MTV has confirmed that Brad Pitt will be starring in the film adaptation of World War Z. The book by Max Brooks was part of a bidding war between Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio’s production companies. Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment has secured the rights to World War Z and two other novels by Max Brooks. Marc Forster is set to direct with Pitt in the lead in this zombie apocalypse film which is slated for a 2012 release.
I am a huge lover of zombie films and I actually have a copy of World War Z which I have not read yet. Now I have a reason to crack open the book. Are you as excited as I am about this news? Have you read the book? If so, what are your thoughts?
Between this and The Walking Dead on AMC, I have a raging hard on!
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Check out the Zombie post I have going up Monday the 9th… you’ll dig it.
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This is definitely added to my list, which, like the comment above, already includes The Walking Dead!
In a rather unrelated note, I keep saying this, but I can’t wait for Boardwalk Empire!
Yeah, that looks goooooooood! Gotta love Scorcese doing anything!
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Indeed Kai. Scorsese doing anything is brilliant.
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I heard good things about the book. Looking forward to Brad Pitt’s performance!
@Kai B. Parker – The Walking Dead looks BADASS, can’t wait for October!
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Have you seen the production stills? They look so awesome… just like the book… and the zombies are scary.
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I’m posting them all on Monday the 9th.
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They are up… I’m from the future.
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Stop responding to yourself!!!!!!
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But I had a good thought and then had another!
Don’t encourage me!
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Not a fan of Zombies, but I am a fan of Brad Pitt, so I’m interested.
Maybe he’ll just be Aldo Raine again, but fighting Zombies. That would be an awesome movie.
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How do you not likke Zombies… do you also hate, puppies, rainbows and the American flag? TRAGIC!
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Zombie movies are my favorite type of horror film. The apocalyptic sense of dread, the gore and the hordes of walking dead make zombie films intense. These films are just like pizza for me. When they’re bad they’re still good.
Best movie monster ever. Scary cuz they’re us!
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I’m with you there, I don’t get what makes them so appealing.
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It’s cuz they’re us… I just said it!
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What’s up with A-Listers and zombies? From Natalie Portman’s Pride & Prejudice and Zombies – then this…I’m really interested in seeing Brad explore this territory though.
Brad can do anything. That’s how I feel, and people will pay to see him do it. Zombies involved? More intrigue via public I reckon.
Like his woman I’ll see him in anything too. It sucks that he’s still not given enough credit for his ACTING.
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Considered how that sounds
, try #2: Just like WITH his woman (i.e.) I’ll see anything he is in.
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Looking forward to the tree of Life where he might have a shot to give a memorable performance.
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Yeah, I can’t wait to see him in a Mallick film!
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I’m getting nervous about Tree of Life…I don’t know why, but I am.
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It’ll be fine. Mallick has had plenty of time to work on it.
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I think that’s one of the reasons I’m worried. What the hell has been doing for soooooooooooo long?
Excited to see Sean Penn under another good director, though.
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I agree, Sean Penn under a good director can be Oscar gold.
He always does that. Years in between films, that is. And Sean Penn was all ready in a Mallick film: The Thin Red Line.
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Malick always takes a long ass time. It won’t be done until he thinks it’s perfect even if that takes 2 more years lol
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Looking forward to World War Z as well as Battle: Los Angeles, those are the type of post-apocalyptic movies I wish we would see more often from Hollywood.
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Battle LA looks awesome. One more thing I missed at Comic-Con.
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They could cast Brad Pitt in a toothpaste ad and I’d pay to see it. He is one of the best actors of the past two decades. Give him a role like this and he’ll shine. Doing the Ocean’s movies maybe have made people forget about 12 Monkeys and Kalifornia. This guy is insanely talented. Make him fight zombies! Hell yes!
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“Make him fight zombies!”
Make him fight them in a club… thinking… ZOMBIE FIGHT CLUB!
Thank me for the billion dollars later, Movie Studios!
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But the thing is he was good in the Ocean’s films. Or am I crazy?
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No, he was fine. He was just toned down. The beauty in those performances is what he doesn’t say. He let’s Clooney say it all and just reacts.
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Brad Pitt and Zombies…oh man this is going to be awesome. And the source material its based on is awesome as well.
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