Script Review: World War Z

[Mike70]

...back to square one! New script writer! http://fangoria.com/home/news/9-film...rld-war-z.html the chances of this movie being good have just been cut in half with straczynski out of the picture.

[MinionZombie]

...back to square one! New script writer! http://fangoria.com/home/news/9-film...rld-war-z.html But is it a new script from scratch, or working from what's already been written? I quite enjoyed The Kingdom (although it wasn't especially memorable), never saw Lions For Lambs (don't want to either), and I've heard good (or indeed very good) things about State of Play. So we'll see I guess. My main things are: 1) No bloody runners - the book didn't need them, so the film won't either - the 'hard' work of making slow ones scary and a force to be reckoned with has all been done by Max Brooks. 2) Don't dumb it down.

[AcesandEights]

My main things are: 1) No bloody runners - the book didn't need them, so the film won't either - the 'hard' work of making slow ones scary and a force to be reckoned with has all been done by Max Brooks. 2) Don't dumb it down. Hear, hear! I don't mind runners so much, but the book didn't have them and a well done movie version would not need them...would, in fact, be spoiled by their inclusion.

[EvilNed]

If the film has runners, it'll be ruined, like almost every other film with them in.

[blind2d]

True that. Fingers crossed.

[MikePizzoff]

The book didn't have trackstar zombies so they had better not even mention them in WWZ.

[Skippy911sc]

It has been a while since I read the book...does it specifically state they are slow or shamble...just curious?? I thought the Kingdom was pretty good, Lions for Lambs was OK, decent battle /war scenes and this movie would require those, fo sho!

[MinionZombie]

It has been a while since I read the book...does it specifically state they are slow or shamble...just curious?? I thought the Kingdom was pretty good, Lions for Lambs was OK, decent battle /war scenes and this movie would require those, fo sho! Yes, World War Z features 100% shamblers. *glares at Hollywood* Hollywood ... you'd better be paying attention.

[Wyldwraith]

Yes, Just referencing the blind Japanese man's scenario. The zombies *invariably* moan once they sight food (ie: living people) and shamble slowly in a straight line towards that food. The old Japanese guy explains that in clear-cut detail. Runners in a WWZ movie would turn it into a crapfest worse than the DotD remake, or House of the Dead.

[Yojimbo]

The book didn't have trackstar zombies so they had better not even mention them in WWZ. I agree. My fear, though, is that some punk-ass executive producers will have a quorum and determine that in order to maximize their demographic appeal they will make the film with runners, add an mtv soundtrack, lots of digital eye-candy, reduce cursing to a single utterance of "shit" so that they can get a PG-13 from the MPAA, and add a preteen romance angle with Zack Effron and some equally vacuous girl. There will also be a promo tie in at Burger King, featuring the "WWZ-Burger" combo with fries, and a kid's meal featuring a WWZ figurine. Also, the zombies will utter "Braains" in-between bouts of tool use, velociraptor screeches, and grunting communication. The majority of the movie will be shot first person, with a video camera, following Zack and his girlfriend as they attempt to survive to the rocking beat of the Jonas Brothers. Snyder, the other Zack, will be slated to exec-produce, and he and Max Brooks will appear in a media blitz where they proceed to jack each other off on camera.

[MoonSylver]

I agree. My fear, though, is that some punk-ass executive producers will have a quorum and determine that in order to maximize their demographic appeal they will make the film with runners, add an mtv soundtrack, lots of digital eye-candy, reduce cursing to a single utterance of "shit" so that they can get a PG-13 from the MPAA, and add a preteen romance angle with Zack Effron and some equally vacuous girl. There will also be a promo tie in at Burger King, featuring the "WWZ-Burger" combo with fries, and a kid's meal featuring a WWZ figurine. Also, the zombies will utter "Braains" in-between bouts of tool use, velociraptor screeches, and grunting communication. The majority of the movie will be shot first person, with a video camera, following Zack and his girlfriend as they attempt to survive to the rocking beat of the Jonas Brothers. Snyder, the other Zack, will be slated to exec-produce, and he and Max Brooks will appear in a media blitz where they proceed to jack each other off on camera. You missed your true calling in life Yoji: Big Time Hollywood Movie Producer.

[Slain]

I think whether or not the zombies in World War Z are runners or shamblers is the least of this movie's problems (if it ever gets filmed that is). The whole WW-Z story sounds like a rehash of the Great Patriotic War between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, with the American Rockies standing in for the Ural Mountains of Russian. My guess is the budget for WW-Z will get cut to the point where it's like the flick Red Dawn with zombies.

[clanglee]

Red Dawn with zombies. Which sounds completely Awesome!!!!!

[sandrock74]

My guess is the budget for WW-Z will get cut to the point where it's like the flick Red Dawn with zombies. WOLVERINES! Heck, make it "Red Dawn: Zombies: starring Wolverine"

[Yojimbo]

Which sounds completely Awesome!!!!! Agreed. I'd buy that for a dollar! You missed your true calling in life Yoji: Big Time Hollywood Movie Producer. Dude, that's one step away from saying I should have been a pimp! But at least pimps, however contemptible they might be, still have some sense of dignity unlike a hollywood producer. Thanks all the same, but I'd rather be an undertaker than a suit.