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‘World War Z’ Filmmaker Marc Forster Headed To Director’s Jail After Feud With Brad Pitt?!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 13, 2012 @ 1:01pm
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The troubles behind World War Z have never been secret, but they’ve definitely been tackled lightly by mainstream press. That ends today as Vulture is reporting that star Brad Pitt and director Marc Forster have broken up.

“The horde of zombies in Paramount Pictures’ World War Z aren’t the only ones ravenous for brains: So is the troubled blockbuster’s star and producer, Brad Pitt, who Vulture hears exclusively from multiple production sources has become so frustrated with the film’s director, Marc Forster, that he stopped speaking to him altogether as the production heads into at least three weeks of reshoots,” says the website. “Things got so bad that when Forster had notes on a scene for Pitt, they had to be relayed through an intermediary — and vice versa.”

They also note the irony of the situation adding that “Pitt, whose company, Plan B, is producing World War Z, originally fought for Forster to be given the director’s chair on World War Z. The studio was wary, because his only other big-budget action film was Quantum of Solace, the 2008 James Bond film that proved a notoriously difficult shoot.”

And while previous reports hit that both Damon Lindelof and Drew Goddard have reworked the finale, the site claims that Paramount is still trying to decide whether to just try to fix what they have or get writers to completely re-envision the film’s final. The shocker (I guess?) is that whatever happens with the script, additional — and possibly outside — directing help is likely to be sought for the action sequences that will need to be reshot.

The adaptation 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. READ MORE

[San Diego Comic-Con '12] ‘Cabin in the Woods’ & ‘Prometheus’ Drew Goddard Rewrites Troubled ‘World War Z’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 11, 2012 @ 12:19pm
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worldwarz [San Diego Comic Con 12] Cabin in the Woods & Prometheus Drew Goddard Rewrites Troubled World War Z

While reports had Prometheus and “Lost” scribe Damon Lindelof coming in to write a new ending to the Marc Forster-directed Brad Pitt-starrer World War Z, it actually was his “Lost” compadre, Drew Goddard, who did the bulk of the writing of the finale, reports Deadline. Lindelof, who reworked Prometheus and co-wrote the Star Trek sequel, cracked a potential new ending of the film, but Lindelof didn’t have time to do the scripting so that task fell to Goddard, who most recently adapted Robopocalypse, which is Steven Spielberg’s next film at DreamWorks. Goddard also wrote Cloverfield and directed Lionsgate’s The Cabin in the Woods.

Both of those guys are off to other projects, so it’s quite possible that Paramount will tap another writer to punch up this ending, if the studio decides to use it. They’re hearing Christopher McQuarrie, whom the studio is high on after he adapted and directed Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher, based on the Lee Child novels. That isn’t set in stone because McQuarrie is Cruise’s go-to guy and he will be doing some script work on All You Need Is Kill, the Doug Liman-directed action film that Cruise will next star in after he completes Oblivion.

No date has been set for the reshoots that will be needed to implement the new ending, but insiders say that Forster will be shooting those scenes.

The adaptation, starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox and David Morse, 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. It was slated for release on June 21, 2013. 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
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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.

“Lost” and ‘Prometheus’ Writer ‘World War Z’ Savior?

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 08, 2012 @ 12:57pm
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Holy crap World War Z much suck, and it must suck badly. On the heels of news that Paramount Pictures has agreed to several more weeks of shooting, THR writes that screenwriter Damon Lindelof has been brought in to save Paramount’s troubled zombie movie.

The big-budget movie, in which Brad Pitt stars and is serving as one of the producers, has been troubled, and its release has been pushed from a December, 2012 release to June, 21 2013. It is now awaiting signficant reshoots. Lindelof, the “Lost” co-creator and co-author of Ridley Scott and Fox’s Prometheus, is said to be focusing on the movie’s third act. The production hopes to begin reshoots in September or October.

Z, based on the 2006 novel by Max Brooks, is intended to be a zombie picture with sociological and political overtones. It also stars Mireille Enos (“The Killing”), James Badge Dale and Anthony Mackie. Marc Forster is directing the movie, which shot last year in various European locales.

“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

‘World War Z’ Goes Back Into The Trenches For Another 7 Weeks!?

