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World War Z
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World War Z is a 2013 action, adventure, and thriller film directed by Marc Forster. The cast includes Brad Pitt, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox, and David Morse. The screenplay was written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof, and J. Michael Straczynski, based on a work by Max Brooks. Production was handled by Plan B Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, and GK Films, with Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Ian Bryce, and Jeremy Kleiner serving as producers.
The film has a runtime of 116 minutes and was released on June 19, 2013. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix. The production had a budget of $200,000,000 and generated revenue of $531,865,000. Filming took place in Malta, London, Blaenau Ffestiniog, and Glasgow, while the narrative is set in Newark, New Jersey, New York City, and the Atlantic Ocean.
Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 7.0, a Metascore of 63, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 67%. The film received 3 wins and 25 nominations. It is rated PG-13 and was produced in the United Kingdom and the United States.
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6.8Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
Cast
- Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane
- Mireille Enos as Karen Lane
- Daniella Kertesz as Segen
- James Badge Dale as Captain Speke
- Ludi Boeken as Jurgen Warmbrunn
- Matthew Fox as Parajumper
Themes
- philadelphia, pennsylvania
- new jersey
- based on novel or book
- dystopia
- jerusalem
- end of the world
- apocalypse
- zombie
- epidemic
- nuclear weapons
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
778,104 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Metacritic
63/100
- Year
- 2013
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Horror
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 wins & 25 nominations total
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Official website
Paramount Pictures | Paramount Pictures
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- World War Z
- Main subject
- zombie
- Director
- Marc Forster
- Screenwriter
- Max Brooks
- Cast member
- Michiel Huisman
- Composer
- Marco Beltrami
- Producer
- Jeremy Kleiner
- Production company
- GK Films
- Cinematographer
- Robert Richardson
- Narrative location
- Freeport
- Filming location
- George Square
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 263630
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.worldwarzmovie.com
- Image
- World War Z in Glasgow 030 (9194785674).jpg
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- title
- World War Z
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Max Brooks
- film editor
- Matt Chesse
- capital cost
- 190000000
- box office
- 202807711
- make-up artist
- Arjen Tuiten
- Commons category
- World War Z
- derivative work
- Q56218638
- costume designer
- Mayes C. Rubeo
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 67%
- different from
- World War Z
- publication date
- 2013-07-03
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Encyclopedic overview
World War Z is a 2013 American action horror film starring Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator who travels the world seeking a solution for a sudden zombie apocalypse. Inspired by the 2006 novel by Max Brooks, the film was directed by Marc Forster, with a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof, from a story by Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski. The supporting cast includes Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, and Matthew Fox.
Pitt's Plan B Entertainment secured the film rights to Brooks' novel in 2007, and Straczynski was approached to write and Forster to direct. In 2009, Carnahan was hired to rewrite the script. With a planned December 2012 release and a projected budget of $125 million, filming began in July 2011 in Malta, before moving to Glasgow in August and Budapest in October. The production suffered setbacks; in June 2012 the release date was pushed back and Lindelof was hired to rewrite the third act. He did not have time to finish the script, so Goddard was brought in to finish the rewrite. The crew returned to Budapest for seven weeks of additional shooting in September and October 2012, ballooning the budget to a reported $190 million, although some publications have listed it as high as $269 million.
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