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| World War Z |
World War Z is a 2013
apocalyptic horror film directed by Marc Forster. The screenplay by Matthew
Michael Carnahan is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks. The
film stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a retired United Nations employee who must
travel the world to find a way to stop a zombie-like pandemic.[4]
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
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