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Posted by EvanDickson on June 03, 2012 @ 12:33pm
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We already knew that World War Z, Paramount Pictures’ epic zombie adaptation starring Brad Pitt that was originally scheduled to open December 21, 2012, had been been pushed to June 21, 2013.

At the time I didn’t necessarily take that as a bad sign, but now I kind of do. Because the film has reportedly started an additional 7 weeks of photography in Budapest. That’s a LOT of time. That’s more than the entire shooting schedule of many (most?) films.

Per The Daily Mail, “Pitt has joined his fellow actors on locations in Budapest, where World War Z will go through seven weeks of additional shooting.” If this is correct, and it’s a big “if” considering the source – someone clearly isn’t happy with the film (which had already wrapped principal photography). Here’s hoping director Marc Forster gets what he needs this time out.

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.”

Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Bryan Cranston, and David Morse also star.

‘World War Z’ Is Now A Summer Movie, Just Not This Summer

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Posted by EvanDickson on March 14, 2012 @ 3:50am
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World War Z, Paramount Pictures’ epic zombie adaptation starring Brad Pitt that was originally scheduled to open December 21, 2012, has now been pushed to June 21, 2013.

This isn’t necessarily a bad sign. It’s probably just taking longer to finish the movie properly, and I’d rather a studio get it right than rush it. Plus, it’s not like you schedule something for June 21st if you don’t have confidence in it. It’s just not an Oscar movie, that’s all.

What it may be, as we previously reported, is a trilogy. Earlier in the year the LA Times reported that “[Director Marc] Forster and Paramount Pictures each view “World War Z” as a trilogy that would have the grounded, gun-metal realism of, say, Damon’s Jason Bourne series tethered to the unsettling end-times vibe of AMC’s “The Walking Dead”.”

Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Bryan Cranston, and David Morse also star. READ MORE

Paramount Plans ‘World War Z’ As a Trilogy!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 04, 2012 @ 2:38am
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In talking with the LA Times, Money Ball star Brad Pitt opened up about World War Z, Paramount Pictures’ epic zombie adaptation opening in theaters December 21, 2012. Within the chat Pitt revealed that the studio is hoping to franchise the film into a trilogy!

“[Director Marc] Forster and Paramount Pictures each view “World War Z” as a trilogy that would have the grounded, gun-metal realism of, say, Damon’s Jason Bourne series tethered to the unsettling end-times vibe of AMC’s “The Walking Dead”. ” A fresh zombie franchise? Yes please!

Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Bryan Cranston, and David Morse also star.

Prisoner of ‘World War Z’ Cast

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 06, 2011 @ 9:56pm
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A bit of late casting as David Morse has joined Paramount Pictures’ zombie-infestation pic World War Z, the Marc Forster-directed adaptation of the Max Brooks novel that has been set for a December 21, 2012 release, says Deadline.

Morse, who stars on HBO’s “Treme” and was also seen in Drive Angry 3D , will play a prisoner living in an abandoned jail in World War Z, which also stars Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale and Bryan Cranston.

[News Bites] ‘The Crow’ Script Turned In, ‘Walking Dead’ Zombie Makeup, ‘American Horror’ Teaser, ‘Suspiria’ Update & ‘World War Z’ Zombie Attack!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on September 06, 2011 @ 9:35pm
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Producer Edward R. Pressman talked with Variety about a few upcoming projects, one of which included the forthcoming remake of The Crow. In a news brief, he explains that Watchmen‘s Alex Tse has delivered “in the last 48 hours” the screenplay for Spaniard Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s The Crow, another reinvention, this time of Alex Proyas’ 1994 original. There is still yet to be a star attached to play Eric Draven, a man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée’s murder.

Still in development is a remake of Dario Argento’s Suspiria, which Complex got fresh story details out of director David Gordon Green. “['Black Swan'] did inspire me to think, ‘Well, I want to go younger now. I want this to be about 14, 15-year-old girls, rather than women who are Natalie’s age.’ It made not want to do what ‘Black Swan’ kind of did with the psychology and thriller elements of older characters. If anything, I want to focus on the younger, more naïve kinds of characters–the wide-eyed, ‘Snow White’ version of the movie, rather than a more sophisticated, sexual version of it.”

