World War Z (Pre-release)

[MooCriket]

I hope they can pull off this book. The best book I ever read and Im not into horror stories. Very good read.

Really?! :confusedJust how many books have you read:lol? I enjoyed it, and will see the film based off of the parts I liked, but not exactly an epic masterpiece.

 

[Qrest Fourstar]

No I am not an expert on books, but I was enthralled with all the differnt stories. I'dve swoern it was written by dozens of different people. Just a really good read. Loved it.

 

[Scareb]

Don't forget guys, this is supposed to be PG-13 so there will be next to no gore/violence that you would see in Walking dead or ANY zombie movie for that matter.

 

[cayman shen]

Can't be done. It's too verbal. The whole thing is a series of interviews. They'll take a few of the big action set peices (Yonkers) and gut the crap out of what made the book feel like an authentic history.

If you haven't read the book, it's fantastic.

 

[Wes R]

The whole PG 13 thing puts me off plus the fact that I just can't get into any movies Brad Pitt is in.

 

[MooCriket]

And...some set pics:
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[mrbungle]

i have been wating on this since i read the book. now fingers crossed they don't screw it up, but i agree cayman , they are going to gut the story...... but it would make a good long film like the postman or gangs of new york.

 

[3jack]

It's been a while since I read the book but I can't see how this will work unless they gut the book and base it off one or two stories. PG 13 puts me off, who wants a zombie movie with hardly any gore. Make a Walking Dead movie instead.

 

[nightwind1]

Can't be done. It's too verbal. The whole thing is a series of interviews. They'll take a few of the big action set peices (Yonkers) and gut the crap out of what made the book feel like an authentic history.

If you haven't read the book, it's fantastic.

Actually, from what I've read, JMS wrote it very much the way the book is written, but translated to film- a series of filmed interviews, news reports, etc.

 

[Watson]

Re: World War Z - Brad Pitt

Well, as long as Max doesn't have a tendency to go on anti-semitic rants when he gets intoxicated like his dad this should get made right quick!

RPF Flub of the Year? Gets my vote :lol

 

[discombobulate]

Can't be done. It's too verbal. The whole thing is a series of interviews. They'll take a few of the big action set peices (Yonkers) and gut the crap out of what made the book feel like an authentic history.

If you haven't read the book, it's fantastic.

I don't know - look at movies like Saving Private Ryan. Or Schindler's list. A lot of these have elements of oral history incorporated into the movie - the interviews at the start and end of the film.

If these sort of interviews were being used to set the scene and tone of the film, and then selecting half a dozen good sequences to explore in greater depth, it could be good.

on the other hand, what makes WWZ a good book it that it's almost a series of short stories set in the same world - and the fact that there are so many of them really establishes a good sense of what has happened. This might be harder to pull off with the limited time that a 90-120min movie allows

 

[Alan Castillo]

:lol

Brad Pitt?s zombies face angry restaurateur - timesofmalta.com

 

[MooCriket]

Well one thing is for sure. The scenes filmed there are going to look AWESOME.

 

[DannyCasey]

I really enjoyed the book. hope they can squeeze in all the good parts and not make it a campy Hollywood movie aka "Zombieland"

 

[tain669]

This is one I'll be looking for..

 

[Kennyd]

Part of this will be filmed in Glasgow (my city).

I've seen a lot of flyers around as they are looking to recruit 2000 extras.

 

[cayman shen]

I don't know - look at movies like Saving Private Ryan. Or Schindler's list. A lot of these have elements of oral history incorporated into the movie - the interviews at the start and end of the film.

If these sort of interviews were being used to set the scene and tone of the film, and then selecting half a dozen good sequences to explore in greater depth, it could be good.

on the other hand, what makes WWZ a good book it that it's almost a series of short stories set in the same world - and the fact that there are so many of them really establishes a good sense of what has happened. This might be harder to pull off with the limited time that a 90-120min movie allows

I think Private Ryan was just an awful movie and has no parallels to WWZ, and while Schindler's List was great, it was nothing like the book. If not in content, then in tone (understand, this is one of those rare cases I like the movie better. The book was a bit bland, but since I like WWZ, I want it to BE like the book, get me?)

 

[MooCriket]

Looks like the date has been set (12/21/12), and it is going to be different than the book.
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The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. [Mireille] Enos plays Gerry’s wife Karen Lane; [Daniella] Kertesz is his comrade in arms, Segen.

 

[Sigma-LS]

He can be in China and Israel and South Africa and Yonkers...:rolleyes

Reminds me of this.

How Saving Private Ryan Should Have Ended - YouTube

 

[Alan Castillo]

Looks like the date has been set (12/21/12), ...

Must make sure to watch it before midnight.

We supposedly won't be around after that :lol