World War Z News!

[Skippy911sc]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/169...war-z-progress There's several zombie films in the works right now but none of them have anything close to the potential promise of "World War Z" based on Max Brooks’s best-seller. However there was fear that the project had become stalled in development in recent months and may not make it into production after all. Not so says the author. “Paramount just renewed the option for World War Z, for half the time and twice the money, so that might signal interest” said Brooks in a recent interview with Fear.Net (via Sci-Fi TV. So where does it stand right now? "We still got our director, Marc Forster, who's raring to go. Were all waiting on Matt Carnahan's new draft, which should come in a month or so.” Brooks says part of the hesitancy is the expense in portraying a global apocalypse - “You can't do a cheap and dirty World War Z. It's a world war, and I think that makes studio executives nervous. I think it limits its options, so that's running against it.” The more I hear about this the better I like it. I hope they do spend the dough to make a great movie!!

[AcesandEights]

“Paramount just renewed the option for World War Z, for half the time and twice the money, so that might signal interest” said Brooks... Best news I've heard all...afternoon (got some really good news this morning), but this is the best zombie news I've had all week!

[darth los]

You know, I really hope that this is truly epic. The genre sorely needs it and the master is apparently incapable of delivering that. Last night i saw a film set in the old west with Chris Catan in it for christ's sake! Zombies are in danger of becoming comical fodder for slapstick humor (Zombieland, great flick tho but not what i consider a zombie movie, ok maybe that was a bad example but you get my drift). There needs to be a serious foray in this, perhaps a trilogy that breathes new life into it because truthfully everyone that comes out now days is total crap. (forgive if a couple slipped my mind)

[DjfunkmasterG]

I remember reading a production blog about WWZ and I think it was the director that said Paramount is nervous because the film was budgeted out at $100,000,000+ which they felt was to risky for an R-rated zombie film.

[LouCipherr]

You know, I really hope that this is truly epic. The genre sorely needs it and the master is apparently incapable of delivering that. This.

[bassman]

Glad to hear it's still rolling along and I like Forster's work....... BUT....The Walking Dead is my numero uno upcoming dead adventure.

[Trin]

“You can't do a cheap and dirty World War Z. It's a world war, and I think that makes studio executives nervous. I think it limits its options, so that's running against it.” Yeah, cause making a world encompassing movie is sooo hard. *cough* 2012 *cough Or is it hard to make a world movie WITH plot?

[darth los]

Or is it hard to make a world movie WITH plot? Sadly that's probably the case. We live in an ADHD age. If the original dawn were released today it would be a colossal flop. Just think about that.

[Neil]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/169...war-z-progress There's several zombie films in the works right now but none of them have anything close to the potential promise of "World War Z" based on Max Brooks’s best-seller. However there was fear that the project had become stalled in development in recent months and may not make it into production after all. Not so says the author. “Paramount just renewed the option for World War Z, for half the time and twice the money, so that might signal interest” said Brooks in a recent interview with Fear.Net (via Sci-Fi TV. So where does it stand right now? "We still got our director, Marc Forster, who's raring to go. Were all waiting on Matt Carnahan's new draft, which should come in a month or so.” Brooks says part of the hesitancy is the expense in portraying a global apocalypse - “You can't do a cheap and dirty World War Z. It's a world war, and I think that makes studio executives nervous. I think it limits its options, so that's running against it.” The more I hear about this the better I like it. I hope they do spend the dough to make a great movie!! Fingers crossed!!

[DubiousComforts]

You know, I really hope that this is truly epic. The genre sorely needs it and the master is apparently incapable of delivering that. Too bad that nobody will give Romero the same budget bestowed upon on latecomers like Zack the Hack so then you'd know exactly what he's actually capable of delivering. And I'm not so certain the genre is in "need" of anything. It just is.

[kidgloves]

Great news. Take your time gentlemen. No need to rush this one

[DjfunkmasterG]

Too bad that nobody will give Romero the same budget bestowed upon on latecomers like Zack the Hack so then you'd know exactly what he's actually capable of delivering. And I'm not so certain the genre is in "need" of anything. It just is. Zack had $22,000,000 to make the DAWN remake. Romero got $18,000,000 to do Land. While $4,000,000 may seem like a lot it is not. Zack made the better movie with about the same amount of money. If Romero can make Day look as great as it does for $3,000,000 and make DAWN looks as awesome as it does for $500K, why couldn't he outshine Zack Snyder with less money. Romero has always been known as the director that knows how to stretch every dollar... one of the traits I use as a filmmaker, something I learned from George, yet in this instance his long awaited film turned into a disaster. I wanna know what happened to the Romero from Night Dawn and Day. The one who got me into the genre and made me immerse myself into his world. Granted I am much older now, and things change, but I never expected it to change so drastically he is regulated to DTV work with the amount of cheese found ina sci-fi flick.

[DubiousComforts]

Zack made the better movie with about the same amount of money. If Romero can make Day look as great as it does for $3,000,000 and make DAWN looks as awesome as it does for $500K, why couldn't he outshine Zack Snyder with less money. Quit being so dense. Romero did outshine Zack the Hack with less money when making the same movie in a mall setting. The DAWN remake is hardly "epic" in any way, shape or form. The mall scenes look like made-for-TV fare with just a handful of actors. Let's see Zack the Hack do LAND with $18,000,000. I wanna know what happened to the Romero from Night Dawn and Day. The one who got me into the genre and made me immerse myself into his world. 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. What you should be asking is where's Michael Gornick, where's Tom Savini, where's John Harrison, et al?

[Ghost Of War]

Glad to hear it's still rolling along and I like Forster's work....... BUT....The Walking Dead is my numero uno upcoming dead adventure. 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.

[DjfunkmasterG]

Quit being so dense. Romero did outshine Zack the Hack with less money when making the same movie in a mall setting. The DAWN remake is hardly "epic" in any way, shape or form. The mall scenes look like made-for-TV fare with just a handful of actors. 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. What you should be asking is where's Michael Gornick, where's Tom Savini, where's John Harrison, et al? First off lets not compare 30 years ago with today. And don't call me dense because I understand the entire process of what does need to occur. My whole point is that if Romero was good with lower budgets 30 years ago there should be no reason why he couldn't be as good with them today. 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. Hell I will go bold as to say my film, Deadlands 2 is better than Land of the Dead, and way more fucking epic and I only spent $6,000.00 Survival is even better than LAND, not by much, but it is better. Don't use the excuse that Romero is working with Zack Snyder generation film crew. He is the director, he should be able to convey his vision to the crew and they should be able to execute his vision. I would like to know what happened to Mike Gornick, because I think Mike would have been a better cinematographer than Miroslaw. The Cinematography in LAND is horrible, and if you wanna call the DAWN remake a made for TV movie... then LAND is made for SYFY. LAND had absolutely no business being released in theaters. PERIOD! That film is such a mess, so corny, so completely and utterly stupid, it should be ashamed to call it self a DEAD film.