Co-created by former “Nip/Tuck” executive producers and current “Glee” co-creators/executive producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, inside you’ll find a third teaser trailer for “American Horror Story,” which premieres October 5th on FX and will run Wednesdays at 10 PM ET/PT. The show revolves around The Harmons, a family of three who move from Boston to Los Angeles as a means to reconcile past anguish.

What turns an everyday human into a walking, biting member of the undead? Some might say the sallow skin or the open wounds or the bloody teeth. All valid arguments. But to really sell an undead soul, you have to have the eyes. And in this new behind-the-scenes video, “The Walking Dead”‘s contact lens tech Gazal Trabizpor describes what goes into giving zombies their ghastly stare. This season, she explains, the new contact lenses are “a little more gruesome, a lot more detailed…” Watch the video inside now to see first-hand the eyes of the enemy. “The Walking Dead “returns Sun., Oct. 19 at 10/9c with a special 90-minute episode, only on AMC.

Directly below you’ll find a behind-the-scenes video from the Glasgow set of World War Z, the Marc Forster-directed adaptation of the Max Brooks zombie infestation novel in theaters on December 21st, 2012. The clip shows you just how brutal a zombie attack will be in the adaptation starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale and Bryan Cranston.

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 26, 2011 @ 4:05pm
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While other sites keep posting images of streets and cars, Bloody Disgusting’s ‘djblack1313′ tipped us off to some good imagery from the set of Paramount Pictures’ World War Z, now filming in Glasgow.

The below image, courtesy of Metro UK, features your first clear look at what the undead will look like in the big screen adaptation of Max Brooks’ novella. The article also details how star Brad Pitt turned real-life hero when he saved a woman from being crushed during a chaotic crowd scene which saw zombies on the warpath.

A second article over at Daily Record features even more behind-the-scenes stills, along with an interview with creator Max Brooks.

Marc Forster is directing for December 21, 2012 release. “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.”

See the Undead Get Up Close and Personal on World War Z Set

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 16, 2011 @ 2:41pm
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If you click right here you’ll find a Glasgow webcam looking directly onto one of the streets Marc Forster is filming World war Z on! It’s kinda of a far shot, but still pretty cool if you ask me…

Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Bryan Cranston, “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.”

The war begins on December 21, 2012
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‘World War Z’ Might Not Be What We Hoped For

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Posted by David Harley on August 11, 2011 @ 6:46pm
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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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‘Breaking Bad’ Star Lands “Flashy” Role in ‘World War Z’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 06, 2011 @ 6:47am
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Bryan Cranston – who has shown his diversity as an actor in AMC’s incredible “Breaking Bad” – is in negotiations to join Paramount’s World War Z, a post-apocalyptic thriller starring Brad Pitt, writes THR.

The role is said to be small but flashy; little is known about the part. The film is an adaptation of a Max Brooks novel of the same name that depicts a global zombie takeover a decade after the fact. Marc Forster is directing.

The film, from Skydance Productions, features a cast that includes a current AMC cohort of Cranston’s in Mireille Enos, star of The Killing; and James Badge Dale, who appeared on AMC’s now defunct Rubicon.

Z, written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, is currently in production and will be released in 2012.

Cranston can also be seen in Contagion and the Total Recall remake.
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‘Games of Thrones’ Star Battles Zombies in ‘World War Z’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 22, 2011 @ 8:02pm
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“Game of Thrones” star Elyes Gabel has been cast in Paramount’s World War Z, a post-apocalyptic thriller starring Brad Pitt, says THR.

Marc Forster is directing the movie, an adaptation of the 2006 Max Brooks novel of the same name that depicts a global zombie take-over 10 years after the fact.

Gabel will play a character named “Fassbach,” although little is known about the role. The film, also from Skydance Productions, features a cast that includes “The Killing” star Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale.

Z, which was written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, is currently in production and will be released next year.
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Undead Extras in Behind-the-Scenes ‘World War Z’ Pics, See ‘Dark Shadow’s Collinwood Manor

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 02, 2011 @ 4:09pm
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Update: The site Fan Pop has a slew of images of the Collinwood Manor from Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, which stars Johnny Depp, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote, Cloe Moretz, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Thomas McDonell, Gulliver McGrath. Collinwood Manor is where Barnabas Collins (played by Depp) resides. It’ll arrive in theaters May 11, 2012 from Warner Bros. Pictures.

