World War Z

Max Brooks’ Bigfoot Tale Devolution Is Headed for the Big Screen

Author Max Brooks has a new book out called Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, and it arrives with some exciting news: much like Brooks’ previous best-seller, zombie-apocalypse story World War Z, Devolution will be getting the feature-film treatment. As the Hollywood Reporter reveals, as far back as 2012 Brooks was actually…

Author Max Brooks on What Fascinates Him About Bigfoot

Max Brooks is probably best known as the author of World War Z—the excellent 2006 zombie apocalypse tale that was adapted into a so-so 2013 movie. He’s back with another outstanding survival story, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, and io9 got a chance to talk with him all about it. Similar…

9 Immersive Audiobooks That Will Transport You to Another World

Here at io9, we stan books. But because we’re all currently living through a reality that makes functioning like normal people a literal impossibility, reading books in the traditional way has (understandably) become especially difficult as we’re all committing out mental resources to trying to keep our minds in order in the midst of a…

Holy Crap, David Fincher Is Directing the World War Z Sequel

Though the first World War Z was a hit, it’s not necessarily a movie I was excited to see a sequel for. But that all changes with two words: David Fincher. After months of dancing around, Variety is reporting that Fincher just closed a deal to direct the zombie sequel starting early next year. Brad…

The Friday the 13th Reboot Has Been Delayed Yet Again (UPDATED)

In the movies, Jason Voorhees always came back. But at the theater, his resurrection is becoming increasingly difficult. For the fourth time, the Friday the 13th reboot has been delayed. The Wrap reports, and io9 confirmed, that Paramount has taken both the Friday the 13th sequel (originally slated for October 13) and World War Z…

If Brad Pitt Gets His Way, David Fincher Will Direct the World War Z Sequel

Talk of a World War Z sequel has been lurching around Hollywood nearly since the hit zombie film’s 2013 release. But after new scriptwriter Dennis Kelly was brought in to work with director J.A. Bayona, the latter signed to direct Jurassic World 2. Now producer-star Brad Pitt has a reunion he’s hoping to make happen.…

World War Z Sequel Has A Surprising New Writer (And Now We’re Interested In It)

World War Z had a troubled production, but since it’s release, there have been efforts on a sequel film. Now, the movie has a new writer that gives us some hope that it might actually be good: Dennis Kelly, creator of the UK show Utopia. Earlier this year, we learned that any new movie would…

The 10 Most Unfilmable Books (That Absolutely Must Be Made Into Films)

One of the best parts of science fiction and fantasy books is that they let our minds go to places where reality can’t follow. Recently creators havetaken an interestin visually showing us these impossible places, and we love it. Here are 10 books that we think can’t be put on film, but we’re hoping that…

Max Brooks’ Advice To New Writers: “Be Brave, Put Your Stuff Out There”

Max Brooks has had a pretty amazing career, including the acclaimed novel World War Z. But he has one regret — that he didn’t start publishing way, way earlier. In a new interview, he advises writers not to let fear of judgment hold them back. Talking to SF Crows Nest‘s Patrick McMahon, Brooks says: SFC:…

The World War Z Movie Sequel Will Start With A “Clean Slate” 

The World War Z film adaptation of the hit book made a lot of money, but let’s get real, it was nothing like the fantastic source material. Which is why we’re happy that the sequel is going to be a “clean slate”… or maybe we’re just cautiously optimistic. In an interview with Indie Wire, sequel…

Why The World War Z Book Succeeds Where The Movie Fails

Zombies have been tearing apart our fictional worlds for some time now, on-screen, on the page, and sometimes both, like in World War Z. Even when they share a story, though, the versions aren’t always equally successful. But what made the World War Z book work while the movie failed? In response to this post…

Now That It’s Upon Us, What Are Your Zombie Apocalypse Survival Plans?

In an eerie real life version of Max Brooks’ World War Z, China announced it was quarantining a town of 30,000 people after a “Bubonic Plague” outbreak. That doesn’t fool us, what zombie apocalypse plans will you be activating now? http://news.yahoo.com/china-seals-off-city-man-dies-bubonic-plague-102913198.html;_ylt=AwrBJSATQc5TDC0AyIjQtDMD Rightfully considered the best book ever written on subject, World War Z begins with…

You can finally buy World War Z’s ultimate zombie-killing weapon

Or as near enough as makes no difference. ThinkGeek is now offering the new “Crovel Extreme II”, a super-utility weapon that bears more than a passing similarity to the Lobo that helped our boys defeat the undead in the original World War Z novel. Obviously, the Lobo didn’t make it into the World War Z…

The Honest Trailer for World War Z has a lot to work with

World War Z gets the Honest Trailers treatment. We’ve been waiting for this moment, Pepsi in hand. Thank you to Screen Junkies for wadding through this slog of a film to cobble together what went wrong on WWZ. Or, as we all know it, Brad Pitt Zombie Movie.

Doctor Who reveals another forgotten Doctor in This Week’s DVDs

John Hurt isn’t the only Doctor Who Doctor that somehow got lost in the timestream. Before Chris Eccleston helped revive the series in 2005, there was another Ninth Doctor entirely, one that disappeared… until this week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases. Plus: shirtless superheroes, the fastest zombies on Earth, and more! • Arrow: The Complete First…

Against all odds, author Max Brooks didn’t hate the World War Z movie

As we know, the World War Z book and movie share two things in common: 1) Their name, and 2) the fact they were made by carbon-based lifeforms. Yet somehow, after author Max Brooks finally saw the movie “adaptation” of his book, he was surprised as anyone when he discovered he somehow enjoyed it. Via…

How World War Z‘s VFX crew used AI to create the zombie swarm

Even if World War Z isn’t your cup of undead tea, it’s fascinating to see how the visual effects artists at MPC created the massive zombie crowd in the Jerusalem scene, using a combination of motion-capture performances and AI interactions. Hat tip to Scott!

Here’s everything the World War Z movie has in common with the book

Courtesy of The Oatmeal. I’d say he’s forgotten one very important similarity, though: Both were made by carbon-based lifeforms.

World War Z has already earned $66 million in North America and $111.8 million worldwide this weekend, making it the biggest debut of Brad Pitt’s career. So it’s no surprise that Paramount is already planning a sequel. It seems the zombie apocalypse will have to go on a bit longer.

What World War Z could have looked like as a mockumentary

We knew that the World War Z film wasn’t going to be faithful to Max Brooks’ book, but what if the producers had gone in the opposite direction, shooting the movie as a Ken Burns-inspired mockumentary? https://gizmodo.com/world-war-z-fails-the-zombie-bite-test-524581393 Sleepy Skunk created this short for Film School Rejects, and while it doesn’t run with the concept as…