| For the novel, see World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. |
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| Title: | World War Z |
| Directed by: | Marc Forster |
| Written by: | Matthew Michael Carnahan; Drew Goddard; Damon Lindelof; J. Michael Straczynski |
| Produced by: | David Ellison; Marc Forster; Dana Goldberg; Tim Headington; Graham King; Paul Schwake; Brad Simpson |
| Music by: | Marco Beltrami |
| Cinematography: | Ben Seresin |
| Edited by: | Roger Barton; Matt Chesse |
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| Distributors: | Skydance Productions Paramount Pictures |
| Released: | June 21st, 2013 |
| Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running time: | 116 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $190,000,000 [1][2] |
| Gross: | $202,359,711 (US) [1] $540,007,876 (Worldwide) [1][2] |
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World War Z is a major American feature film of the zombie apocalypse and survival horror subgenres. It is loosely based on the 2006 novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by author Max Brooks. The film adaptation was directed by Marc Forster with a screenplay written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof. Noted comic book and novel scribe J. Michael Straczynski also had a hand in crafting the story treatment. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions and released theatrically in the United States on June 21st, 2013. The movie stars Brad Pitt as the central protagonist Gerry Lane, with Mireille Enos as his wife, Karin Lane, Daniella Kertesz as an Iraqi soldier called Segen, James Badge Dale as United States Army Ranger Captain Speke, Ludi Boeken as Mossad director Jurgen Warmbrunn and Fana Mokoena as the UN Deputy Secretary General, Thierry Umutoni.
Plot[]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Brad Pitt | Gerry Lane |
| Mireille Enos | Karin Lane |
| Daniella Kertesz | Segen |
| James Badge Dale | Captain Speke |
| Ludi Boeken | Jurgen Warmbrunn |
| Matthew Fox | Parajumper |
| Fana Mokoena | Thierry Umotoni |
| David Morse | Ex-CIA agent |
| Elyes Gabel | Andrew Fassbach |
| Peter Capaldi | W.H.O. doctor |
| Pierfrancesco Favino | W.H.O. doctor |
| Ruth Negga | W.H.O. doctor |
| Moritz Bleibtreu | W.H.O. doctor |
| Sterling Jerins | Constance Lane |
| Abigail Hargrove | Rachel Lane |
| Fasbrizio Zacharee Guido | Tomas |
| David Andrews | Naval commander |
| John Gordon Sinclair | Navy SEAL commander |
| Gregory Fitoussi | C130 pilot |
| Jane Elizabeth Perry | UN delegate |
| Lucy Russell | UN delegate |
| Mark Holden | UN delegate |
| Timothy James Baerrington | UN delegate |
| Konstantin Khabenskiy | Russian fighter |
| Michiel Huisman | Ellis |
| Mustafa Harris | Camp Humphrey's soldier |
| Ann Ogbomo | Camp Humphrey's soldier |
| Jonathan Howard | Camp Humphrey's soldier |
| Mike Noble | Camp Humphrey's soldier |
Crew[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- World War Z (2013) redirects to this page.
- Production on World War Z began on June 20th, 2011. Principal filming concluded on November 4th, 2011. Re-shoots on the movie were conducted from October to December 3rd, 2012. [1]
- At its widest release, World War Z was screened in 3,607 theaters. [2]
- World War Z closed out of theaters on October 10th, 2013. It had been in theatrical release for a total of sixteen weeks (112 days). [2]
- World War Z was released on Blu-ray by Paramount Home Video on September 17th, 2013. [3] It was also released in special Steelbook edition on that same day. [4]
- Mark Bakshi and Mark Huffam were co-producers on the Cardiff sequences in this film only.
Recommendations[]
Zombie films
See also[]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IMDB; World War Z (2013); Box office & business.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Box Office Mojor; World War Z (2013)
- ↑ Amazon.com; World War Z; Blu-ray.
- ↑ Amazon.com; World War Z; Steelbook Edition.