad who takes a lame job at his local amusement park.