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EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures, once shaky about the prospects of the Marc Forster-directed zombie extravangza World War Z, is now on track to make the picture this summer. I’m told that Mireille Enos, star of the AMC hit series The Killing, is in talks to play Karin Lane, the wife of Gerard Lane, the character played by Brad Pitt in the adaptation of the Max Brooks book. In The Killing, she plays Sarah Linden, the homicide detective trying to solve the murder of Rosie Larsen. This will be the first major-studio starring role for Enos, who starred for three seasons on HBO’s Big Love. She’s repped by Innovative and Authentic.
There had been speculation that Paramount would not bite on the Plan B-produced WWZ because it has a $125 million budget. But as Deadline reported, the studio brought in a couple of risk-sharing partners that will include David Ellison’s Skydance. That cleared the way for the movie version of the book that looks at the aftermath of a global zombie war 10 years after the conflict, with a researcher for the UN Postwar Commission interviewing survivors in countries that were decimated by flesh-eaters. It was thorough, and a thoroughly creepy read. Matt Carnahan wrote the most recent draft of the script, after earlier drafts by Michael J. Straczynski.
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Isn’t there already a Zombie movie in the works? I don’t think the audience will pay to go see 2 or 3 different versions of Zombie movies, and for $ 125 million to make, is waste of money….it’s a big budget just for dead people walking around….after the other one come out, this one will seem like a repeat, it will not make $$$$. Find something else more interesting to make. The audience will be bored if hammered in the head with too much of the same!
Speaking of hammer in the head, how’d that hammer affect your typing? heh.
What’s wrong with his typing? Are you the typing police?
You are under arrest.
This isn’t just another zombie movie, this is World War Z, people will pay to see it.
This film is going to be HUGE! It should actually be a 10 ep high budget series on HBO but this will be fine.
An HBO series is all I ever pictured it as. The book itself is episodic.
Totally agree that this awesome book should be done as an HBO series- way too much great stuff in the book to cram into a 2 hour film.
The book the movie is based on was a bestseller. I know I can’t wait for it!
1968? Zombie movies been getting made since then and some do better then others. My gut tells me you just tried to squash what’s going to turn out to be the greatest one yet.
The movie is not about dead people walking around. How about being a good critic and wait for the movie before opening that trash hole of yours.
Obviously your not in touch with what is current or relevant in pop culture today. While the genre has been hugely popular underground, in the last decade it has gained considerable momentum. Thousands gather yearly across the world to participate in “walks” and literary works ranging from novels to graphic comics fly off the shelf. With the success of AMC’s the “Walking Dead” even commercials are utilizing elements from the genre. If a huge star like Brad Pitt is signed on for WWZ, don’t you think that there is a bigger audience?
This movie is going to be great and a TON of people will go see it…Can’t Wait!
“it’s a big budget just for dead people walking around”, yeah, but like the last paragraph says that isn’t what World War Z is about. The novel covers the concepts and skills that worked for the survivors, as well as the major disasters that claimed a lot of peoples lives. It isn’t just a story about a couple half-naked teenagers getting their brains eaten at the drive-in movie theater. The novel was also written by Mel Brooks’ son, so it’s got a lot of wit.
Just… shut up.
777 you need to read this book. It is much much more than a “zombie” movie. I am very excited about this film as I loved the book as did many many people. Can’t wait to see this.
I am super-excited that this project is finally coming together. The book is awesome.
It will suck if it’s PG-13. If it’s PG-13, don’t bother.
If it’s R, then bring it on.
You obviously have not read the book to understand why this is a big deal and why Brad Pitt’s company picked up the rights. It’s not just any zombie movie. It plays out the aftermath of what happened and how society actually reacts, how Companies manipulate people and how desperate people can get. Read the book before you make a blanket judgement.
