The film was a sizable hit with audiences ($540 million worldwide), but its $190 million budget made it less of a financial win for Paramount than the studio wanted.
The movie was based on Max Brooks’ 2006 novel of the same name and starred Pitt as a former UN employee who travels the globe to find a cure to stop a massive zombie pandemic. Marc Forster directed the original “World War Z,” which Paramount released in theaters during summer 2013. The film would have reunited Fincher with Brad Pitt after films such as “Fight Club” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Production on the “World War Z” sequel was going to kick off in June. David Fincher was apparently willing to direct the sequel for less than the $190 million price tag of the first movie, but the money required to pull of the film was still too high for Paramount. Apocalyptic blockbusters usually take a while to crank up and tease whats coming, but this launches right into it.
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