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[MinionZombie]

Hopefully it gets made - with shamblers - I'm not having my WWZ turned into another raptor-zombie dose of nonsense.

[darth los]

And if The Walking Dead is the success that it hopefully will be, maybe the studio execs will jump on the bandwagon and throw money at WWZ. Fingers crossed for both, because if done right, WWZ could be what we've all been waiting for since Day Of The Dead. One unforseen consequense of that could be that george will lose the status as the godfather of the genre he created, which I'm not so sure is a bad thing. The man has had 25 years to pruduce and nothing. Perhaps it's time for new blood anyway. Here's to hoping for that.

[BillyRay]

Hopefully it gets made - with shamblers - I'm not having my WWZ turned into another raptor-zombie dose of nonsense. I wouldn't sweat it. Max Brooks seems to have a degree of control over how his book is executed. And in his (paraphrased) words: "Shambling zombies are backed up by biology and human physiology. And running zombies just suck."

[darth los]

I wouldn't sweat it. Max Brooks seems to have a degree of control over how his book is executed. And in his (paraphrased) words: "Shambling zombies are backed up by biology and human physiology. And running zombies just suck." He and MZ must drink the same brand of haterade.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Hopefully it gets made - with shamblers - I'm not having my WWZ turned into another raptor-zombie dose of nonsense. Well... then I will apply for the directors job, you know to keep costs down, and I will throw in ZS runners, and ROTLD talkers... and just everything to make your skin crawl.

[sandrock74]

I wouldn't sweat it. Max Brooks seems to have a degree of control over how his book is executed. And in his (paraphrased) words: "Shambling zombies are backed up by biology and human physiology. And running zombies just suck." When the man is right, he's right

[MinionZombie]

He and MZ must drink the same brand of haterade. Love it. Well... then I will apply for the directors job, you know to keep costs down, and I will throw in ZS runners, and ROTLD talkers... and just everything to make your skin crawl. And then you'd get lynched by el fanbase. I wouldn't sweat it. Max Brooks seems to have a degree of control over how his book is executed. And in his (paraphrased) words: "Shambling zombies are backed up by biology and human physiology. And running zombies just suck." Sounds like a man with his head screwed on.

[ProfessorChaos]

Well... then I will apply for the directors job, you know to keep costs down, and I will throw in ZS runners, and ROTLD talkers... and just everything to make your skin crawl. no offense, dj, but i would then begin a petition to get you banned (from this website and the planet, if possible) for fucking up what could possibly be the best zombie film since day of the dead. and if mr. brooks has any say-so, i highly doubt we'll see runners.

[darth los]

no offense, dj, but i would then begin a petition to get you banned (from this website and the planet, if possible) for fucking up what could possibly be the best zombie film since day of the dead. and if mr. brooks has any say-so, i highly doubt we'll see runners. That he won't have any say so but you can bet the studio will have the FINAL say. It all hinges on whether he can convince the studios that a serious movie with shamblers will be as if not more profitable than a popcorn flick with runners. It's pretty much as simple as that.

[ProfessorChaos]

seems to me that if it's his intellectual property, he should be able to ensure that certain criteria are met. i know that if i was him and the studio even mentioned running zombies, i'd tell them to shut the fuck up and if they ever mentioned that concept again i'd take my baby to another studio that cares less about profits and more about the product.

[DjfunkmasterG]

If it is in his contract, but I doubt that it is. Since Paramount, not him... will be putting up the money, if they want runners they would get runners.

[Trin]

Let's see Zack the Hack do LAND with $18,000,000. I'll tell you exactly what happened to him: he's now making movies with people from Zack the Hack's generation i.e. people that have no idea about the craft of actually making films. They sit behind computers all day and push buttons. The amount of money, the crew, none of that made the plot in Land stupid and uninteresting. None of that made the setup flawed and the zombie evolution ridiculous. None of that introduced all the WTF moments that we argue about incessantly around here. All the flaws in Land were introduced before the first check was written and the first paycheck cut. How much would Land have been better if they'd spent $500 on some guy to go through the script and say, "That's stupid. That's implausible. Seriously? That?" Dawn '04 was no better, mind you. They both sucked for largely the same reasons. Both sucked before the first camera was rolling. I read the LOTD script before the film went into production and what was on paper was a hell of a lot better than what ended up on screen. You know, I agree with that. The LOTD script (at least the one floating around the net available to us non-film guys) was better than what made it to the screen. For a long list of reasons. But ... it still SUCKED!! Any moron can read that script and ask a few simple questions and derail the entire plot. Again, no amount of money fixes that once the cameras are rolling. And it would take a paltry amount of money to identify the problems before. We can all just hope that WWZ doesn't go for the flashbang of special effects and explosions and concentrates on what made it a great and beloved book.

[MinionZombie]

If it is in his contract, but I doubt that it is. Since Paramount, not him... will be putting up the money, if they want runners they would get runners. And in such an instance they can go fuck themselves. Adapt the book, not thumb-in Yawn04.

[EvilNed]

If it is in his contract, but I doubt that it is. Since Paramount, not him... will be putting up the money, if they want runners they would get runners. You never know. There have been some strange contracts out there. Let's face it, I doubt Max Brooks never thought of this situation, and might actually have put that in there just to make sure.

[Neil]

Seems Mr Pitt may star in the film... http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Brad-...ies-19729.html