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Brad Pitt: ‘World War Z’ Sequel in Motion



While promoting his new film, “12 Years a Slave,” at the Toronto Film Festival, Brad Pitt was asked whether or not a sequel to “World War Z” was in the works.

“We’re certainly talking about it, yes,” he told Variety.

“World War Z,” one of the highest grossing films of 2013 and Pitt’s most successful movie ever, was the recipient of bad buzz early prior to its release but, in a reversal of fortune, went on to earn a whopping $533 million at the worldwide box office.

“We have so many ideas on the table from the time we spent developing this thing and figuring out how the zombie worlds work,” Pitt said in a new interview with Variety.

“We gotta get the script right first to determine if we go further.”

Based on the 2006 novel by Max Brooks, the zombie blockbuster underwent a complete rewrite and reshoot of the third act, hiking up the budget to nearly $200 million but “World War Z,” insiders say, ultimately prevailed thanks to an aggressive marketing campaign and positive reviews.

Paramount is said to be leaning on Pitt, whose company Plan B produced the film, to make another feature as the “World War Z” property was initially envisioned as a three-part franchise.

“We have so many ideas and so much information–we think we have a lot of stuff to mine from,” Pitt said.

Mireille Enos, who is in Toronto promoting her new film “Devil’s Knot,” told Variety said she’s on board 100% for the sequels.

“We’ll wait and see how the script turns out but yes, I’d love to come back.”

As for whom will write the second “World War Z” script remains to be seen.

Until then, Pitt next co-stars in and produces Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave,” out in limited release Oct. 18.

http://www.variety.com/2013/film/news/b ... 1200603939

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So many questions left unanswered, like... what was everyone else in the world doing while we focused on Brad Pitt for two hours?


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 6:37 am 
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Writer on Brad Pitt's 'World War Z' sequel: 'We're starting with a clean state'

The sequel to World War Z will start with "a clean slate", says its writer.

Brad Pitt produced and starred in the 2013 original, a zombie thriller based on Max Brooks' novel of the same name. Before its release, World War Z was widely expected to become a costly flop, but it ended up taking over $530 million (£340 million) at the box office worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film in Pitt's 25-year career.

Pitt confirmed he was working on a follow-up film that September and in May 2014 Steven Knight - the writer-creator of TV's Peaky Blinders - was hired to write a treatment for the sequel.

Now Knight has given an update on the project, telling Indiewire: "It's not quite like the other [film], we're starting with clean slate. When they've signed off we're on."

The sequel to World War Z, currently untitled, is being lined up for an October 2016 release. Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible) is on board as director.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:57 am 
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It's too much to hope that the second movie will be set after the original war is over, and thus Brad Pitt's character goes around interviewing survivors to get the human perspective on the worldwide zombie war? You know, something like THE ORIGINAL BOOK?


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They didn't want the book. They wanted Brad Pitt in a PG-13 action movie that capitalized on something popular. The combination of those things, it was thought, would result in a Bajillion dollars in box office receipts.


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Is Mel Brooks' kid writing the plot for this one as well?


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'World War Z' Sequel Gets 2017 Release Date

Let the zombie apocalypse continue.

World War Z's sequel has confirmed a release date. The Brad Pitt-produced project (via Plan B) is set to hit theaters on June 9, 2017.

Director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible) will work alongside screenwriter Steven Knight, who will pen the sequel for Paramount and Skydance.

Knight's resume includes Dirty Pretty Things, David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises and Martin Scorsese’s Leonardo DiCaprio-starring Shutter Island. The screenwriter is repped by CAA and U.K.'s United Agents.

World War Z, directed by Marc Forster, has scored $540 million worldwide since its June 2013 release.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-v ... ets-797552

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'World War Z' Sequel Moves Forward After 'Jurassic World 2' Drama

Paramount's World War Z sequel is back on track and moving forward with a new writer.

Dennis Kelly, the creator of the buzzy British show Utopia, has been enlisted for the latest draft of the Brad Pitt starrer. J.A. Bayona is squarely on board to direct, though rumors surfaced recently that his involvement was on thin ice after being eyed to direct the Jurassic World follow-up. Sources say there was little Bayona could do given that he has a holding deal for World War Z 2, but the Jurassic World 2 overtures helped light a flame under Paramount to keep Bayona happy and get a new script in motion with the fanboy-friendly writer. Skydance Productions is co-producing and co-financing the film.

Kelly will pick up from an earlier draft penned by Steven Knight (Burnt).

The first World War Z, which was directed by Marc Forster and released in 2013, was fraught with problems during production, with expensive re-shoots taking place after test audiences complained about the third act. But the movie, which was based on Max Brooks' novel of the same name and written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard and Damon Lindelof (J. Michael Straczynski received story by credit), became a box-office hit, earning $540 million worldwide, and spawned sequel plans.

