Director Juan Antonio Bayona Exits Brad Pitt's WORLD WAR Z Sequel

Director Juan Antonio Bayona Exits Brad Pitt's WORLD WAR Z Sequel

Paramount & Plan B's upcoming sequel to the $540 million Brad Pitt-starring hit that was World War Z has lost its director. A new report has revealed that director Juan Antonio Bayona has decided to bow out due to scheduling conflicts. Come check it out!

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By RohanPatel - Jan 11, 2016 08:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: Deadline


In a shocking turn of events, Deadline is reporting that due to scheduling conflicts, director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible) has exited Paramount Pictures' & Plan B Entertainment's upcoming World War Z sequel, which stars Academy Award-winner Brad Pitt and has a script from Steven Knight (Pawn Sacrifice) & Dennis Kelly (Black Sea).

Paramount is eagerly trying to kick off production on World War Z 2 this summer in order to get it ready for its wide release in Summer 2017. Bayona is currently deep into post-production on his latest directorial venture A Monster Calls, which stars Liam Neeson (Taken) & Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), and felt that he couldn't finish his commitments on that film before this summer when he would have had to shift gears to World War Z 2.

The studio released this statement to confirm his departure: “Bayona is no longer able to make World War Z 2 this year, and it is our ambition to do so. He is a wonderful director and we hope to work with him soon.”

Expect the studio to actively start searching for a replacement and considering all of the seemingly insurmountable production difficulties the first installment had, this one seems relatively small in comparison. 

What do you guys think? Who would you want to see direct the sequel? Sound off with your thoughts below!

World War Z hits theaters June 9, 2017


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Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 1/11/2016, 8:39 PM
Give it to your wife, Pitt!
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 1/11/2016, 8:41 PM
@DrDoom I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would given all the reports during production.
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 1/11/2016, 8:47 PM
@FrozenJoy A lot of these blockbusters will cannibalize each other. I doubt superhero films will be affected much; maybe their ceilings are a bit lower but not every superhero film needs to hit $1 bil!
JamesMann
JamesMann - 1/11/2016, 9:12 PM
Dumb fun first movie but this really doesn't need a sequel. Just feels like a waste of digital space that will probably not make as much as the first one and no one will care.
TheBeard
TheBeard - 1/11/2016, 9:20 PM
Nickk
Nickk - 1/11/2016, 9:26 PM
Nickk
Nickk - 1/11/2016, 9:27 PM
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 1/11/2016, 9:39 PM
Just cancel it. First movie was crap.
ADParker
ADParker - 1/11/2016, 10:02 PM
I don't see the point of a sequel to begin with. Not that this news is remotely "shocking" anyway. Such pre-production changes happen all the time.
Retribution13
Retribution13 - 1/11/2016, 10:17 PM
I dug the first one barely enough (since I had zero expectations) but it doesn't need sequel.
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 1/11/2016, 10:49 PM
No interest in a sequel. I would however love to see all the footage from the alternate Russia ending. Don't think they filmed enough for a complete alternate edit, but it would still be cool to see what they did shoot. If I remember correctly, everything from the plane onward would have been completely different from what we got.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 1/11/2016, 11:44 PM
I hope they abandon ship on this franchise. I fell asleep on the first one.
DallasAvenger
DallasAvenger - 1/11/2016, 11:50 PM
Zombies? Yeah I'll watch. Actually World War Z might be my second favorite zombie movie so I'm probably a little more pumped than that.

And hey guys I did it! Another year through without watching a whole college football game. Hooray. #collegefootballsucks #prosdoitbetter #whyamImakinghashtags #Imtoooldforthisshift
SuperCat
SuperCat - 1/12/2016, 3:41 AM
First one wasn't that great.
grif
grif - 1/12/2016, 5:18 AM
brad just turned 52 and th movie has not even started filming yet. if they are going to make this they really need to jump on it now.
Mysterion
Mysterion - 1/12/2016, 5:41 AM
whoa boy here we go again with the production from hell with this movie.
CinemaJackXCI
CinemaJackXCI - 1/12/2016, 5:51 AM
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 1/12/2016, 6:28 AM
Brad Pitt is my hero!
DCEU want an Oliver Queen that can keep up with Afflecks Batman? Make Brad Pitt the Green Arrow.
Now that would be a Green Arrow I'd like to see.


blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 1/12/2016, 6:41 AM
LMFAO of course @nickk is an Alabama fan. King of bandwagoners.
McGee
McGee - 1/12/2016, 6:45 AM
The ending to the first movie felt like the middle of the film. I remember thinking "What the f*ck? It's over???"
marvelstudios
marvelstudios - 1/12/2016, 7:18 AM
The first was a slight disappointment. But i'd watch a second.

Although, how do you make a sequel after the ending of the first. The humans have a vaccine that makes the zombies useless. You'd think the war would end pretty soon after that.
ralfinader
ralfinader - 1/12/2016, 7:21 AM
[frick] this. Let me know when someone has the balls in Hollywood to make World War Z based off the book's content rather than just the title.
dubjon
dubjon - 1/12/2016, 7:21 AM
@McGee In my case was more like "thank god, is finally over"
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 1/12/2016, 7:44 AM

@CaptShipwreck

"What's josh trank doing these days ?"

He's asking people, "Would you like fries with that?"
arseface88
arseface88 - 1/12/2016, 8:24 AM
The first movie was so disappointing. It's been too long since there was a good Brad Pitt film.
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