Yes! I’ve been waiting for this & for the Travis McGee Series …
Enos is a revelation. I caught her in Who’s Afraid Of Virgina Woolf a few years ago and have been bowled over by her talent ever since. Kudos to Howard Green for steering Mireille through the past few years. A skilled, smart, focused and sharp witted manager – and I’m usually loathe to like Managers
Brad Pitt. Ugh. And more ugh. Kudos to Mr. Green anyway. Hope this does more for his client than Meet Joe Black did for the perpetually pouty Claire Forlani.
Enos is fantastic and so is The Killing. Good for her. Onward and upward…..
Wow a zombie movie! Now there’s untread territory.
I haven’t read the book but I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt since Plan B is excited about it. 28 Days Later, Zombieland and The Crazies were all good, it just seems like a genre that’s tapped out.
But I adore Mireille Enos and am really digging The Killing. She’s so believable as a detective as opposed to so many TV cops.
Well, considering that two of the three films you cite aren’t zombie movies, I don’t see how the genre could possibly be tapped. TO BE CLEAR: 28 Days Later and The Crazies are “Contagion Films” not “Zombie Films”. Got it?
Uh yeah, Lars, I got it. But whatever the case of how they got to be mindless, soulless, animated, human-killing, undead bodies… they are zombies.
True, I’m not an aficionado of zombyhood, as you appear to be, but I would imagine that to the rest of the non aficionado world those films are classified as zombie flicks.
Calm your feathers there, tweety, it’s just a zombie flick… oops I mean, mindless, soulless, animated, human-killing, undead bodies flick.
Just to be clear, my response “Shut up” was meant for 777.
I couldn’t finish the book. I loved the concept but I felt it was poorly written. I do think it would make a great TV series, though. It’s a bit too epic to work as one movie.
Wow, you couldn’t finish the book? Thought it was poorly written? You are in the distinct minority on that one- anyone I know who has read the book couldn’t put it down- and some of the scenes- like the pilot who has to parachute into a remote part of Louisiana or the little girl in the church, or the battle for Yonkers- they stayed with me for months. As a writer for the last 15 years, I’ll tell you Max nailed it and made the story about real people, not about zombies. Actually the reason it works so well is Max used actual oral histories taken from people who survived real-life disasters and the brutality of dictators- using that technique made the stories real for me, because the book is about how human beings react in the face of tragedy.
That said, I do wish it was an HBO show stretched out over 12-15 episodes.
I actually went to “like” your post because it made so much sense! This isn’t just any zombie film! This is World War Z!!
I cannot take my eyes of this actress. I’m not sure why, she’s not a classic beauty but she has such a great presence and vulnerability when she’s on screen.
I just finished the book few days ago. Creepy and scary. At the end I was just tired from all that violence and death in the book. People died and and died on every page. It’s not spoiler since the premise gives it away. I wonder how they are gonna translate all that on big screen. Since basically in every 2-4 pages there is a new character introduced. Brad Pitts character just drives around the globe and interviews people who tell their horrible stories of how they survived when zombies came.
It’s gonna be expensive to create all those locations. And create army of zombie for every scene. And expect there to be many supporting actors. I can’t wait to see that movie already. Very interesting book. And very real.
That is why there is an Academy Award for adapted screenplay. It’s not that easy, but a good writer will make it work.
Who cares about this PG-13 sellout lame-fest?
Enos is perhaps the least expressive, most stoic actress I have ever scene.
“The Killing” is great DESPITE her. She has the exact same expression and voice tone in every single scene!
It was the same on Big Love too. She has zero range.
And she is not at all pretty either, just extremely plain Jane, so pairing her with one of the world’s most handsome actors makes even LESS sense.
Who the the heck is Gerard Lane (much less Karin) in the book?
I imagine that that is the name they are giving to the interviewer. If I’m not mistaken, he is never actually named thoughout the book.
Flippin’ goose bumps people. Chills and goosebumps. I love this woman. Her talents have only been scrathed. Bring it!
She is a member of the Church of Mormon? Very interesting. With so many more skilled actors/actresses what an odd choice.
So “Shadillion”,
What other actress, in your opinion, should get this part ?
Please be specific.
And what does “Shadillion” mean ?