World War Z movie..

[Daeothar]

  Nonono; Peter Jackson has to take up the Hobbit gauntlet first! You know; the old saying of Hobbits before Zombies and all? Or was that the one with the dragon and outrunning a Hobbit?

Never mind; Peter Jackson. Hobbits. Get that done first.   

Robert Rodriguez can then focus on WWZ; he would probably do a good job of it (Also, I fear Peter Jackson would be tempted to bring out the lawnmower again, and even though nothing beats a lawnmower when re-killing zombies (except of course a strapped to the amputeed arm chainsaw), it just wouldn't be in the spirit of the book, you know )

I loved the book, but it seems like there's very little room for one lead in the original format. Also, the narrator in the book appears to be at least middle aged and I believe mr. Pitt already did some undead interviewing in his time. As in: a vampire? So even though I could see Leo do this (and yes; I find him a fine actor too), I vote for a more mature actor for the narrator part...

[Bako]

Hmmmmm Weta does zombies, could be interesting.

Oh indeed! I love Broadmore's work.

[Fjodin]

Any idea of the story plot for movie? I mean book is a compilation of many person stories about zombies? So maybe they will concentrate on one person (family)? By the way, I've just finished the book.

[Commander Vyper]

Nonono; Peter Jackson has to take up the Hobbit gauntlet first! You know; the old saying of Hobbits before Zombies and all? Or was that the one with the dragon and outrunning a Hobbit?

Never mind; Peter Jackson. Hobbits. Get that done first.   

Robert Rodriguez can then focus on WWZ; he would probably do a good job of it (Also, I fear Peter Jackson would be tempted to bring out the lawnmower again, and even though nothing beats a lawnmower when re-killing zombies (except of course a strapped to the amputeed arm chainsaw), it just wouldn't be in the spirit of the book, you know )

I loved the book, but it seems like there's very little room for one lead in the original format. Also, the narrator in the book appears to be at least middle aged and I believe mr. Pitt already did some undead interviewing in his time. As in: a vampire? So even though I could see Leo do this (and yes; I find him a fine actor too), I vote for a more mature actor for the narrator part...

Hobbit's going no where soon, read this month's Empire MGM are billions in debt and all projects are frozen until this has been dealt with, (Warner are interested) this also impacts on the new Bond too.

The Commander

[Arlequín]

They bought the rights to all the Max Brooks books iirc, so the movie might be a compilation of all three. Personally I rate Pitt as an actor, but then again so is DiCaprio. There's no confirmation that Pitt will be starring anyway, it might end up being his bid to debut as a director instead, who knows? Given some of the dire Zombie movies that have come out recently, how bad could it be?

[Wolfslord]

Hi,

as far as I know the Hobbit protect is still going:

Debt extension for MGM
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i6567e0690f03e593e18e6342cdc0eb5f

Peter Jackson meets the actors
http://heatvision.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/07/peter-jackson-meeting-with-actors-for-the-hobbit.html

@World War Z,

I just started reading, but I really like the parts that I read until now. I'm not sure whether this could be a good movie script, but we'll see. Perhaps the film consists of several short episodes for several characters. I really enjoyed Zombieland, so I have hope for another good new Zombie movie.

[Predatorpt]

Ok, the first trailer appeared today (after 2 years in the making  ) and the movie will be released next year. I'm a big fan of the book and this movie doesn't seem to be based on it,  



But it looks nice enough - in a military vs zombies kinda of way - to warrant a trip to the local multiplex...

[Daeothar]

That looks really cool, but unless they speeded up all the zombie scenes, they appear to be sprinters!

I don't remember them to be fast in the book, just relentless and legion. But worth a watch for sure...

[The Voivod]

I like the literal tidal waves of zombies.
What I've seen so far does indicate sprinters and a huge change from the books (as in why is this called wwz?)
It looks pretty cool, but I'm kinda worried about the rumored PG13.
I'm really hoping the won't skimp on the gore......

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

Brad Pitt+Marc Forster+Zombies? meh 
its like Tom Cruise+Steven Soderbergh making the Silmarillion Movie   

[The Voivod]

You cant do PG 13 and zombies. Its like making porn films where everyone keeps their clothes on.

They can.
The shouldn't, but they can.
Resident evil was PG13, so it's not beyond Hollywood.
Wouldn't be the first time they misunderstand what makes a genre cool in search for bigger audiences.

[Daeothar]

You cant do PG 13 and zombies. Its like making porn films where everyone keeps their clothes on.

Like Vod said; way of the (movie) world...

And obviously you're one of the lucky ones who were never exposed to eighties German soft-erotic films set in the Alps...

I like the literal tidal waves of zombies

Same here, but they need to be slowed down; nothing scarier than a threat that just keeps coming, like those nightmares where you keep running away form some monster as fast as you can, and it somehow keeps up with you at a leisurely stroll...

Besides; if it really was such a fleshy avalanche, the only ones you need to worry about are the ones in the front; the rest is probably too broken and squashed to be anything but a squirming, moaning heap of rotting flesh...

Which would be the perfect subject for some overpowered flamethrower, come to think of it! 

[CptJake]

I'm a sucker for zombie flicks, so will get this on BluRay when it comes out (not something I can take my 10 year old daughter to so the theater doesn't work).  Having said that, it isn't much like the book.   

[tnjrp]

Contrariwise I just don't get this zombie shit at all. Not in the b00b tube, not in the movies, not in the games. It's all just rotten meat IMHO, after being made briefly mildly interesting by George Romero decades back.

[Brummie Thug]

Contrariwise I just don't get this zombie shit at all. Not in the b00b tube, not in the movies, not in the games. It's all just rotten meat IMHO, after being made briefly mildly interesting by George Romero decades back.

Don't like don't watch then! Don't comment sheesh.

I'm unimpressed by the sprinters defeats half of what what was said in the book regarding the SIR weapons and there tactics used to take back the US mainland.