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‘World War Z’ Sequel to Begin Filming in June 2019
A sequel to World War Z is going to happen, don’t you fret, especially after the first film’s insane global box office take. Even with all of the delays, it’s still ramping up, and producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner tell Variety a shoot is now slated for June 2019.
Also, in case anyone was worried, Brad Pitt will once again star as former U.N. investigator Gerry Lane, who heads on a worldwide search to find the source of the infection and a way to halt its spread. David Fincher will still direct.
The producers explain they knew it would work when they hired Utopia screenwriter Dennis Kelly. “We’re still working on the script,” adds Kleiner, “but he’s done an amazing job and we think it’s gonna be great.”
The production was recently delayed due to Pitt filming Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. No matter, the sequel will eventually happen, especially since World War Z made over $500M at the box office worldwide. It’s gonna be a wild ride.
Chris Columbus (Gremlins – writer, Home Alone – director) is headed back into the director’s chair for Thursday Murder Club, Amblin’s upcoming feature film adaptation of the same-titled novel written by Richard Osman. Variety first reported the news this morning.
It’s not a horror movie, mind you, but rather a star-studded murder-mystery. Think Rian Johnson’s Knives Out… only this particular murder-mystery is set in a retirement community!
Variety details, “The book, released in 2020, tells the story of four septuagenarian friends who live in a retirement community and solve cold cases for fun. When a shady property developer is found dead, the four find themselves in the middle of their first live crime.”
Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley are “being eyed” to lead the cast!
Richard Osman’s 2020 novel was such a hit that it launched a franchise. Follow-up The Man Who Died Twice followed in 2021, with The Bullet That Missed coming along in 2022. And then there was The Last Devil to Die in 2023, with a fifth book in the series expected in 2025.
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