World War Z 2 is scheduled for release on June 9, 2017. Pitt is producing alongside Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Ian Bryce and Skydance's David Ellison.

Kelly caught Hollywood's attention after creating Utopia, the Channel 4 series about a small group of people who find themselves in possession of the manuscript sequel of a cult graphic novel called The Utopia Experiments, which is rumoured to have predicted the worst disasters of the last century. David Fincher and Gillian Flynn were collaborating on a U.S. remake of the series for HBO, but that fell apart over budget issues (HBO still owns the U.S. remake rights).

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-v ... ves-835739

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Didn't see the first one, won't see this one. :)

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'World War Z' Sequel Loses Director

Juan Antonio Bayona will not be in the director's chair for the sequel to Brad Pitt's zombie thriller World War Z, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Bayona had to drop out of the project due to other commitments, Paramount said in a statement.

"Because of pre-existing film commitments, Bayona is not able to make World War Z this year, and it is our ambition to do so. He is a wonderful director, and we hope to work with him soon," the statement read.

Bayona, who last directed 2012's tsunami drama The Impossible, signed on to direct the World War Z sequel last month.

The first film, based on Max Brooks' novel, was one of 2013's surprise summer hits, grossing $202 million domestically and $540 million worldwide for the studio and Skydance. Marc Forster was the director.

The original film was said to have numerous headaches and setbacks during production, including weeks of re-shoots and revisions to the entire third act.

Screenwriter Steven Knight, whose credits include Eastern Promises and the Tom Hardy drama Locke, closed a deal to pen the sequel.

The film is set to hit theaters June 9, 2017.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-v ... uan-854855

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Brad Pitt’s ‘World War Z’ Sequel Loses Juan Antonio Bayona as Director

Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona has stepped down from directing Brad Pitt’s sequel to “World War Z” for Paramount.

The studio disclosed Bayona’s departure late Monday, adding that it still plans to make the film this year. The film is scheduled for release on June 9, 2017.

“Because of pre-existing film commitments, Bayona is not able to make ‘World War Z’ this year, and it is our ambition to do so,” Paramount said. “He is a wonderful director and we hope to work with him soon.”

Pitt is producing “World War Z 2” with Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Ian Bryce. Bayona, whose credits include “A Monster Calls” and “The Impossible,” had been attached to direct since late 2013.

The original “World War Z” was directed by Marc Forster and was based on Max Brooks’ 2006 novel “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War.” The screenplay was written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard and Damon Lindelof from a screen story by Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski.

Pitt starred as a former United Nations investigator who must travel the world to find a way to stop a zombie pandemic. The movie over-performed with $540 million in worldwide grosses in 2013.

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'World War Z' Sequel Pulled From Release Calendar

Paramount and Skydance have taken World War Z 2 off the 2017 release calendar.

The movie, with finds Brad Pitt set to return in the title role, was previously slated to open in theaters June 9, but the project was delayed when it lost director J.A. Bayona last year. Insiders say Paramount now hopes to have World War Z 2 ready for 2018 or 2019.

It has become commonplace for Hollywood studios to place stakeholders on the release calendars for their big franchise tentpoles long before they've even started shooting.

World War Z was a sleeper hit in summer 2013, earning $540 million globally.

In a twinned announcement, Paramount said that Darren Aronofsky's mother!, starring Jennifer Lawrence, is set to hit theaters Oct. 13 at the beginning of awards season. The drama also stars Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson and Ed Harris.

World War Z 2 isn't the only Paramount title losing a slot. Friday the 13th, which was previously set to hit theaters Oct. 13, has also been removed from the schedule.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/w ... dar-972612

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 1:19 am 
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They didn't want the book. They wanted Brad Pitt in a PG-13 action movie that capitalized on something popular. The combination of those things, it was thought, would result in a Bajillion dollars in box office receipts.

I'm not at all convinced that "slow zombies are scarier", but World War Z ramped up the fast zombies past the point of absurdity. After a scene or two of Pitt escaping by blind luck, the tension just evaporated for me. It was just a bunch of noise and Pitt miraculously gets away.

The reshot ending was excellent though. Very tense and moody. The rest of the movie should have been more like that instead of trying to be a ride.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:05 am 
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The concept of zombies having agency, while interesting, will never be successful as the standard shuffling horde. You can have successful fast zombies, and the tidal wave scenes in WWZ were very effective visually, but it was undercut by the revelation that they avoided anyone with an injury or an illness. Not just avoided, but treated like garlic to a vampire. That was just logically stupid, and made them more like the monsters from "I Am Legend".

