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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:05 am
by GORDON
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/
There was a bidding war on the movie rights, and Brad Pitt's company won.
So looks like it's happening.
Book review here.
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:07 pm
by Leisher
The script reviewed.
Glad to see the guy who is reviewing this also read the book. J. Michael Straczynski is a good writer, so I'm confident there, but I really wish they'd have stuck to the documentary feel of the book rather than creating a new story for their main character.
The reviewer also apparently agrees with me that this book shouldn't just be a single film. He says HBO miniseries, which is an excellent idea, but I still think it or "The Walking Dead" would make excellent an excellent TV series.
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:45 pm
by GORDON
Movement.
http://www.mania.com/marc-fo....05.html
"The genre always fascinated me, and when they pitched it to me, it reminded me of the paranoid conspiracy films of the '70s like 'All the President's Men,' " Forster says.
Paranoid conspiracy film? Ugh.
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:43 pm
by Leisher
What exactly was he pitched?
Fuck I hate Hollywood's ego. "Here's something people loved, let's change it for the better!"
Ignorant egotistic assholes.
The book IS the story. Leave it alone.
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:59 pm
by GORDON
Still doesn't sound good.
http://www.mania.com/straczy....65.html
"We talk about it as a thriller, the closest comparison being 'The Bourne Identity,'" explained Straczynski...
Bourne Identity.
Sigh.
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:44 am
by Leisher
Well, on the bright side, they're doing enough to squash my enthusiasm for the film that I might go being pleasantly surprised by something I believe is going to be a major disappointment.
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:49 am
by GORDON
That's sort of the bright side I was looking at. And at least if they majorly fuck it up, there will be hope of a "reboot" that does it right sometime before I die.
You know, this book would have been perfect for a 12-part HBO miniseries.
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:01 am
by Leisher
I said the same thing when I read it.
Hell, you could even do it in a series of films, ala Peter Jackson and Lord of the Rings.
I'm not sure that the story lends itself to a series of films like that though. Thus, the HBO miniseries does seem like the most natural fit.
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:17 pm
by GORDON
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:21 pm
by Malcolm
The brother of the writer-director of "Smokin' Aces." Fucking wonderful. Maybe his brother's just retarded.
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:01 pm
by GORDON
More news.
This thread is a perfect recap of the "development hell" in which it has languished.
http://www.mania.com/pitt-leads-world-war-z_article_124194.html
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:18 pm
by Leisher
Dear Brad Pitt,
It's not difficult.
Take the book "World War Z" that you bought the film rights to, and have someone rewrite the story from it into script format. No rewriting or imagining needed.
That's it.
If you can't handle that, please sell the film rights to someone competent.
Sincerely,
Common Sense
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:26 pm
by DoctorChaos
Damn Leisher, why don't you just offer to do it for them. I know you loved the book. You'd show it the appropriate love in the translation.
It could be very powerful if they kept with the interview style. But the general public just doesn't seem to have the attention span. Course, they could intersperse those movies made during the war in there too.
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:56 pm
by GORDON
3 minutes of meeting each interviewee, then you transition into the recollection/story. Can't be that much of a mystery for a writer... unless you just completely miss the vibe of what is actually a very simple book due to being a barely functional retard.
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:36 pm
by Troy
Reading this right now.
It's great, hard to put down.
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:49 pm
by GORDON
I'm still not seeing anything to inspire confidence that they won't fuck it up.
http://www.mania.com/world-war-z-gains-female-lead_article_129714.html
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:27 pm
by GORDON
Still adding cast. No word on script. Production starts next month. I'm still hoping for the best but expecting suck.
http://www.mania.com/world-war-z-adds-three-more_article_130192.html
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:32 pm
by GORDON
Yep, looks like they are screwing it up.
http://www.mania.com/world-war-z-hits-london_article_131075.html
The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world to help stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.
Nothing like the book at all.
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:28 pm
by Leisher
I will simply hope that Pitt's character is a different version of the author, and helped them bridge the different stories in an easier to film way.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:52 pm
by GORDON