World War Z

brainstorm77 · Mar 25, 2009

Can anyone give me some information on when this movie is actually coming out?

alleycat · Mar 25, 2009

2010 according to IMDb.

shawkins · Mar 25, 2009

shocktilyoudrop.com had some concept art up a while ago--battle of yonkers, IIRC. Looked reasonably cool.

http://io9.com/5140561/world-war-z-concept-art-rocks-the-battle-of-yonkers

Zoombie · Mar 26, 2009

OHMYGODITHINKIJUSTCAMEALLOVERTHESCREEN!

This is one of my all time favorite books EVER!

brainstorm77 · Mar 26, 2009

I know ... DEF cannot wait for this movie to come out. I loved the book to

Kaiser-Kun · May 14, 2013

Ehehehe. Four years later, it looks like it's finally coming out.

Trailer

Rhoda Nightingale · May 14, 2013

Looks very different from the book, IMO. Which in my case will be a good thing, because I didn't like the book. But those of you who are dedicated fans--just keep that in mind.

chrysalnix · May 17, 2013

I am struggling through the book. The reading seems a bit dry and I keep having to go back through to reread sections because of all the foreign words, footnotes, government agencies, and all from different places in the world. Definitely not a light read! But, I've barely started it, so I think it's just a matter of getting used to the layout.

I can't wait to see the movie! June 21st, I believe.

Lyra Jean · May 17, 2013

I've seen some trailers and they look like it's filled with fast zombies. There are no fast zombies in World War Z.

I'm still going to watch it. I'll just wait for it to come out on Netflix.

My hubby said it would make for a good HBO series. Each story could be it's own episode and if they got the licensing they could just start making up their own stories.

chrysalnix · May 17, 2013

Ooh, that's a great idea! Except for I don't get HBO...how about AMC?

FOTSGreg · May 17, 2013

There do appear to be a great many differences between the movie and the book - fast zombies, fast turning (and from what I've read, I mean fast!), a different overarching plotline, and a few other sundry things.

I seriously doubt if fans of the book will revel in the movie, but I'm still going to go see it.

Lyra Jean · May 17, 2013

why do they take the title and not even pretend to follow the book? What's the point you'll only piss off fans. I'm so tired of fast zombies.

Grrarrgh · May 17, 2013

I'm pretty sure I saw an interview with Max Brooks where he said the only thing the book and the movie have in common is the title. I'll see if I can find it again to link to it.

ETA: Here's what I saw. I guess it wasn't an actual interview, just an article with quotes from him.

http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/...ar-z-says-film-and-his-novel-share-title-only

Lyra Jean · May 17, 2013

So disappointing. What was the point then? Why not just call it something else?

JustinlDew · May 20, 2013

I'm sort of glad about this.
I STILL haven't read it, and I really wanted to watch the movie, but I prefer to compare them.
I'm one of those types in the theater that get's popcorn thrown at them for picking apart the movie and complaining about the differences. At least this way I can just enjoy it as a zombie movie.

Lyra Jean · May 20, 2013

JustinlDew said:
I'm sort of glad about this.
I STILL haven't read it, and I really wanted to watch the movie, but I prefer to compare them.
I'm one of those types in the theater that get's popcorn thrown at them for picking apart the movie and complaining about the differences. At least this way I can just enjoy it as a zombie movie.

That would be like renaming "The Wizard of Oz" "Alice in Wonderland" and claiming that it is in fact "Alice in Wonderland".

I always thought that making a movie based on a book was to you know actually try to follow the book. LOTR, Harry Potter and hell even Twilight could do it. Why not this book?

U2Girl · May 22, 2013

I saw the trailer today when I went to see Iron Man 3 (Wheee things go BOOM!), and wow. MUST SEE THIS MOVIE.

Manuel Royal · May 23, 2013

It's odd; Brad Pitt had to push for years to get this movie made. So why not make it closer to the book? The obvious way to adapt it would be in the form of a documentary, with a combination of interviews and a variety of footage: cellphones, news-channel footage, battlefield filming, government agency documentation, etc. At least, fans of the book would like it.

I guess it's another case of choosing between pleasing the existing fanbase, or making it more accessible to a larger potential fanbase .

