2. Origin of the Movie
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is a
2006 apocalyptic horror novel by Max Brooks. The novel is a collection of
individual accounts, where the narrator is an agent of the United Nations
Postwar Commission following the global conflict against
the zombie plague. Other passages record a decade-long desperate
struggle, as experienced by people of various nationalities. The personal
accounts also describe the social, political, religious and environmental
changes that resulted from the devastating war.
World War Z is a follow-up to his 2003 satirical survival manual, The
Zombie Survival Guide, but is much more serious in its tone. It was inspired
by The Good War, an oral history of World War II by Studs Terkel, and by
the zombie films of George A. Romero. Brooks used World War Z to
comment on government ineptitude and American isolationism, while also
examining survivalism and uncertainty. The novel was a commercial hit and
was praised by most critics.
Its audiobook version, performed by a full cast including Alan Alda, Mark
Hamill and John Turturro, won an Audie Award in 2007. A film inspired by
the novel starring Brad Pitt was released in 2013.
4. William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963)
is an American actor and film producer. He has received a
Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three
Academy Award nominations in acting categories, and received
two further Academy Award nominations, winning one, for
productions of his film production company Plan B Entertainment.
He has been described as one of the world's most attractive men,
a label for which he has received substantial media attention.
Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma &
Louise (1991). His first leading roles in big-budget productions came with A River
Runs Through It (1992), Interview with the Vampire (1994), and Legends of the
Fall(1994). He gave critically acclaimed performances in the crime
thriller Seven and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys (both 1995), the latter
earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy
Award nomination. Pitt starred in the cult film Fight Club (1999) and the major
international hit Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004)
and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). His greatest commercial successes have
been Troy (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith(2005), and World War Z (2013). Pitt received
his second and third Academy Award nominations for his leading performances
in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Moneyball (2011). He
produced The Departed (2006) and 12 Years a Slave (2013), both of which won
the Academy Award for Best Picture and Moneyball, which garnered a Best Picture
About Brad
5. Mireille Enos (born September 22, 1975) is an
American actress, best known for roles as Kathy and
Jodeen Marquart (twins) on the HBO drama series Big
Love (2007–2010), as Sarah Linden on
the AMC series The Killing (2011–2014) and as Karin
Lane in World War Z (2013).
About Mireille
Matthew Chandler Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an
American actor. He is known for his roles as
Charlie Salinger on Party of Five and Jack
Shephard on the supernatural drama television
series Lost and as the army ranger in World War
Z.
About Matthew
6. Director of Movie
Director of movie World War Z,
Marc Forster has successfully
directed 8 films with
$1,414,126,868 worldwide
aggregate box-office. He is
ranked number 67 in world
ranking of directors.
Best Known Technical Roles for
Marc Foster are World War Z
(Director), Finding Neverland
(Director).
7. Marc Fosrters Review About World War Z (MOVIE)
Reviews about Marc Forster In World War Z
A.O. Scott of the New York Times wrote,
"The large-scale, city-destroying sequences come early, leading
toward a climax that is intimate, intricate and genuinely suspenseful."
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote,
"'World War Z' is still as smart, shifty and scary as a starving zombie
ready to chow down on you."
The Washington Post said the film was
"anchored by a solid lead performance by Brad Pitt."
8. Movie Details
Pitt's Plan B Entertainment secured the film rights in 2007 and Forster was approached to direct. In
2009, Carnahan was hired to rewrite the script to the film. Filming began in July 2011 in Malta on an
estimated $125 million budget, before moving to Glasgow in August 2011 and Budapest in October
2011. Originally set for a December 2012 release, the production suffered some setbacks. In June
2012, the film's release date was pushed back and the crew returned to Budapest for seven weeks
of additional shooting. Damon Lindelof was hired to rewrite the third act, but did not have the time to
finish the script and Drew Goddard was hired to rewrite it. The reshoots took place between
September and October 2012.
World War Z premiered in London on June 2, 2013, and was chosen to open the 35th Moscow
International Film Festival. The film was released on June 21, 2013, in the United States in 2D
and RealD 3D. The film received positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing over
$540 million against a production budget of $190 million. A sequel was cancelled during the film's
troubled filming process, but was put back on after the film opened successfully.