World War Z was released seven years ago, and it’s been nearly as long since Paramount was reported to be working on a sequel to the film.
The zombie film, which is based on Max Brooks’ novel of the same name, was an unexpected blockbuster, with total sales of more than $500 million worldwide. Why hasn’t a sequel been released yet, when there was a market for it?
Perhaps, as with the previous film, a grueling development phase eventually leads to the production of a legitimate sequel. However, at the moment it seems like a long shot and we are sorry to say this.
However, don’t give up hope! In January 2020, co-producer Jeremy Kleiner stated that a sequel to the film could “someday” become a reality.
Max Brooks’ novel is one of our favorites. We worship the cosmos that created it. It doesn’t feel like World War II is over, at least not yet. “He explained himself in a way ambiguous enough to make us hopeful that World War II will take place sometime in the future.
What day that will be is still up in the air, but the sequel, like the zombies in the original movie, could rise from the dead, and when it does, it will have had a long way to hit the big screen. come.
Is World War Z 2 still on track for release?
There was a period when the sequel was expected to be released in 2017, but that date came and went with no progress being made on the project.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star Brad Pitt joined the cast and the film was delayed until fall 2018. Production was then set to begin in fall 2018.
After that, there was another delay, this time due to director David Fincher’s work on Mindhunter season two, which resulted in production starting in June 2019 instead, with the start date subsequently being pushed back to March.
Another delay has been announced for the sequel, with Paramount halting pre-production on the film, reportedly due to China’s ban on zombie movies, making a sequel a risky proposition. China, one of the world’s largest movie markets, has a ban on zombie movies, making a sequel risky.
Consequently, from now on, the sequel is as dead as a zombie shot in the head, but you never know when it might be brought back to life.
Which actors and actresses will appear in World War Z 2?
If there’s a sequel, Brad Pitt has agreed to return to his starring role as former UN investigator and fearless zombie hunter Gerry Lane. Whether or not a production date is set, however, will determine whether Pitt will reprise his starring role.
In May 2016, Mireille Enos stated that she will reprise her role as Karin Lane, the main character’s husband. It’s unclear where things are now, nearly four years after the events of the film, and unfortunately no new casting has been revealed.
What will the plot of World War Z 2 be?
To avoid spoilers for the sequel, keep in mind that the original movie was based on the bestselling novel of the same name by writer Max Brooks (who happens to be the son of Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks, FYI), and made predictions difficult about its story.
The first film, which took place around the world, ended with a glimmer of hope for humanity’s survival against the zombie hordes, but as Gerry Lane points out at the film’s conclusion, there’s still a lot of work to be done.
The novel, whose story spans the globe and extends into a political future significantly altered by the zombie scourge, has plenty of material for the filmmakers to work with.
“A lot of foundational stones have been placed,” Fincher said in November 2017. The team is currently dissecting existing mythology to determine where they can go from here.
Depending on where they left off, the survivors of humanity had developed a way to travel “unseen” among the infected – by infecting themselves with deadly but treatable viruses – but the Earth had remained inundated.
We’d expect the backlash to begin in World War Z 2, but whether that backlash will ever really begin remains to be seen.
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World War Z 2: Trailer
Just in case it wasn’t clear enough, the sequel hasn’t even been given the green light yet, let alone production has started so we can get a trailer for it.
We are confident that if and when filming begins, we will be able to obtain some video, if only to demonstrate that it is indeed taking place.
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