When I read Steven Gould's excellent novel Jumper, I thought, "You could very easily adapt this to a movie; hardly have to change anything." Then somebody made a movie, and apparently they changed nearly everything, for no apparent reason, and not to its betterment.

I asked Gould how he felt about it, and he said something like, "It doesn't change the book I wrote; that's still available in the form I intended. The movie is a separate property, and doesn't belong to me."

So I'll probably go see the movie, keeping it mentally separate from the book I like. (And I still wish Brooks would write a sequel focusing on NYC. "World War Z: The Hero City".)

Lyra Jean · May 23, 2013

Manuel Royal said:
It's odd; Brad Pitt had to push for years to get this movie made. So why not make it closer to the book? The obvious way to adapt it would be in the form of a documentary, with a combination of interviews and a variety of footage: cellphones, news-channel footage, battlefield filming, government agency documentation, etc. At least, fans of the book would like it.

I guess it's another case of choosing between pleasing the existing fanbase, or making it more accessible to a larger potential fanbase .

When I read Steven Gould's excellent novel Jumper, I thought, "You could very easily adapt this to a movie; hardly have to change anything." Then somebody made a movie, and apparently they changed nearly everything, for no apparent reason, and not to its betterment.

I asked Gould how he felt about it, and he said something like, "It doesn't change the book I wrote; that's still available in the form I intended. The movie is a separate property, and doesn't belong to me."

So I'll probably go see the movie, keeping it mentally separate from the book I like. (And I still wish Brooks would write a sequel focusing on NYC. "World War Z: The Hero City".)

And it's not even like they would be using a new never been done before experimental filming technique.

Kaarl · May 23, 2013

I loved the book but I'm a sucker for fast zombies and watching a living tide of them crash into a bus and send it flying has me sold. They still have the whole 'ramping' phenomenon so it might be fun just to play spot the difference.

I'll do my best to leave my mental imagery of it at the entrance and enjoy the ride.

Sheryl Nantus · May 23, 2013

You can't hire Brad Pitt, pay him a zillion dollars and have him just narrate the story.

Unfortunately.

So now they've warped the book to make his character jumping around the world to find something, somewhere, someone, yatta yatta yatta...

I'd have preferred the book be filmed as it WAS - oral history and all. Have Pitt be the narrator connecting the stories.

But that's not how Hollywood works.

Which is why fans of the book are ticked.

MttStrn · May 23, 2013

I just wish they had called it something different. In fact, why did they even buy the rights to this book if they weren't going to use any parts from it. Granted I am assuming this without having seen it. and might be wrong but the very nature of the book makes it likely.) Now no one can make a proper movie version of the book because of this film and the talk that this will be a trilogy if successful.

They've basically pulled an "I Am Legend." which was an okay movie but should have been called something else so that some one could make an actual "I Am Legend" properly.

JustinlDew · May 23, 2013

MttStrn said:
I just wish they had called it something different. In fact, why did they even buy the rights to this book if they weren't going to use any parts from it. Granted I am assuming this without having seen it. and might be wrong but the very nature of the book makes it likely.) Now no one can make a proper movie version of the book because of this film and the talk that this will be a trilogy if successful.

They've basically pulled an "I Am Legend." which was an okay movie but should have been called something else so that some one could make an actual "I Am Legend" properly.

The original I am Legend Movie (LINK) Actually did a good adaptation. Good luck finding a copy, I had to search for a LONG time to find one.

Manuel Royal · May 23, 2013

JustinlDew said:
The original I am Legend Movie (LINK) Actually did a good adaptation. Good luck finding a copy, I had to search for a LONG time to find one.

I think I got my copy for $5 at a Big Lots.

That movie (we're talking about the 1964 Vincent Price picture The Last Man on Earth), although filmed cheaply in Italy, was a pretty faithful version of Richard Matheson's seminal novel. Not only that, it was a strong influence on George Romero when he made Night of the Living Dead. We can reasonably say, we probably wouldn't have the modern conception of a movie zombie if it weren't for Matheson's 1957 book.

Fast zombies just don't work for horror movies.

Zoombie · May 23, 2013

It seems to me that making this movie would be easy as shit.

Do it like a Ken Burns documentary.

"World War Z was fought in a million places by a billion people..."

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