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‘World War Z 2’ Is Dead In The Water

After years of rumors and false starts, the sequel to World War Z is officially dead in the water. David Fincher‘s WWZ 2, was set to begin production later year and film in Thailand, Spain, and Atlanta, Georgia, but has now officially been canceled according to The Playlist, likely due to budget concerns. It had been stated that the sequel would have had a smaller budget than the original which cost over $200 million to make, but evidently was still too costly to make. Brad Pitt would have reunited with Fincher for the movie. The two has previously worked on several films together including Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Are you disappointed? Let us know.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2019
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‘World War Z 2’ Set To Begin Production Ahead Of Schedule

After five years fans are finally getting a sequel to Marc Forster’s World War Z, based on Max Brooks’ novel of the same name. Fight Club director David Fincher’s World War Z 2 is now going into production early. In fact, it’s set to begin in just a couple of weeks and will film in Spain and Thailand with production expected to stretch into 2020. Brad Pitt is returning to reprise his role as Gerry Lane, former United Nations employee who discovered the “zombie camouflage” in the first film after investigating the origin of the zombie outbreak.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 13, 2019
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‘World War Z 2’ Is Back From The Dead And Will Begin Filming

After numerous delays, including losing its original director J.A. Bayona, and fans’ mounting fears that sequel to World War Z would never be seen, the second film has finally landed on Paramount’s schedule. Directed by David Fincher, the film will return Brad Pitt to the world of the infected. Dennis Kelly (Black Sea) is on board to pen the script. During a conversation with Variety producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner revealed that the film is set to begin shooting in June of 2019. That would put World War Z 2 being released sometime in 2020 or 2021. The good news here is that the film still has life left in it yet.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 10, 2018
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‘World War Z 2’ Delayed In Favor Of Tarantino’s New Film

While we are excited about Brad Pitt signing on to co-star in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, we are sad to report Paramount will be delaying World War Z 2 (again). Due to the fact that Tarantino’s film is set to begin production soon, the studio has no choice to postpone production of the zombie sequel until this fall. Not only to Pitt star in David Fincher’s WWZ 2, he is also serving as executive producer. Eventually, the film will get made, it’s just a matter of when. Pitt will co-star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio who has been cast as Rick Dalton, a former star of a western series. Pitt will play the role of Dalton’s longtime stunt double, Cliff Booth. It’s been said that Margot Robbie has been cast to play Sharon Tate, the actress who was murdered along with several friends by members of the Manson family.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 3, 2018
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Director David Fincher Gives An Update On ‘World War Z 2’

David Fincher, who will be directing the upcoming sequel to 2013’s zombie outbreak film World War Z, recently gave Little White Lies an update on the sequel’s progress. We’re hoping to get a piece of material that’s a reason to make a movie not an excuse to make a movie,” Fincher recently told Collider, indicating that he’s taking his time with the development process to make sure the sequel is one of worth.” He told Little White Lies that, “We’re trying. A lot of stones have been laid. We’re just deconstructing it right now against the mythology that exists to see where we can go.” It sounds like it will be a while before we see World War Z 2, but the fact that he’s taking the time to find a film worthy script is good news. The better the script, the better the movie. Brad Pitt, who starred as the main character U.N. investigator Gerry Lane in the original

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2017
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Director And Lead Actor Confirmed For ‘World War Z 2’

In April we reported that David Fincher was in negotiations to direct the long awaited sequel to the 2013 zombie hit World War Z. Now, it’s official. In an interview with THR Paramount chairman Jim Gianopulos confirmed that the director has indeed signed on to helm the sequel. It has now also been confirmed that Brad Pitt will be reprising his role as Gerry Lane. This will be fourth film that Fincher and Pitt have worked together on, including Se7en, Fight Club, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. During the interview Gianopulos revealed that the World War Z 2 is now in “advanced development”. Steven Knight, who penned the script back in 2014, said in 2015 that the sequel will be different from the first film and will be starting with a “clean slate”. There is no word at this time if Knight’s script will be still be used or if a new script has been written. In the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 25, 2017
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David Fincher Closing In On Directorial Duties For WORLD WAR Z 2

It seems that World War Z 2, which appeared to be dead, is now back on in its feet and ambling, albeit slowly, forward. The film which had been removed from Paramount Studio’s production calendar back in February, has yet to officially be given the go ahead. However, with David Fincher likely to be in the director’s chair for this sequel, the green light could well come within the next few weeks. Interest in Fincher to take the helm of WWZ 2 began last summer, when Brad Grey was still studio chief. Brad Pitt specifically had a keen interest in working with Fincher again, despite having spoken with a number of other potential directors. At the time it was rumored that Fincher was equally as interested with the idea of taking on such a project, which would be his first feature since Gone Girl in 2014. Pitt and Fincher have a great chemistry, having worked together on Se7en, Fight Club

