For a movie that was stuck in development hell for what seems like an eternity, they sure have gotten the ball rolling on the film adaptation of Max Brooks post-apocalyptic zombie novel, World War Z.
The Daily Mail has some of the first photos from the set which show Brad Pitt in costume as Gerry Lane and also looks, of what appear to be, a few dead zombies around a bus. The film is currently shooting in Malta for scenes that are supposed to be based in Israel, according to the book.
Max Brooks is scheduled to be doing a panel interview at San Diego Comic Con, so we will try and see if he will answer questions about the film and his part in the adaptation if possible. Here is a brief synopsis of the book:
Brooks, the author of the determinedly straight-faced parody The Zombie Survival Guide (2003), returns in all seriousness to the zombie theme for his second outing, a future history in the style of Theodore Judson’s Fitzpatrick’s War. Brooks tells the story of the world’s desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts “as told to the author” by various characters around the world. A Chinese doctor encounters one of the earliest zombie cases at a time when the Chinese government is ruthlessly suppressing any information about the outbreak that will soon spread across the globe. The tale then follows the outbreak via testimony of smugglers, intelligence officials, military personnel and many others who struggle to defeat the zombie menace. Despite its implausible premise and choppy delivery, the novel is surprisingly hard to put down. The subtle, and not so subtle, jabs at various contemporary politicians and policies are an added bonus.
The film is being directed by Marc Forster and is expecting a release sometime in 2012.
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