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Max Brooks’ ‘Extinction Parade’ #1 Hits Tomorrow!!

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Posted by Lonmonster on June 18, 2013 @ 2:12pm
Category: Comics / News

In case you forgot, Max Brooks’ new vampire/zombie crossover tale, “Extinction Parade”, kicks off tomorrow with issue #1 from Avatar Press. Brooks put years of planning and research into this project in order to offer a in-depth look at the ultimate undead war. The book takes place as vampires realize their food supply is quickly running low, and they are forced to face off with the hungry hoards of the living dead. Check out the preview below, this is not a book to miss out on. READ MORE

Max Brooks Talks ‘Extinction Parade’ Once Again

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Posted by Lonmonster on June 17, 2013 @ 11:42am
Category: Comics / News

Avatar Press has released another short video of zombie expert Max Brooks chatting about his new series,“Extinction Parade” . The series offers an in depth look at the ultimate undead war: zombies vs. vampires. While there have been several zombie vs. vampire books to come out in the last year, something tells me this one is going to take the cake (maybe it’s the fact that Brooks seems to do nothing other thank think about the undead and write about them). Check out the video below along with the special edition leather cover for issue #1. READ MORE

‘World War Z’ Creator Talks ‘Extinction Parade’

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Posted by Lonmonster on April 24, 2013 @ 4:42pm
Category: Comics / News

Avatar Press just uploaded a couple videos of Max Brooks, World War Z writer, chatting about zombies and his new comic, “The Extinction Parade”, that shows the zombie apocalypse through the eyes of vampires. He’s an intelligent dude with some unique views about the undead. You should really check out these videos. You may learn something. READ MORE

Fly Over The Apocalypse In New ‘World War Z’ Poster!

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 04, 2013 @ 10:13am
Category: Movies / Images

On the heels of the US one-sheets we now have the French poster Paramount has issued for Marc Forster’s World War Z, their zombie movie raising the dead on June 21. While the design isn’t as cool as the US one, I do like the epic sweep and use of color here.

Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox and David Morse, the one-sheet displays a mile-high piling of rotting, decaying zombies attacking a helicopter.

“The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.”

Enos plays Gerry’s wife Karen Lane; Kertesz is his comrade in arms, Segen. READ MORE

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‘World War Z’ Footage Preview! Director Marc Forster Addresses Reshoots, The Size Of The Film In Relation To The Book And The PG-13 Rating!

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Posted by EvanDickson on March 29, 2013 @ 10:00am
Category: Movies / Editorials

Last Friday, Paramount Pictures invited a group of journalists to the lot to check out about 20 minutes of footage from World War Z, which is out on June 21st. After a quick hello from Brad Pitt, we saw the 3D version of the trailer that’s hitting theaters today (it hit the web earlier this week), which actually looked pretty good for a post-conversion. Following the trailer we saw about 20 minutes of footage culled together from the first two acts of the film. Then we were given a group interview with director Marc Forster, during which he fielded the questions that have been on a lot of our minds during this film’s lengthy production process.

Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox and David Morse all star in the film that “ revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.”

Head inside for my thoughts on the footage and the interview with Forster! READ MORE

New ‘World War Z’ Trailer Introduces Some Mid-Air Chaos!

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Posted by EvanDickson on March 23, 2013 @ 10:27am
Category: Movies / Trailers

Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer for Marc Forster’s World War Z, their action packed zombie movie raising the dead on June 21st. This trailer hints at the massive global scope of the film and includes a nifty new airplane scene. I attended a special event for the film yesterday, and will be sharing my thoughts on it late next week.

Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox and David Morse. Enos plays Gerry’s wife Karen Lane; Kertesz is his comrade in arms, Segen.

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Check Out These Cool Alternate ‘World War Z’ Posters!

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Posted by EvanDickson on January 22, 2013 @ 1:55pm
Category: Movies / Images

Blurppy has taken it upon themselves to craft up some alternate posters for World War Z. Some of them are okay. All of them are more fun than the official teaser one-sheet.

