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World War Z has been in development for over two years now, and at one point last month it looked as though money troubles might shut it down altogether. Since finding additional financing, however, the project’s been fast-tracked. Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Quantum of Solace) is still attached to direct, from a script by J. Michael Straczynski (Thor). Brad Pitt, who is also producing through his company Plan B, is set to star. Richardson has reportedly already begun scouting locations in London, and shooting could begin as early as this month. After years of delays and false starts, we may be getting World War Z even sooner than we thought.
Which is great, because World War Z is just one of many, many, many zombie movies currently in production. World War Z looks like a project actually worth getting excited about, and I’m hoping we’ll get a chance to see it before zombie fatigue reaches peak levels. Brooks’ original novel (subtitled An Oral History of the Zombie War) was well-received critically and commercially, and the guy definitely knows his subject — he’s also the writer of The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From The Living Dead. While I’ve never read World War Z myself, it does sound like an unusually rich, ambitious take on the zombie subgenre.
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