For you zombie fans out there, I have some potentially disappointing news. Paramount, who was set to distribute and produce the film is looking for a co-financier to help pick up the $125 Million price tag that is associated with the zombie flick. So far, no one has stepped up to the plate with an offer to help out. If that continues to be the case, the project will be cancelled all together.
Brad Pitt is set to star in and produce the film. Marc Forster, who has brought us incredible films like
Quantum of Solace and
Finding Neverland, was all lined up to direct the film. Hopefully, someone can jump in and help out, as this could be an amazing film, especially with Pitt set to star.
For those those unfamiliar with Max Brooks' take on a zombie apocalypse, here's a rundown for you:
“The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. ‘World War Z’ is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years.
“Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail began with the twelve-year-old Patient Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War."
ecksmanfan: Being a fan of the zombie genre, I'm saddened by this news. I hope they can get someone else to help with the production for this as the book was a great read. Luckily, we have
The Walking Dead to keep us satiated. That and my
Dead Snow DVD. What do you all think? Good? Bad? Who gives a flying Gusto?