David Fincher and Pitt to collaborate again on World War Z 2

Although it has been six years since the release of the first film, World War Z has always been a zombie film that movie fans talk about with great relish. Recently, media reported that the sequel of the film will start production at the end of March this year and has been named Maximilian.

It is reported that the film will be shot in Spain, Thailand and Atlanta. Screenwriter Dennis Kelly (Utopia) is writing the script. The director currently confirmed is David Fincher, who has worked with Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Before the start of this confirmed start, the filming of this sequel had been postponed many times. This time, it is again prepared, which makes people curious about how Fincher and Pitt will deal with this zombie theme. However, Paramount's willingness to continuously postpone the release date also shows their confidence in the film. There are no more story details about "World War Z 2". According to media speculation, it should continue to tell how Gerry Lane, a UN personnel played by Brad Pitt, finds the origin of the zombie virus and then finds a way to deal with it. In the first part, they have discovered that zombies will not attack sick humans.

The 2013 film World War Z is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Max Brooks. It tells the story of a virus that ravages the world, turning a large number of humans into zombies, and the survivors from various countries engage in a protracted world war with the zombies. Before the film was released, many people were not optimistic about it because it cost more than 220 million US dollars, but the actual result was not bad, and the film earned 540 million US dollars at the global box office. The author of the novel, Brooks, also published a book called "Zombie Survival Guide" in 2003. He is an avid zombie fan and has traveled to more than 30 countries and regions around the world to "investigate methods to prevent and control zombie disasters on the spot." The movie version is expected to expand on the series of novels and be filmed as a trilogy.

Maximilian was originally scheduled to start production in the first quarter of 2018. It was then postponed indefinitely due to Pitt and Jolie's divorce. The producers may have the confidence to win by resuming the project this time.