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Paramount’s PG-13 ‘World War Z’ Finding Investors
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures’ PG-13 adaptation of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is far from dead, in fact, they claim there are multiple partners talking about financing the pic together.
The plan remains for Brad Pitt to star and for Marc Forster to direct the adaptation Max Brooks’ novel “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War.”
“The book looked at the aftermath of a global zombie war 10 years after the conflict, with a researcher for the UN Postwar Commission interviewing survivors in countries that were decimated by flesh eaters.”
While I’m always excited for a new zombie movie, I just can’t visualize what a PG-13 one would look like? Off screen feasting?
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‘Drop’ – Violett Beane Joins the Cast of Christopher Landon’s New Thriller
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”