Paramount Pictures’ zombie-apocalypse thriller, World War Z is currently lensing in Malta where the Daily Mail has been sneaking around nabbing behind-the-scenes photos. While a bunch of sites posted images of star Brad Pitt arriving at an airport (I’ll never understand why), today the site scored a look at a bunch of extras as the undead. Now we’re talking! Click the link above for all of the pics.

Marc Forster is behind the camera with Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale starring. The film 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.”

Undead Extras in Behind the Scenes World War Z Pics, See Dark Shadows Collinwood Manor

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 30, 2011 @ 6:10pm
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Bad news for Paramount Pictures: Despite previous reports, Vulture hears that that neither Matthew Fox nor Ed Harris will be starring in the studio’s zombie-apocalypse thriller, World War Z.

Fox has a scheduling conflict stemming from his prior commitment to star in I, Alex Cross with Tyler Perry at Summit Entertainment; less clear is why the Harris deal didn’t make.

The actors had smaller roles in the Brad Pitt flick, but with the movie already in production in Malta, the filmmakers are scrambling to recast, having actors read in both London and Los Angeles.

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‘Lost’ Star Hits the Bunkers for ‘World War Z’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 14, 2011 @ 5:55pm
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Update: Ed Harris is also joining the anti-undead cause…

Exclusive: Bloody Disgusting is being told by strong sources that “Lost” vet Matthew Fox is signed on to star in World War Z, alongside previously announced Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale. As reported exclusively on BD, Alicia Vikander is still in talks for the tole of “Segen”.

Set 10 years after a global zombie epidemic, Fox will be playing “Parajumper”.

Marc Forster is directing from J. Michael Straczynski and Matthew Carnahan’s script, which is adapted from Max Brooks’ popular novel, told in oral history form from various perspectives around the world.

Pitt will play a researcher for the U.N. Postwar Commission, while Mireille Enos of AMC’s “The Killing” was previously cast as his wife, a mother of two girls.

As Variety reported, Dale will play Capt. Speke, an American soldier who trusts his instincts and is wise beyond his years. The character tries to alert authorities that the zombie threat is real, and is stuck in a military detention center when the zombie outbreak begins.

Production is slated to begin this July in London, Malta and other locales overseas.
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Take A Gander At Some Art From the Canceled World War Z Game

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Posted by Adam Dodd on April 28, 2011 @ 9:42pm
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Not only is Max Brooks’ World War Z one of my favorite books I’ve had the pleasure of reading in the last handful of years but it’s also one of the best, and most original takes on the heavily wrung out zombie genre. The film adaptation has been having a little trouble but it would seem there was also a video game concept being thrown around as well. Sadly, the game never got past the concept stages but that doesn’t mean we can’t stare at all the fantastic art work for the game while wondering what could’ve been, right?

0 Take A Gander At Some Art From the Canceled World War Z Game

Back in January we reported on another cancelled horror title Midway was planning, called Day to Night. That game sounded pretty interesting but a World War Z game sounds infinitely more badass. The idea to make a game based on Brooks’ zombie epic came from Cumron Ashtiani, who now works at Atomhawk, and the incredible art you can gaze upon past the jump is the work of Pete Thompson and Corlen Kruger. READ MORE

‘Killing’ Detective Goes To ‘World War Z’

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Posted by David Harley on April 26, 2011 @ 1:59am
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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 MrDisgusting on March 29, 2011 @ 8:08pm
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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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PG-13 ‘World War Z’ Ends Before it Begins?

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 22, 2011 @ 7:06pm
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Vulture is reporting that World War Z, Brad Pitt’s movie about a global undead apocalypse, may be dying (or is it re-dying?) unless Paramount can find a co-financier.

The site reports that the film currently has a price tag of more than $125 million, and the studio is fervently searching for a partner to share the risk. If they can’t find one, it’s likely that Paramount will pull the plug on the adaptation of the Max Brooks book, which was to be directed by Quantum of Solace‘s Marc Forster and star Pitt, who would also produce.

Here’s the odd part of the report, Paramount Film Group president Adam Goodman insists to Vulture, “We’re really committed to making a big, kick-ass giant movie with Marc Forster and Brad Pitt.” Although, Goodman also stated that Paramount signed a deal with Forster assuring them of a PG-13 cut. Erg.

The book 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. This is one story I cannot see as PG-13…