UK Release Date: 21st June 2013.
Stars: Marc Forster (director), Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox, Eric West, David Morse.
Plot: A U.N. employee is racing against time and fate, as he travels the world trying to stop the outbreak of a deadly Zombie pandemic.
With the success of The Walking Dead bringing zombies back to the forefront of mainstream television it should come as no surprise that Hollywood is looking to take advantage and make some money from the zombie industry. World War Z has been in the works for a long time and finally we have a trailer.
There has already been a lot of negative reaction to the trailer from fans of the original book on the internet but I think that it actually looks pretty good. I like Brad Pitt and I’m sure he will do a fine job in this film. World War Z (the film, not the book) is essentially an apocalyptic-save-the-world type thing and, as far as the trailer goes it will certainly grab the attention of audiences.
The CGI is not yet fully polished and we don’t really see enough of the zombies to gauge whether they look good or not, but I have no doubts that everything will be sharpened before it’s release date in another six months. I think that the fans of the book need to stop moaning and just accept that certain themes/characters/story lines from novels always get dropped when Hollywood wants to make a film from it, that’s just how it works.
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I think the movie looks really good, I just think they shouldn’t have slapped the name World War Z on it because it clearly has nothing in common except zombies, lol. Looks hella fun though!
We don’t know that it has nothing in common completely because it is only a two minute trailer, but I have heard a lot of people make the very same complaints. Unfortunately, this can happen though when Hollywood snap up the rights to a book.
Well, I’m basing that off the trailer looking as if it focuses mostly on Brad Pitt and his family plus what has been said about the film (I think I read this week that even the studio itself is calling it a “loose adaptation”). So a variety of info has given me that idea. 🙂 And yeah, that can happen – regardless it looks like a fun zombie flick!
Fair enough. I haven’t read the book or heard much about the film to be honest so I don’t really know too much other than what fans have said on the internet about the adaptation. Like you say, though, it does look like a decent zombie film so that’s not all bad! 🙂
Ooohhh, the book is kickawesome. I highly recommend it! 🙂
I have heard very good things about the book and I do plan on buying it and (hopefully) reading it before the film comes out!
man, I’m interested in this, but the CGI Zombie wave looks horrible. I hope that changes
You’re not the only person to have said that! It’s not released until summer next year so it still has a good six months left in post-production to put the finishing touches and sharpen up the CGI.