World War Z Movie on the way

[Rush]

News coming out of ComiCon references a WORLD WAR Z movie.

http://twitchfilm.net/news/2010/07/world-war-z-and-a-pitt-full-of-zombies.php

It's been a long time coming, slowly shambling forth, but it looks like the film adaption of Max Brooks' seminal zombie opus World War Z will finally be calling "Action!". Coming from Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B Entertainment, breaking news from San Diego Comic-Con, via MTV, reports that the megastar is now also attached to play the lead.

Assuming the script is something near what I've already read, that would mean Pitt is basically playing Max Brooks. Also, with Pitt on board in a lead role it also means, thankfully, that the potential Gone With The Wind of zombie films will indeed be made. This is great news to yours truly, who found the Brooks novel (along with Robert Kirkman's insanely good The Walking Dead comics, currently lensing for AMC) the most invigorating and, ahem, lively entry into the beyond-overplayed zombie mythos since Romero's Day Of The Dead.

Apparently Brooks' other books, The Zombie Survival Guide, and The Zombie Survival Guide:Recorded Attacks have been optioned by Paramount as well. With all this action, Brooks may soon find himself the King Of The Zombies to a new generation of horror fans, if he isn't already. When I first saw Zombieland I actually couldn't stop thinking how the intro and title sequence seemed lifted from Brooks' instruction manual on how to make it through through a zombie uprising and stay alive.

Fucking BAWSS.

[James2Stapleton]

cant effin wait

:win:

[SuperKevin]

Hopefully the zombie revival will kill off this lame vampire fascination

[Pitty]

Movie's been in the work since 2007, Brad Pitt's studio bought the screen rights a while ago.

[Houston]

Trailer

http://bcove.me/boczomdi

Looks like the precursor to I Am Legend.

[mgoblue2290]

Looks completely different than the book. I believe they were slow moving zombies in the book and there was a bunch of characters. They probably didn't want it to be like The Walking Dead though.

[Palooza]

it will be beat.

[SethMode]

I don't know how good it will be, but I freaking hate shambling zombies so if that is one concession that they take, so be it.

[Senser81]

Looks completely different than the book. I believe they were slow moving zombies in the book and there was a bunch of characters. They probably didn't want it to be like The Walking Dead though.

Yeah, the book was more like a collection of short stories than a singular narrative. Don't know how well it well translate into a film.

[dope]

from the trailer the only thing this has in connection to the book is the title. i thought they might be able to translate the book by showing the stories in flashbacks while being interviewed.

[BigBucs]

May go the way of a Quentin Tarentino film with how he approaches his movies from different POVs.

[Senser81]

May go the way of a Quentin Tarentino film with how he approaches his movies from different POVs.

But usually those movies have the characters interacting at some point. The characters in World War Z were largely independent from one another.

[mgoblue2290]

I don't know how good it will be, but I freaking hate shambling zombies so if that is one concession that they take, so be it.

These zombies look like they'd take over the world in about 2 days though. Unless they aren't using the rule of destroying the brain which I guess would make it easier and basically like 28 Days Later. The trailer was basically Brad Pitt running in various locations while showing zombies climbing on each other with 4.4 speed and reckless style.

Yeah, the book was more like a collection of short stories than a singular narrative. Don't know how well it well translate into a film.

I think it would've done pretty well actually. It may not have been a summer blockbuster type movie, but done in a flash back fictional documentary style would've worked well. Spend like 10-15 minutes on the better stories in chronological order.

[Pitty]

What the fuck? Can't find one aspect tying that trailer to the book.

[Senser81]

I think there were zombies in the book.