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Capt McNeely
Apr 26, 2017
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World War Z 2 Is Dead (At Least For Now)

Following the removal of ‘Friday the 13th‘ from Paramount’s schedule, another film has been put on hold indefinitely, ‘World War Z‘. But that’s not much of a surprise. There has been no news about ‘WWZ 2’ in a long time. The original release date had been announced as June 9, 2017, but with that being only a few months away and with it not in filming, there was no way the could have been finished by that time. The film does not even have a director or cast yet, save for Brad Pitt reportedly returning for the sequel. Hopefully, everything will be worked out and the film will get back on track. But we will keep you posted. The first film follows Gerry Lane (Pitt), former United Nations employee, as he traverses the world in a race against time to stop the zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments threatening to destroy humanity.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 7, 2017
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World War Z 2 May Have Found Its Director

A while back World War Z 2 lost its director, J.A. Bayona due to his commitment to another project. The film did find a new writer, Dennis Kelly. Since then there has been next to no updates on the film, until now. News comes that Brad Pitt is attempting to persuade David Fincher to have a seat in the director’s chair and join him on WWZ 2. Variety is reporting that the odds look good, as the talks are progressing. Fincher and Pitt have worked together on several great projects including Fight Club, the psychological thriller Seven, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. They seem to be a great team, making WWZ 2 a good fit to continue their actor/director relationship. The film is set to be released on June 9th, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that date is pushed back considering the huge amount of CGI and special effects that the film requires. The first film follows

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2016
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World War Z 2 Has A New Writer

As we reported back in May, J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage) has signed on to direct ‘World War Z 2′, the follow up to 2013’s zombie outbreak movie starring Brad Pitt. Bayona recently got the offer to direct ‘Jurassic World 2’, but is locked into a deal with Paramount for ‘WWZ 2’ . Dennis Kelly will now be taking over for Steve Knight as scriptwriter for ‘WWZ 2′. Kelly is behind such films as ‘Utopia’, ‘Black Sea’ and will be writing the script for the upcoming remake of ‘Matilda’. Knight’s reason for exiting the film has not revealed. The plot is being kept under wraps for now, but we do know that Brad Pitt will be returning to his role as Gerry Lane. The original writer, Steve Knight did make an interesting statement in an interview earlier this year. “…I thought, ‘why not? What fun.’ It’s not quite like the other, we’re starting with clean slate.” There is no word if

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 2, 2015

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‘World War Z 2’ Is Dead In The Water

After years of rumors and false starts, the sequel to World War Z is officially dead in the water. David Fincher‘s WWZ 2, was set to begin production later year and film in Thailand, Spain, and Atlanta, Georgia, but has now officially been canceled according to The Playlist, likely due to budget concerns. It had been stated that the sequel would have had a smaller budget than the original which cost over $200 million to make, but evidently was still too costly to make. Brad Pitt would have reunited with Fincher for the movie. The two has previously worked on several films together including Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Are you disappointed? Let us know.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2019
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‘World War Z 2’ Set To Begin Production Ahead Of Schedule

After five years fans are finally getting a sequel to Marc Forster’s World War Z, based on Max Brooks’ novel of the same name. Fight Club director David Fincher’s World War Z 2 is now going into production early. In fact, it’s set to begin in just a couple of weeks and will film in Spain and Thailand with production expected to stretch into 2020. Brad Pitt is returning to reprise his role as Gerry Lane, former United Nations employee who discovered the “zombie camouflage” in the first film after investigating the origin of the zombie outbreak.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 13, 2019
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‘World War Z 2’ Is Back From The Dead And Will Begin Filming

After numerous delays, including losing its original director J.A. Bayona, and fans’ mounting fears that sequel to World War Z would never be seen, the second film has finally landed on Paramount’s schedule. Directed by David Fincher, the film will return Brad Pitt to the world of the infected. Dennis Kelly (Black Sea) is on board to pen the script. During a conversation with Variety producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner revealed that the film is set to begin shooting in June of 2019. That would put World War Z 2 being released sometime in 2020 or 2021. The good news here is that the film still has life left in it yet.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 10, 2018
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‘World War Z 2’ Delayed In Favor Of Tarantino’s New Film

While we are excited about Brad Pitt signing on to co-star in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, we are sad to report Paramount will be delaying World War Z 2 (again). Due to the fact that Tarantino’s film is set to begin production soon, the studio has no choice to postpone production of the zombie sequel until this fall. Not only to Pitt star in David Fincher’s WWZ 2, he is also serving as executive producer. Eventually, the film will get made, it’s just a matter of when. Pitt will co-star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio who has been cast as Rick Dalton, a former star of a western series. Pitt will play the role of Dalton’s longtime stunt double, Cliff Booth. It’s been said that Margot Robbie has been cast to play Sharon Tate, the actress who was murdered along with several friends by members of the Manson family.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 3, 2018
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Director David Fincher Gives An Update On ‘World War Z 2’

