10 years ago the zombie blockbuster World War Z was released in cinemas. And just as long we’ve been waiting for a sequel to the Brad Pitt adventure. Today World War Z is on TV. We explain to you why you can stop waiting for the sequel.
That’s what World War Z is about
Ex-UN employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is in Philadelphia with his family when all hell breaks loose. What looks like a typical rush hour traffic jam turns out to be Harbinger of the Apocalypse. Hordes of undead wreak havoc on the world.
It is only with luck that he and his family manage to escape. But shortly after she was rescued by Lane’s former employer, he was given a difficult task: if Lane wanted his family to be safe in the long term, he had to resume his old job and uncover the cause of the catastrophe in a risky mission.
World War Z Part 2 is now completely excluded
World War Z grossed around 540 million US dollars in 2013 – enough to immediately develop a sequel, even if the film was outrageously expensive with a production budget of 190 million US dollars.
Since then, the World War Z 2 moved in snail’s pace Ahead. A commitment by JA Bayona as a director was followed by a theatrical release in 2017. Bayona jumped off and star director David Fincher came along, pushing the plans and spreading optimism. Then the theatrical release was delayed due to a date involvement with Netflix. Shortly thereafter, Paramount put the expensive project on hold: budget problems.
We haven’t heard from the project for four years and there’s a reason. The deathblow came in 2019, when The Playlist learned that Studio Paramount had finally pulled the plug on the production. The Hollywood Reporter revealed the probable reason a few weeks later: China no longer wanted to show zombie films. This would break away a large market for the elaborate sequel. Six years of fighting for World War Z 2 ended.
When is World War Z on TV?
ProSieben shows World War Z on Sunday at 10:50 p.m. The repeat will follow on August 10 at 1:05 a.m., also on ProSieben. You can also stream the film on Netflix.
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