


Gerry, after his family is threatened with eviction from the safety of the vessel, agrees to help Fassbach. Andrew Fassbach, a virologist, insists the plague is a virus and the development of a vaccine depends on finding its origin. Navy vessel in the Atlantic Ocean, where scientists and military personnel are analyzing the outbreak.

Deputy Secretary-General Thierry Umutoni, and bring Tommy with them after his parents are infected. They are rescued by a helicopter sent by U.N. The Lanes escape to Newark and take refuge with a couple and their young son, Tommy. Plot įormer United Nations WMD investigator Gerry Lane, his wife, Karin, and their two daughters, Rachel and Connie, are stuck in Philadelphia traffic when the city is overrun by zombies. A sequel was announced shortly after the film's release, but in February 2019 plans for the sequel were cancelled, reportedly due to budget issues. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $540 million against a production budget of $190 million, making it the highest-grossing zombie film of all time.

Reviews were mostly positive, with praise for Pitt's performance and for the film as a realistic revival of the zombie genre, but criticism of what some felt was an anti-climax and a lack of faithfulness to the source material. It premiered in New York and Los Angeles on June 14, and was released elsewhere in the United States on June 21. World War Z premiered in London on June 2, 2013, and was chosen to open the 35th Moscow International Film Festival. The reshoots took place between September and October 2012, ballooning the budget to a reported $190 million, although some publications have listed it as high as $269 million. Damon Lindelof was hired to rewrite the third act, but did not have time to finish the script, and Drew Goddard was hired to finish the rewrite. The production suffered some setbacks, and, in June 2012, the release date was pushed back, and the crew returned to Budapest for seven weeks of additional shooting. With a planned December 2012 release and a projected budget of $125 million, filming began in July 2011 in Malta, before moving to Glasgow in August and Budapest in October. In 2009, Carnahan was hired to rewrite the script. Pitt's Plan B Entertainment secured the film rights to Brooks' novel in 2007, and Straczynski was approached to write and Forster was approached to direct. The ensemble supporting cast includes Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, and Matthew Fox. It stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator who travels the world seeking a solution for a sudden zombie apocalypse. Michael Straczynski, based on the title of the 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks. World War Z is a 2013 American action horror film directed by Marc Forster, with a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof, from a story by Carnahan and J.
