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David Fincher’s World War Z sequel to start filming in March

Meg Cherry

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The fact Fincher stuck with this across the production delays makes me feel like he really sees something in it.

Or maybe he just really wants a fat paycheck. Either one.
 
HStallion

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Are they going to retcon the ending of the first movie? Seems like an easy win even against hordes of zombies if they won't even fight back as you kill them all so I'm not sure what the sequel will be about unless its more of a side story.
 
Fat4all

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they should rework this into the Dark Universe somehow and just make it a Mole People reboot
 
HommePomme

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I'm such a huge Fincher fan but I can't possibly imagine this being good. But..... somehow he's still on the project
 
THEVOID

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Really?! Still happening?? Interesting.

Not sure what he sees in it, besides a huge paycheck.
 
Seesaw15

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Even average Fincher is great. I know we've have Mind Hunters but it's been too long since Gone Girl.
 
Fancy Clown

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It's 2019 and David Fincher is making a sequel to someone else's mediocre zombie blockbuster...what a world (war z)
 
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I didn't really desire a sequel for the first film but I'll watch anything Fincher directs.
 
BrutalInsane

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Man, I really haven't been digging movies for the past few years, but I can't wait to see what Fincher does with this.
 
PanSexual_Peacock

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Still can't believe Fincher is attached to this. Either he's been itching to work with his buddy Brad again or the script is actually decent. I'm sure he's worked on it some since coming aboard the project.
 
fierrotlepou

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I actually thought World War Z was decent, even though I remember the trailers making it look like a steaming pile of dog shit.
 
Mr. President

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I wish World War Z got a faithful adaptation. It would not work as a movie, but something like a miniseries spliced with news clips.
 
Officer Big Mac

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Whatever brad Pitt did it wasnt WWZ. Hopefully Fincher has something better to show rather than a crappy zombie action schlock that used a books title for easy $.
 
Orioto

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Ridley327 said:
I dunno, The Social Network seemed like way more of a passion project than Benjamin Button.
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Hm no, really, social network was absolutely a studio project, except him and Sorkin had to push their gigantic script for it. Benny Button, nobody wanted it and he had to lie to sell it to the studios, saying it was about a love story (when really it was about death)
 
Ridley327

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Orioto said:
Hm no, really, social network was absolutely a studio project, except him and Sorkin had to push their gigantic script for it. Benny Button, nobody wanted it and he had to lie to sell it to the studios, saying it was about a love story (when really it was about death)
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Didn't Benjamin Button spend a decade in development hell under many different directors, and he wound up being the one guy willing to say yes after all that? It's hard to see any kind of real passion there for the material beyond the visual effects work.
 
Tetra-Grammaton-Cleric

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Teh Hamburglar said:
Whatever brad Pitt did it wasnt WWZ. Hopefully Fincher has something better to show rather than a crappy zombie action schlock that used a books title for easy $.
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It was a dishwater dull film regardless but the mediocrity of the movie was compounded by how much I enjoyed the novel.

I have no idea why they even bothered to adapt WWZ; as you point out, the film and the book are nothing alike.
 
Afrikan

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I liked the first one... maybe because my expectations were low because people criticized it.... but usually if that happens that doesn't affect my opinion. But yeah I liked it.
 
L4DANathan

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The only things I remember from the first movie is them quoting half of a great line from the book (and immediately pointing it out to the friends I was watching it with), and the absolutely hilarious Pepsi product placement near the end that made me actually laugh out loud for a minute. Which probably isn't a good sign considering I remember huge chunks of the book.
 
Mington

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How have they got Fincher to direct a movie like this?
 
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