#ZombieWeek #Review of World War Z the #Movie with #Giveaway

World War Z is a 2013 British-American apocalyptic horror film directed by Marc Forster. The screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof is from a screen story by Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks. The film stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator who must travel the world to find a way to stop a zombie pandemic.

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. 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 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 2D andRealD 3D. The film received positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing over $540 million against a production budget of $190 million. A sequel was cancelled during the film's troubled filming process but was put back on after the film opened successfully.

Sequel

                       In January 2012, director Forster and Paramount said that "each view World War Z as a trilogy that would have the grounded, gun-metal realism of Matt Damon's Jason Bourne series tethered to the unsettling end-times vibe of AMC's The Walking Dead".^[89] Plans for future installments were shelved due to the film's production troubles.^[90] In June 2013, after the successful opening of World War Z, Paramount announced that it was moving ahead with a sequel.^[90] In December 2013, it was reported that Juan Antonio Bayona was chosen to direct the sequel.^[91] In May 2014, Steven Knight was set to write the script of the sequel.^[92]

My Review-5 Stars 

So Must See

The zombies were amazing in this movie.  I did wish that they could have done more with the ending.  I had heard that they reshot it like 10 times before settling on the one that was released.  I think that this would have been an amazing series.  And really hope that we can come back to it in the future.  But I doubt that will happen since it was pretty much tied up.  I loved the story and thought it was very funny when the one guy shoots himself in the head.  I know I'm bad.  But I have to say that some people just should not be handed a loaded gun!!  

I thought it was neat how they created these zombies to act like a wave.  Which is very cool that they just keep going and don't let anything (not even a wall) stop them from getting at you.  It was a great new concept of the Zombie franchise.  

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World War Z was initially scheduled for release by Paramount and Skydance on December 21, 2012, but in March 2012 it was pushed back to June 21, 2013, with Paramount electing to release Jack Reacher on the December 2012 date.^[44][63] The world premiere of World War Z was held at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square, London on June 2, 2013.^[64] British rock band Muse, who contributed toward the film's soundtrack, performed at the World War Z post-premiere concert at the Horse Guards Parade, to help promote the film.^[65] On June 6, Pitt attended screenings of the film in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago and Austin all in one day.^[66] The film was chosen to open the 35th Moscow International Film Festival.^[67] World War Z was released exclusively to Glasgow's Grosvenor Cinema in Ashton Lane on June 19, two days before it was launched worldwide.^[68]

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