David Fincher, who will be directing the upcoming sequel to 2013’s zombie outbreak film World War Z, recently gave Little White Lies an update on the sequel’s progress. We’re hoping to get a piece of material that’s a reason to make a movie not an excuse to make a movie,” Fincher recently told Collider, indicating that he’s taking his time with the development process to make sure the sequel is one of worth.” He told Little White Lies that, “We’re trying. A lot of stones have been laid. We’re just deconstructing it right now against the mythology that exists to see where we can go.” It sounds like it will be a while before we see World War Z 2, but the fact that he’s taking the time to find a film worthy script is good news. The better the script, the better the movie. Brad Pitt, who starred as the main character U.N. investigator Gerry Lane in the original

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2017
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Director And Lead Actor Confirmed For ‘World War Z 2’

In April we reported that David Fincher was in negotiations to direct the long awaited sequel to the 2013 zombie hit World War Z. Now, it’s official. In an interview with THR Paramount chairman Jim Gianopulos confirmed that the director has indeed signed on to helm the sequel. It has now also been confirmed that Brad Pitt will be reprising his role as Gerry Lane. This will be fourth film that Fincher and Pitt have worked together on, including Se7en, Fight Club, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. During the interview Gianopulos revealed that the World War Z 2 is now in “advanced development”. Steven Knight, who penned the script back in 2014, said in 2015 that the sequel will be different from the first film and will be starting with a “clean slate”. There is no word at this time if Knight’s script will be still be used or if a new script has been written. In the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 25, 2017
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David Fincher Closing In On Directorial Duties For WORLD WAR Z 2

It seems that World War Z 2, which appeared to be dead, is now back on in its feet and ambling, albeit slowly, forward. The film which had been removed from Paramount Studio’s production calendar back in February, has yet to officially be given the go ahead. However, with David Fincher likely to be in the director’s chair for this sequel, the green light could well come within the next few weeks. Interest in Fincher to take the helm of WWZ 2 began last summer, when Brad Grey was still studio chief. Brad Pitt specifically had a keen interest in working with Fincher again, despite having spoken with a number of other potential directors. At the time it was rumored that Fincher was equally as interested with the idea of taking on such a project, which would be his first feature since Gone Girl in 2014. Pitt and Fincher have a great chemistry, having worked together on Se7en, Fight Club

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 26, 2017
Horror Fuel

World War Z 2 Is Dead (At Least For Now)

Following the removal of ‘Friday the 13th‘ from Paramount’s schedule, another film has been put on hold indefinitely, ‘World War Z‘. But that’s not much of a surprise. There has been no news about ‘WWZ 2’ in a long time. The original release date had been announced as June 9, 2017, but with that being only a few months away and with it not in filming, there was no way the could have been finished by that time. The film does not even have a director or cast yet, save for Brad Pitt reportedly returning for the sequel. Hopefully, everything will be worked out and the film will get back on track. But we will keep you posted. The first film follows Gerry Lane (Pitt), former United Nations employee, as he traverses the world in a race against time to stop the zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments threatening to destroy humanity.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 7, 2017
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World War Z 2 May Have Found Its Director

A while back World War Z 2 lost its director, J.A. Bayona due to his commitment to another project. The film did find a new writer, Dennis Kelly. Since then there has been next to no updates on the film, until now. News comes that Brad Pitt is attempting to persuade David Fincher to have a seat in the director’s chair and join him on WWZ 2. Variety is reporting that the odds look good, as the talks are progressing. Fincher and Pitt have worked together on several great projects including Fight Club, the psychological thriller Seven, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. They seem to be a great team, making WWZ 2 a good fit to continue their actor/director relationship. The film is set to be released on June 9th, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that date is pushed back considering the huge amount of CGI and special effects that the film requires. The first film follows

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2016
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World War Z 2 Has A New Writer

As we reported back in May, J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage) has signed on to direct ‘World War Z 2′, the follow up to 2013’s zombie outbreak movie starring Brad Pitt. Bayona recently got the offer to direct ‘Jurassic World 2’, but is locked into a deal with Paramount for ‘WWZ 2’ . Dennis Kelly will now be taking over for Steve Knight as scriptwriter for ‘WWZ 2′. Kelly is behind such films as ‘Utopia’, ‘Black Sea’ and will be writing the script for the upcoming remake of ‘Matilda’. Knight’s reason for exiting the film has not revealed. The plot is being kept under wraps for now, but we do know that Brad Pitt will be returning to his role as Gerry Lane. The original writer, Steve Knight did make an interesting statement in an interview earlier this year. “…I thought, ‘why not? What fun.’ It’s not quite like the other, we’re starting with clean slate.” There is no word if

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 2, 2015
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