World War Z – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?! (Video)

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

An adaptation of a 2006 novel by Max Brooks that wasn't appreciated by many fans of the novel, Marc Forster's 2013 zombie movie WORLD WAR Z had an extremely troubled production, and we dig into some of those behind-the-scenes problems in the latest episode of our WTF Happened To This Horror Movie? video series. The episode can be viewed above!

In this episode, we take a look at the zombie action flick World War Z, starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Matthew Fox, James Badge Dale, Peter Capaldi, David Morse, Ruth Negga and Daniella Kertesz. Directed by Marc Forster, this globe-spanning zombie yarn is adapted from the novel of the same written by Max Brooks, although it's seemingly mostly in name only as the story changed drastically for the big screen. With all manner of production issues, a reshot ending and clashes with the director and producer, Brad Pitt, it seemed like WWZ would be a box office disaster, but it ended up being a major success despite all the production woes. So, let's find out WTF Happened to World War Z!

WORLD WAR Z was written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof, and J. Michael Straczynski. The film follows 

former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.

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