The only time it worked (for me) was in Stephen King's "Cell". He managed to merge the force of nature thing (zombies flocking like birds) along with the agency thing (they weren't zombies, but the next stage in human evolution). King couldn't stick the landing, but then, King NEVER sticks the landing.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:59 am 
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The problem with slow zombies is the way the threat level of them magically jumps up and down for purposes of the plot. Day of the Dead is a pretty good example as a group of ordinary people have no problem clearing a mall full of zombies, but when the final act comes they're an unstoppable force of nature. I don't watch it (read the comic), but you see the same sort of thing in The Walking Dead, where the Walkers are just sort of there most of the time and are easily dealt with and humans are the much bigger threat... until the final act of the story when they're everywhere. Night of the Living Dead goes in the other direction as a group of ordinary people can't fend off their attacks... but the National Guard seems to have little trouble dealing with them. Once you figure out the rules, they're more of a nuisance.

I know the World War Z book was trying its hardest to ramp up the danger levels of slow zombies by playing off the way military tactics are built around an enemy having self-preservation (although human waves is a thing the speedier Chinese Army used in Korea and they had long range weapons, too).

Anywho, I think the whole zombie concept is kind of limited to begin with, which is why most zombie flicks are of the low-budget nature and why the bigger productions went with faster zombies... and even then they often angle toward comedy (zombie games tend to be dead boring since they have to ditch the only concept which is actually scary... being infected). World War Z just ramped it up so much that it lost any and all tension because there's literally no way humans survive that. It makes for some effective scenes, but a plot just can't sustain itself at that level.

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I agree for the most part, but there are natural fears that the growing slow zombie horde successfully capitalizes on. Think of that tsunami footage from Thailand and Fukushima where it just looks like a gentle influx of water and then HOLY CRAP BUILDINGS ARE FALLING.

Successful execution of that potential, like you say, is harder to come by.

Without getting political, there's an adage that zombies are prevalent in pop culture during Democrat administrations, and vampires are prevalent during Republicans. If that's the case, we'll be starved for good zombie entertainment in a couple of years.


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I read a "zombie" book recently called "The Girl With All The Gifts". I enjoyed it. The ending makes you wonder what you would do in that situation. They made a movie about it, but I haven't seen it yet.


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Will Paramount Turn to David Fincher to Revive 'World War Z' Sequel?

Can Paramount bring the undead back from the dead?

Though the studio on Monday pulled the zombie tentpole World War Z 2 from its 2017 release schedule, without targeting any future release date, filmmaker David Fincher, who has been rumored to be considering the project, is still "very creatively interested in directing the movie," says a source.

But if Paramount continues to drag its heels on the Brad Pitt starrer, the future viability of the potential franchise's appeal could begin to diminish, some rival executives say. And that would present a problem for a studio that boasts few viable franchises, particularly of the homegrown variety like World War Z. Insiders say Paramount is now eyeing a 2018 or 2019 release date, even though it has yet to make a move to put the film back on the schedule.

The in-demand Fincher — who enjoys a close relationship with Pitt after having made a number of movies together, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Fight Club — was very much on board with a new take on the sequel from writer Dennis Kelly, creator of the buzzy British show Utopia. In fact, Fincher and Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn had been collaborating on a U.S. remake of Utopia for HBO before that project fell apart over budget issues.

The budget on World War Z 2 was not an issue, say insiders. Fincher was looking to make the film about a man and his family navigating a zombie apocalypse at a budget less than the original's $190 million. But Paramount chief Brad Grey was not ready to greenlight the follow-up to the 2013 hit, which grossed $540 million worldwide.

Grey's inaction has raised eyebrows in town, considering Fincher's pedigree as a director who could elevate the property well beyond a genre film. The studio even has a financial partner to mitigate the risk, since Skydance Productions is co-producing and co-financing the film.

"He really would like to do it," says a source of Fincher's interest. "It's up to Paramount."

When the studio moved World War Z 2 from its schedule on Monday, the news was met with little surprise given that the pic, which had been slated for June 9, had not begun filming and had no directing deal in place.

J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls) had originally been tapped to helm, but he left the project in January 2016. At the Toronto International Film Festival in September, Bayona told The Hollywood Reporter that he'd decided to exit the project because he was not being given enough time to prep. "I loved those guys at Paramount and [Pitt's] Plan B," he said. "I just can't work like that."

If Paramount can get World War Z 2 moving forward, it won't be the first time the property, which is based on Max Brooks' novel of the same name, has overcome obstacles. The original World War Z, which was directed by Marc Forster, was fraught with problems during production, with expensive reshoots taking place after test audiences complained about the third act.

Pitt is producing the follow-up alongside Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Skydance's David Ellison. Ian Bryce, who produced the original, is no longer involved with the new project. Steven Knight (Burnt) penned an earlier draft of the sequel.

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I just watched a pretty good Korean zombie movie called "Train To Busan." Fast zombies and instant infection like World War Z....except that the movie is interesting.


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