Bigfoot Thriller 'Devolution' Brings In 'Coming Home In The Dark' Director James Ashcroft
Legendary's Devolution movie adaptation is bringing in Coming Home in the Dark director James Ashcroft to take the helm of the project.
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'Devolution', A Bigfoot Book By 'World War Z' Author Max Brooks, Has Been Picked Up By Legendary
Legendary Entertainment has scooped up the screen rights to Devolution, the new Bigfoot novel by World War Z author Max Brooks.
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New 'World War Z' Poster: Zombies Attack A Helicopter
Usually when a movie stars Brad Pitt, his recognizable face is all over the posters. On the second teaser poster for his new film, World War Z, he's nowhere to be seen. Instead it's the terrifying image of a literal mountain of zombies climbing on top of each other to take down a helicopter. The…
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'World War Z' Trailer: The World Goes To Hell, And We Can Only Watch, And Run
At this point, we've had so many stories and suspicions about World War Z, the Marc Forster-directed adaptation of Max Brooks' novel about the aftermath of a zombie pandemic. Extensive reshoots have led many to assume that the film is a mess, and the first footage released a couple days ago didn't do any favors,…
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First Look At 'World War Z' Footage [Updated With Teaser Poster]
Marc Forster's adaptation of the Max Brooks novel World War Z ran into some problems a few months ago when it had to go in for extensive rewrites and reshoots late in the game. Starring Brad Pitt as the Guy Who Has to Save the World (very loosely based on the primary narrator of the…
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'Lost' Director Jack Bender To Direct Legendary's 'Devolution', From 'World War Z' Author Max Brooks
Max Brooks' World War Z may be experiencing some turbulence on its way to the big screen, but that's not getting in the way of his blossoming Hollywood career. Among his upcoming projects are a thriller titled Devolution, which Lost director Jack Bender is developing and will direct for Legendary. While Brooks came up with…
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Paramount Hoping To Make 'World War Z' The First Of A Trilogy
It took Paramount years to get the zombie apocalypse thriller World War Z off the ground, but now that the production is actually up and running, it seems the studio is very eager to keep moving forward with the property. The studio and director Marc Forster reportedly have their fingers crossed that the upcoming film…
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Set Video: Wild 'World War Z' Zombie Attack
[No photo] Whether you're talking about George Romero, Danny Boyle, Edgar Wright or any one else who has made a famous contribution to the zombie genre, some of the most important things to note are the differences in the undead. Do they run? What do they eat? How do they eat? Is the transformation fast?…
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Author Max Brooks Talks About 'World War Z' Set Visit, More Set Photos Released
After years of being stuck in development hell, the big-screen adaptation of Max Brooks' beloved novel World War Z is finally getting off the ground. As of this summer, the film has finally entered production with Marc Forster directing a cast led by Brad Pitt. Brooks recently took a trip to the set in Glasgow (standing in for…
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'World War Z' Plot Description Reveals Massive Change From The Book
The subtitle of Max Brooks' awesome book World War Z is "An Oral History of The Zombie War." From page one, the book takes place in a world where zombies and humans have already waged an epic war and now a researcher is traveling the world, talking to survivors to try and put together some…
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'World War Z' Scheduled For December 2012; See New Images Of Brad Pitt In Character
December 2012 just got a bit more interesting. The end of the year is already anchored by the first chapter in Peter Jackson's two-film adaptation of The Hobbit, on Dec 14, and the week following was crowded with three potentially big films: Ang Lee's Life of Pi, Phillip Noyce's Hunter Killer and Gore Verbinski's Lone…
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Bryan Cranston In Talks For 'World War Z'
Another week, another Bryan Cranston casting story. The Breaking Bad star was recently forced to drop out of Ruben Fleischer's Gangster Squad due to scheduling conflicts, but don't think that's slowed his meteoric rise any. The actor is currently in negotiations to join World War Z, Marc Forster's adaptation of Max Brooks' acclaimed novel. Subtitled…
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First Look: Brad Pitt In 'World War Z' Set Pics
After seeming like it would succumb to the depths of development hell, a film based on the Max Brooks novel World War Z is finally shooting with Brad Pitt in the lead. Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace, Monster's Ball) is directing the movie right now, and the first photos of Brad Pitt in costume have…
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Ed Harris And Matthew Fox In Talks For 'World War Z' Roles
As the Marc Forster-directed adaptation of Max Brooks' novel World War Z gears up to shoot, one might marvel at the fact that the film will exist at all. It was on the brink of being scrapped for months, but then came back from the dead with a new financing plan. And just in time…
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'World War Z' To Shoot In Glasgow This August
After being stuck in development for years, World War Z found a new life this past spring when additional financing saved the project from being shut down altogether. Since then, the project's been fast-tracked -- likely in order to beat the deadline before Paramount's short, expensive option runs out. Based on the bestselling novel by…
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Casting Bits: Alan Arkin In 'Argo;' James Badge Dale In 'World War Z;' Elodie Yung In 'G.I. Joe 2'
Ben Affleck bailed on acting in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby in order to direct his third film, a picture called Argo. (Good choice!) The film is from a Chris Terrio script that follows a true-life story about a CIA effort to pull diplomats out of Tehran in 1979. The hook: they use a plan…
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'World War Z' Appears To Have New Life At Paramount
There are a hell of a lot of zombie movies coming in the next year or two -- so many that it almost seems ridiculous to get excited over one more. But when that one is an adaptation of a well-liked novel and has Brad Pitt set to star, it's a different story. The film…
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'World War Z' Could Die Without More Money; Marc Forster Agrees To PG-13
It seems like a no brainer, pun intended. Brad Pitt producing and starring in a Marc Forster directed adaptation of a popular book about a global zombie apocalypse featuring huge, innovative action scenes uncommon in your typical zombie film. World War Z has been kicking around Hollywood since before author Max Brooks (son of Mel…
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Paramount Renews World War Z Option For "Half The Time And Twice The Money"
Here's some pretty solid indication that apocalyptic zombie epic World War Z will finally be coming to the big screen soon: Paramount have renewed their option on the book for what its author Max Brooks described as "half the time and twice the money". That's not the kind of cheque you just throw out there, so I can…
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World War Z And My Fair Lady: Who's On And Who's Off?
It's nothing like the merry-go-round of screenwriters but it does sometimes seem that pretty much all studio pictures go through a few directors on their way to the screen. Very often a director will board a project, wrestle with it for months, if not years, then depart. Other times, a whole list of directors will…
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Matthew Carnahan Rewriting World War Z
What's going on with the big screen adaptation of Max Brooks' book World War Z? J. Michael Straczynski wrote a screenplay, which seems like over a year ago, and Quantum of Solace helmer Marc Forster has been attached to direct. But aside from comments from Stazzynski or Foster here or there, we really haven't gotten…
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Marc Forster To Direct World War Z
Paramount has hired Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster to helm World War Z, the big screen adaptation of Max Brooks bestselling novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. The 352 page book chronicles the aftermath of a great zombie-human war. Changeling scribe J Michael Straczynski penned the screenplay, which AICN…
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