Jolie-Pitt Love
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Paramount and Pitt take on 'Zombies'
Comic scribe J. Michael Straczynski, who also created the sci-fi series Babylon 5 has announced yesterday that he is writing the screenplay adaptation of the zombie book World War Z for Paramount, reports IGN.The Max Brooks novel was optioned last summer by Plan B, Brad Pitt's production company, and is subtitled, "An Oral History of the Zombie War."
"You all know the novel World War Z?" asked Straczynski of his audience during a New York Comic-Con panel on Friday. "I'm adapting that for Paramount. For Brad Pitt potentially -- we'll see what happens. He might be the star in it. So things are going very well for a TV guy."
IGN reports Straczynski notes the book needs to be modified in order to work as a movie, particularly because of the randon plot and time issues through the recollections of the survivors of a decade-long war against the zombies.(more)
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