FlipBoardWhile the ladies of Comic Con may be swooning over Vince and his homemade Snorks costume, the first big movie news to develop is that Brad Pitt has officially signed on to star in the movie adaptation of World War Z. Author Max Brooks was signing copies of his books for fans when he received news from Paramount that Pitt was locked on starring in the film that his Plan B Entertainment purchased the rights to in 2007. Brooks also learned that Paramount has optioned two additional films, based on his book “The Zombie Survival Guide” and his graphic novel “The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks.”
Feed us the BRAAAAAAAAAAINS of this huge deal, MTV’s Rick Marshall:
“I can’t believe how cool Paramount has been to me and these projects, and how cool Plan B has been,” said Brooks when asked for his reaction to the news.
According to Brooks, the studio is currently targeting a Summer 2012 release for the film, which chronicles a worldwide zombie outbreak through the first-hand accounts of survivors. The original screenplay was penned by “Babylon 5” creator J. Michael Straczynski, but was later rewritten by Matthew Michael Carnahan.
Brooks said the studio recently received a new draft of the “World War Z” script, and “Quantum of Solace” director Marc Forster is still attached to direct the film.
Pitt’s Plan B had a huge bidding war over World War Z with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way company, so either way Brooks’ awesome literary vision of the zombie apocalypse was probably going to get the star treatment. And I’m sitting here like a little girl right now, because I so rarely read books and I’ve read WWZ twice, as well as “The Zombie Survival Guide,” so seeing that Pitt, who my mom tells me I resemble in looks, is signed on is a strong assurance that this movie won’t be a piece of doodie.
In other big Comic Con news, the Proactive booth is all out of free samples today, but they promise to return with more tomorrow sometime after the They Might Be Giants tribute band, Purple Toupee, wraps up on the main stage.
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I was in a TMBG tribute band called Your Racist Friend. It was just me, an accordion, and a bag of groceries.
In England this will be World War Zed, which will cause confusion when people think it’s about a fight over some gimp fucker’s chopper.
*walks backwards on to stage dressed as a Bizarro Romulan*
Time to watch Pitt flush the promise of an adaptation of an excellent book down the toilet…AGAIN!!! Don’t forget to peacefully negotiate with Romulans!
*red kryptonite extinguishes act*
A zombie movie?! How fresh and novel! I wonder if vamires will ever catch on, you could really go a lot of different ways with vampires.
He needs to fill the movie with stock characters and functioning retards if he wants to be considered a true genius like Romero.
“Oh man awesome!” ~ me four years ago
They should have gotten Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love to play.
They’re the world’s only They Might Be Giants tribute band consisting solely of the members of They Might Be Giants.
(and yes, I’ve seen Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love play)
@Jack
I think something’s wrong with your computer. Your last two comments look like just a bunch of random, unrelated words strung together.
Plan B, because abortions give you a week long rag.
And I don’t give a fuck what you all think. I haven’t been this excited for a new movie since The Phantom Menace.
yeah right like there’s enough They Might Be Giants fans to form a band
Zed’s undead, baby, Zed’s undead.
An oral history of the zombie war, huh? I smell a porn parody!
I read ‘The Zombie Survival Guide’ (it was a gift), a precurser to that book. Meh. If this genre turns into a vampire obsession for guys, then I’m moving to fucking Liberia.
The son of a famous movie star is finally given the chance to make a movie? THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS NEWS!