World War Z was a 2013 survival horror movie based on the book by Max Brooks of the same name. The movie was directed by Marc Forster, the screenplay was written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Damon Lindelof, and Drew Goddard.
The film got rave reviews for Brad Pitt’s performance and earned over $540 million on the box office, making a lot more than the movie’s budget of $190 million. A sequel was put into progress, and World War Z 2 went from pipe dream to continuing concern. We’ll take a look at all the facts, and piece together what we feel to be the future of World War Z 2.
Cast
The movie features Brad Pitt playing the role of Gerry Lane. He’s a former UN investigator who’s tasked with interviewing survivors of this zombie plague.
The other cast members include Pierfrancesco Favino, James Badge Dale, Daniella Kertesz, Ludi Boeken, Fana Mokoena, Peter Capaldi, Ruth Negga, David Andrews, David Morse, and Mireille Enos. We have no information about the cast of WWZ2.
World War Z 2 Release Date:
World War Z 2 was set to release on June 9, 2017. But, after original director J.A. Bayona left the film, David Fincher committed to directing the project in full, along with Brad Pitt agreeing to reappear for his lead role. Fincher later admitted that a script had been written, the story was still being worked on.
Fincher was busy with the shooting of Mindhunter season 2, hence we are filming did not begin until early 2019, so a release before 2021 is highly improbable, with pandemic delaying it further.
WWZ2 Possible Plot:
There two possible scenarios that could take place, especially if Brad Pitt’s schedule doesn’t accommodate: either Gerry Lane( Brad Pitt’s character) could be brought in as a role of restricted scope, linking the sequel to the first film, or Gerry could be written out altogether.
Having Brad Pitt in the sequel would certainly keep the blockbuster franchise on its track for a successive hit, but if Pitt decides not to be interested in the series anymore and Gerry Lane isn’t the main character, World War Z 2 could kick-off as an anthology series of films that used diverse stories from the Max Brook’s books.