World War Z premiere to coincide with end of the world

[sojourner]

Oh I agree the movie was doomed the moment they made Brad's character a "scientist trying to stop a zombie apocalypse" instead of keeping to it's anthology base.

Sounds something like omega man.

Or
The Last Man on Earth
or
I am Legend

Though all 3 of those movies, based on Mathis' book are more about reversing a vampire apocalypse.

 

[Set Harth]

WWZ opens on December 21, 2012, the date of the Mayan end of the world.

Damn, I'm going to have to decide what to do: go to this movie or to the big party in Las Vegas where His Satanic Majesty is set to make his grand entrance from the volcano at The Mirage...

Mick Jagger?

 

[Belbo]

Brad Pitt's Zombie Nightmare: Inside the Troubled 'World War Z' Production

Read it and weep.

Jesus, Brad, couldn't you leave the kid-friendly stuff to Angie? Your R-rated stuff has been fine for nearly a decade now and, ironically, Killing Them Softly got great reviews at Cannes .....

 

[Silvercrest]

WWZ opens on December 21, 2012, the date of the Mayan end of the world.

Damn, I'm going to have to decide what to do: go to this movie or to the big party in Las Vegas where His Satanic Majesty is set to make his grand entrance from the volcano at The Mirage...

Mick Jagger?

He's a man of wealth and taste.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Man and I thought the "Men in Black III" production had problems early on...this whole thing has been a mess from the start.

 

[Sindatur]

Man and I thought the "Men in Black III" production had problems early on...this whole thing has been a mess from the start.

Didn't he start working on this 'round about 2005 (I'm sure I remember hearing about him pursuing that it long ago)? Jeebus, you'd think with all that time before Production even began, that he'd have things together, before even starting shooting. It'll be a miracle if this thing doesn't crash and burn outta the gate <SIGH>

 

[Jan]

Plan B won the bidding war for the rights in 2007 and the JMS drafts are dated April 30 and July 22, 2007. Carnahan began his rewrite in 2009 when the director came on board.

 

[Dream]

Seeking His Next Flop, Taylor Kitsch Joins Cast of Troubled 'World War Z'

 

[Shurik]

Seeking His Next Flop, Taylor Kitsch Joins Cast of Troubled 'World War Z'

I think hiring Lindelof for rewriting the last third will be quite enough.

 

[Dream]

Apparently Lindelof didn't write the new ending, Drew Goddard did

 

[Silvercrest]

Man and I thought the "Men in Black III" production had problems early on...this whole thing has been a mess from the start.

Didn't he start working on this 'round about 2005 (I'm sure I remember hearing about him pursuing that it long ago)? Jeebus, you'd think with all that time before Production even began, that he'd have things together, before even starting shooting. It'll be a miracle if this thing doesn't crash and burn outta the gate <SIGH>

"When there is no more room in development hell, the dead shall walk the earth."

 

[Sindatur]

Man and I thought the "Men in Black III" production had problems early on...this whole thing has been a mess from the start.

Didn't he start working on this 'round about 2005 (I'm sure I remember hearing about him pursuing that it long ago)? Jeebus, you'd think with all that time before Production even began, that he'd have things together, before even starting shooting. It'll be a miracle if this thing doesn't crash and burn outta the gate <SIGH>

"When there is no more room in development hell, the dead shall walk the earth."

Well done, nicely played

 

[Silvercrest]

Thank you, I'll be here all week.

 

[Dream]

Brad Pitt Is Not Talking to His World War Z Director

"Last month, Lost exec producer and Prometheus scriptwriter Damon Lindelof was brought in to watch the movie and make suggestions to Paramount on what fixes were needed."

"Problem is, sources tell us that Lindelof said the script needed months of work, not days — something he didn't have time for — and changes were needed throughout the film, not just at the end."

I KNEW IT! Brad Pitt should have NEVER picked the director of that shitty Quantum of Solace movie to do this thing.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

They need to scrap the movie and sell the rights to HBO, which can do an ongoing anthology series based on the individual vignettes in the book.

 

[Sindatur]

Brad Pitt Is Not Talking to His World War Z Director

"Last month, Lost exec producer and Prometheus scriptwriter Damon Lindelof was brought in to watch the movie and make suggestions to Paramount on what fixes were needed."

"Problem is, sources tell us that Lindelof said the script needed months of work, not days — something he didn't have time for — and changes were needed throughout the film, not just at the end."

I KNEW IT! Brad Pitt should have NEVER picked the director of that shitty Quantum of Solace movie to do this thing.

Probably shoulda stuck with JMS' Script and let him pick the Director

 

[Dream]

They need to scrap the movie and sell the rights to HBO, which can do an ongoing anthology series based on the individual vignettes in the book.

It is too late to do that now. They have spent too much money on this thing. The only question now should be how badly this movie flops.

Also we have a pretty decent zombie show right now with The Walking Dead. HBO won't want a show that feels like a knockoff of that.

 

[Sindatur]

They need to scrap the movie and sell the rights to HBO, which can do an ongoing anthology series based on the individual vignettes in the book.

It is too late to do that now. They have spent too much money on this thing. The only question now should be how badly this movie flops.

Also we have a pretty decent zombie show right now with The Walking Dead. HBO won't want a show that feels like a knockoff of that.

For a Series, If they had the Chonies, I don't think they'd have to worry about treading on each other, I think they'd explore opposite sides of the situation. They actually could feed off each other, IMHO

 

[Dream]

Marc Forster’s ‘World War Z’ Cut Only 52-Minutes Long?

 

[USS Kongo]

Maybe the zombies ate the rest of the footage?

Sean