A fantasy film with a $250 million budget? No problem! A sci-fi epic made for the same amount of money? Already seen it too. The latest action hit from the Marvel universe? Anyway! But a zombie film with a budget in the nine-figure range? You really don’t see that every day.
With World War Z, released in 2013, Paramount brought the most expensive zombie apocalypse in film history to the cinema. The result is a nerve-wracking horror-action blockbuster that sends Brad Pitt around the globe. You can watch the film on TV tonight.
Brad Pitt in the most expensive zombie film of all time: The costs of World War Z have completely exploded
World War Z is loosely based on the book of the same name by Max Brooks. In the film adaptation, Pitt takes on the role of Gerry Lane, a former UN employee who is staying with his family in sunny Philadelphia. However, there can be no talk of a cozy get-together. Suddenly one breaks devastating pandemic out of.
You can watch the trailer for World War Z here:
World War Z – Trailer (German) HD
Lane is doing everything he can to protect his wife and two daughters from the virus, which is spreading at breakneck speed the world falls into chaos. However, when he escapes, he and his family are separated. And it quickly becomes clear: At the end of the world, nothing is more dangerous than the people around you.
Even more nerve-wracking than Pitt’s fight for survival on the big screen was this History of the film. Paramount greenlit World War Z with a budget of $190 million (via Box Office Mojo). Ultimately, the film’s direction was revised several times, causing costs to skyrocket.
The entire third act of World War Z was rewritten and included complex reshoots reshot. Originally, the film’s ending was much darker, featuring an icy sequence in Russia and a warlike return to the United States. The current version is significantly smaller, but more hopeful.
Depending on the source, World War Z has the originally estimated $190 million far exceeded. Vanity Fair put the production costs between 210 and 250 million US dollars in 2013. In a Deadline report from 2014, the blockbuster even had a budget of $269 million.
Horror-action blockbuster: When is World War Z on TV?
World War Z is on today on May 10, 2024 at 10:30 p.m. on ProSieben. With advertising, the broadcast lasts until 1:05 a.m. Almost two hours later, at 2:55 a.m., the repeat follows. If you would prefer to stream the zombie epic, you can currently do so on Sky’s streaming service WOW. The film is on subscription there.
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