For the past year or so, World War Z was at the center of much sighing. A Brad Pitt-starring zombie franchise with James Bond momentum killer Marc Forster in the director’s chair was getting beat up by the press as word of mouth was the pic stunk. In fact, Paramount decided to reshoot the entire third act which lent credence to the idea that maybe the rest of the movie was weak as well. Today, we are hearing that simply is not true as the studio sought out a small group of bloggers and journalists to show off the finished product. That said, at least according to Deadline’s Mike Fleming, the move is better than good making all of us naysayers look a bit foolish with our comparison to G.I. Joe. Continue Reading
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For those of you curious about the movie, the pic is based on a novel written by Max Brooks. Under the direction of Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace,) the blockbuster-sized effort is designed to start a trilogy; however, many in the industry are betting against sequelization at the moment. World War Z went through developmental hell after being sidelined by a lackluster third act. The whole thing needed to be rebuilt to create a much more satisfying conclusion, creating huge delays. Audiences originally anticipated this one to be out in theaters this holiday season. Continue Reading
After hiring Damon Lindelof for the task, they ended up settling from Drew Goddard who completed the script and now, as expecting, shooting is going to start in Budapest next month for seven weeks–a massive amount of time for theatrical standards. The explanation for this comes in the notion that as of right now, Paramount only has 52 minutes of footage that they could conceivably put up on the big screen. Continue Reading
For those familiar with the books who are curious as to how the director aims to pull off such a diverse geographic series, theater goers are prodded to think in terms of Contagion. That might not be necessarily a good thing though as critics largely enjoyed the movie except for the scattered scenes that seemed aimless thanks to the lack of a focal character. Who are we kidding? Brad Pitt + Zombies = Gold. The first installment of the trilogy hits theaters on December 21, 2012.
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It does not look like much of anything new in terms of footage, but there is a new Super Bowl spot airing during Sunday’s big game of World War Z. The best we came make of it is that the fresh cut’s mention of the ‘East Coast’ being in crisis is the only never before seen stuff. Go ahead and take a look anyways because it has been some time since the first 
The initial trailer has just hit the web for the much-delayed, Brad Pitt-led zombie thriller World War Z. While taken from a book by Max Brooks, the effort has been dramatically retooled so it is more of a source material thing than anything else which explains a bit about the trouble with production. This particular effort has been the subject of a lot of discussion in the trades this past year due to problems with the third act that threw the movie off its planned Christmas release and into next summer. That is the elephant in the room that needed to be addressed, so now onto our first real look at Marc Forster’s follow-up to Machine Gun Preacher.
Check out the first official look at World War Z. The initial footage for this Brad Pitt-led zombie actioner certainly will not be enough to sell anyone on the feature, but it might be enough to build curiosity from the millions of the subgenre’s fans who tune into The Walking Dead each week. Thankfully, we will not have to wait too much longer for the trailer as that is promised to us as early as Thursday. As advertised, ET has the ‘exclusive reveal.’
We heard a few months ago there were massive problems with the upcoming Brad Pitt zombie flick World War Z. The movie seemed destined to disappoint as the rumors were that Pitt and director Marc Forster were not talking, but even if that was not true a concern was there that the third act needed a full rewrite. In layman’s terms, the ending was garbage and needed a to be redone.
Ever since the six-month push back for the Brad Pitt-produced World War Z, there have been questions about the film’s overall quality and what might have gone wrong. 
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Bryan Cranston is now in talks to join 
Matthew Fox has become the latest addition to the film