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Paramount Pictures has set Dec. 21, 2012 as the release date for World War Z, the Marc Forster-directed adaptation of the Max Brooks zombie-infestation novel. The film is in production now, with Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale starring. Pitt is producing with his Plan B partner Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Colin Wilson. The film’s co-financed by David Ellison’s Skydance Productions and Jeff Sagansky’s Hemisphere Media Capital. And Graham King’s GK Films has also come aboard as financier, with King and Tim Headington taking executive producer credit.
How does that crowd the holiday field? Warner Bros opens the Peter Jackson-directed The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on Dec. 14. WWZ then comes the following week, smack against Relativity Media’s Hunter Killer, Fox’s Life of Pi and Disney’s Johnny Depp-starrer Lone Ranger on Dec. 21. The Weinstein Company follows on Christmas with the Quentin Tarantino-directed Django Unchained. That’s a lot of good product in a compressed time period.
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Everyone wants to get their films in before the end of the world…
Great! This will be the last film I’ll ever see before the world ends!
I’m sorry, but how many producers does it take to make this movie?
And if Paramount was high on the movie, why are they selling off all these pieces – three additional financiers?
I understand about covering a budget, but A) how much could this be costing in the first place, with no A-talent beyond Pitt; and B) if they’re lucky and it’s a hit, they end up with, what, 25% of the profits? Why bother?
P.S.: Great line there, S.
Then they should be opening it on the 20th. the 21st is the actual date of the Mayan Apocalypse
This probably also means that Paramount has determined that “Star Trek 2″ won’t hit theaters until Summer 2013. Either because they won’t be able to make a Christmas 2012 date or they think it will simply play better as summer release.
Will be freaking HUGE!!!
that is an insanely packed release schedule. someone is going to blink. my money is on fox or disney
Do people really want to see this type of film over the holidays? Xmas is the domain of Wizards and Hobbits, not Zombies, not Ethan Hunt, and (as we have learned) not daywalking vampires that don’t believe in paying taxes.
PG-13 = No sale, no way.
Plus I wonder how many are going to turn out for like the 49th zombie flick that’s come out over the past few years? And even more prequels and sequels? Just looking at the titles makes me yawn and think I’d better go renew my library card or something. It’s abysmal.