Directed by Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace), the adaptation of Max Brooks’ “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War” stars Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox and David Morse.

In theaters June 21, 2013, “The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. Enos plays Gerry’s wife Karen Lane; Kertesz is his comrade in arms, Segen.” READ MORE

“Lost” Director Jack Bender Isn’t Giving Away The Secrets Of ‘Devolution’

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Posted by EvanDickson on June 26, 2012 @ 8:54pm
Category: Movies / News

Jack Bender directed 37 episode of “Lost” in addition to several episodes of “Alcatraz”, which means he’s probably picked up more than a thing or two from J.J. Abrams. So it’s no surprise that he’s keeping the plot of his new thriller Devolution, under wraps. All we know is that the film is based on an idea by Max Brooks, the author of “World War Z”, and that the script will be written by Wrath Of The Titans scribe David Leslie Johnson (who also wrote a few “Walking Dead” episodes).

Per The Hollywood Reporter, “Jack Bender, perhaps best known as the preeminent director of ABC’s Lost, is working on Devolution, a thriller he is developing to direct for Legendary. Plot details are being kept lock and key, but the pedigree is all genre. It is based on an original idea by Max Brooks, the author of World War Z, while David Leslie Johnson, who worked on ‘Wrath of the Titans’ is writing the script. Brooks is producing with Legendary, indicating that the author is slowly developing deeper relations with the company.”

Fun fact: Bender also directed Child’s Play 3.

‘World War Z’ Might Not Be What We Hoped For

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Posted by David Harley on August 11, 2011 @ 6:46pm
Category: Movies / News

When I try to picture World War Z through the lens of a camera, I still think it would be best adapted as an HBO mini-series like Band of Brothers. It has an episodic feel to it, highlighting the aftermath of a war between humans and zombies and some of the horrific events that transpired during it.

With Paramount now in-production on their full-length feature with Marc Forster at the helm, it was uncertain how they could cram all those vignettes into one flick and keep audiences invested in characters they would only meet for minutes at a time (unless they planned on making a four-hour movie). The studio just released an official plot summary, which details a far removed interpretation of Max Brooks beloved novel.

The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. Enos plays Gerry’s wife Karen Lane; Kertesz is his comrade in arms, Segen.

This is a little more straight forward and easily digestible for general audiences, but it’s kind of a pointless move considering they’re releasing it against a Johnny Depp flick and a week after The Hobbit, both of which have a better chance of winning big at the box office – there’s no way that date is going to stick unless Paramount doesn’t care about recouping their money. Since it now takes place during war, rather than afterwards, it doesn’t even seem like much of adaptation. Still, this could end up being a compelling tale, just not the one we were expecting.

World War Z opens on December 21, 2012.
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‘Killing’ Detective Goes To ‘World War Z’

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Posted by David Harley on April 26, 2011 @ 1:59am
Category: Movies / News

All had been quiet on the World War Z front until last month, when it was reported that the film was looking for additional backers since the Marc Forster PG-13 adaptation was budgeted around $125 million.

While there doesn’t seem to be an official confirmation of who is teaming up with Paramount, it looks like they’ve cast Mireille Enos (AMC’s The Killing) as Brad Pitt’s wife. This could be an unofficial confirmation that the film is a go, or it could be the studio trying to drum up interest from potential investors. Either way, they seem to be moving full steam ahead as if it’s a definite thing.

World War Z is a sober telling of the aftermath of a war fought against a legion of humans who were inflicted with a virus, died and were reanimated into flesh-eating zombies.

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Posted by Reset on March 12, 2009 @ 6:14pm
Category: Comics / News

Max Brooks’ Zombie Survival Guide was a huge success and a must own for most zombie aficionados, now there is a graphic novel adaptation of it coming in May from Random House. Recorded Attacks shows many historical examples of zombie outbreaks throughout history in gory detail. I’m pretty psyched for this, what do you think? More info after the break…
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