Brad Pitt's World War Z is being eyed as a trilogy
"For Pitt, the big sci-fi thriller also represents his strongest bid to have a big film franchise of his own, which might be viewed as the missing piece of his career jigsaw puzzle. Forster and Paramount Pictures each view World War Z as a trilogy that would have the grounded, gun-metal realism of, say, Matt Damon's Jason Bourne series tethered to the unsettling end-times vibe of AMC's The Walking Dead."
This is the first we've heard about World War Z being expanded into a franchise, and it isn't known if the studio is looking at writers for the two potential sequels. Matthew Michael Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski wrote the screenplay adaptation for World War Z, based on Max Brooks' novel. Brad Pitt stars as a United Nations employee who travels the world, interviewing survivors of the worldwide zombie infestation.
World War Z comes to theaters June 21st, 2013 and stars Brad Pitt, Eric West, Matthew Fox, David Morse, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Julian Seager, Michiel Huisman. The film is directed by Marc Forster.
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Nicholaus XX
Awesome news!
1 year agoby @XxNickTheFilmCriticXxFlag
slysnide
This is good news, cause that book is far too detailed to be properly adapted into one movie...presuming of course they excluded some of the story lines, cause it seems like it would be far too long for one movie.
1 year agoby @slysnideFlag
ChiRep_1
Did he really compare World War Z to the Bourne series and The Walking Dead?.. Mother of God
1 year agoby @ChiRep-1Flag
the Narrator
Well ,they've already deviated substantially from the real jist of the book, from what I can tell. Comments like, "retains spirit of the book" only further support that theory. However, they appear to still have quite a few stories to tell, most of which will probably come from the book. If they want to wrap their own main story around those smaller tales, and further flesh those survivor stories out, I won't argue, so long as they really put the effort in to live up the potential of the (now) franchise.
1 year agoby @narratorFlag
Dan
@bawnian-dexeus Dan thinks this better indicate they plan on doing a slower burn of the story than previously thought. If so, I may yet be happy over this project.
1 year agoby @dan1Flag
Corey W.
Not sure what to think of this. I'm already curious to see how the first movie is gonna work based on the book's format. The book was excellent, but I'd for sequels to a movie-adaptation ruin that...
1 year agoby @coreyFlag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
Wonder what Dan thinks
1 year agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
the MovieGhost
@moviegeek: World War Z 2: Z Harder?
Really though, I'll have to pick up this Book.
1 year agoby @the-movieghostFlag
moviegeek
What would they call sequels? :P
1 year agoby @moviegeekFlag