What fictional Michigan town is overrun by zombies in The Dead Don’t Die?

Centerville is the fictional Michigan town overrun by zombies in The Dead Don’t Die.

Jim Jarmusch’s 2019 zombie comedy takes place in Centerville, a small community where unusual changes in daylight, animal behavior, and electromagnetic conditions precede a zombie uprising. Bill Murray plays police chief Cliff Robertson, while Adam Driver plays his deputy, Ronnie Peterson.

The town’s name is deliberately ordinary, matching the film’s dry treatment of an extraordinary disaster. Residents initially respond with confusion, denial, or routine law-enforcement procedures rather than the dramatic panic common in conventional zombie films.

The film also functions as a satirical ensemble piece, bringing together actors including Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, and Danny Glover. Its zombies repeatedly seek familiar consumer goods, turning the outbreak into a comic commentary on habit and desire. Centerville is not a real setting in the film’s story, even though the movie was shot in several locations in New York state.