‘World War Z 2’ Bringing Back Brad Pitt With Director Edward Berger
- Paramount Pictures is moving forward with a sequel to 'World War Z,' with Brad Pitt set to star and filmmaker Edward Berger signed to direct the feature.
- After more than a decade of development delays, the project follows previous iterations intended for directors David Fincher and J.A. Bayona before stalling on budget concerns.
- Pitt and Berger recently wrapped production on the A24 pic 'The Riders,' and British playwright Dennis Kelly, who won a Tony for 'Matilda the Musical,' is penning the script.
- Co-Chairs Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg designated the sequel a high-priority project after Skydance took over Paramount in 2025, confirming their commitment at the recent Cinemacon event.
- The original 2013 film earned more than $540 million at the global box office, making it the highest-grossing zombie film of all time and setting a significant commercial benchmark.
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Brad Pitt Reunites With ‘The Riders’ Director Edward Berger For ‘World War Z 2’
At this point, Brad Pitt may refuse to let “World War Z 2” die. More than a decade after the first movie, after multiple directors, years of development, and one especially painful near-miss with David Fincher, Pitt is still trying to make the sequel. This time, he’s bringing Edward Berger with him. Berger, who recently directed Pitt in “The Riders,” is now set to take on the long-gestating sequel for Paramount, with Pitt returning to star and p…
Sequel to The Biggest Zombie Movie of All-Time Officially Happening After 13 Years, And the Oscar-Winning Star Is Back
Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures. It’s been thirteen years since the world finally got World War Z, the zombie movie based on Max Brooks’ bestselling novel. Though the film ended up arriving with some marked differences compared to the book itself, it still delivered a scale of zombie mayhem that the horror genre has only been able to pull off […]
‘World War Z 2’ Bringing Back Brad Pitt With Director Edward Berger
The original World War Z movie, adapted from the Max Brooks novel of the same name, was one of the most successful and also one of the most challenging zombie movies of the 21st century. It seemed like a no-brainer (pun intended) that adapting the popular book into a movie would be a straightforward endeavor, especially when you add to that the fact that mega-star Brad Pitt was on board to star. However, after a number of script rewrites, creati…
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