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    World War Z script review

    IESB.net posted their thoughts on J. Michael Straczynski's script for the film adaptation of 'World War Z'.

    World War Z, as a screenplay, is the greatest handling of the living dead since Romero’s quadrilogy. And the first zombie script to have me wondering “Can a zombie film win an Oscar?”

    This script is done, there, at the level of perfection. The final greatness of this project is no longer in Straczynski’s hands: he’s done his job. He’s delivered a piece of screenwriting that, if translated correctly, will have affected a genre classic. We can all now only pray that this gets the director it deserves: Ridley Scott, David Fincher, Spielberg (Just hear me out - “Munich” Spielberg), Soderbergh – someone capable of handling a political thriller/David Lean style epic with an edge, which just happens to have a zombie outbreak as a backdrop – and that it is, by God, not messed with…

    Just need to hope Brad Pitt's production company (Plan B Entertainment) don't drop the ball now on this project!

    http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option...3947&Itemid=99
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    Thanks Neil. I have high hopes for this as a film, i loved the book. The cynic in me says it will probably be messed up by some hack but i am going to roll with blind optimism on this one

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