World War Z is a zombie drama that has been in production
now for about four years, and has had problems from the get go. One of the
biggest flaws in the production is the lack of an experienced director. Marc
Forster was signed to direct after Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B
Entertainment, bought the film rights to move the film into development. Three
weeks before shooting was to begin in June 2011, sources say Forster had not
made critical decisions about what the zombies would look like and how they
would move.
As filming began, conflicts arose between crewmembers, especially between those above the line. Many seasoned talents were hired on, and then replaced after only a short amount of time. One of the biggest stories you may have heard of from this set is the raid by the Hungarian Anti-Terrorism Unit. Being a zombie film, you need guns, and this being a HUGE zombie movie, you need a lot of guns. So, 85 assault rifles, sniper rifles, and handguns had been flown into Budapest overnight on a private aircraft, but the film's producers had failed to clear the delivery with Hungarian authorities, and while the import documentation indicated that the weapons had been disabled, all were found to be fully functional. As the production wended its way through locations in London, Glasgow, Malta and Budapest, there was still more trouble. By several accounts, cinematographer Richardson struggled to impose order, antagonizing other crewmembers in the process. While it’s not at all unusual for filmmakers to go back to capture a bit of additional footage, most reshoots take somewhere between a few days and a few weeks. World War Z was set to release in December 2012, but now with The fact that World War Z needs to film for another month and half suggests that this isn’t a matter of some simple tweaks or a couple of new scenes, but an attempt to significantly rework the movie. In my own opinion, I was looking forward to seeing this movie, but with all of these news stories of horror from the set, I’m starting to feel like I probably wont be forking over $15 to see this one. Is this movie worth putting forth millions more money to try to save it from its impending doom, or should they just unplug the life support?
As filming began, conflicts arose between crewmembers, especially between those above the line. Many seasoned talents were hired on, and then replaced after only a short amount of time. One of the biggest stories you may have heard of from this set is the raid by the Hungarian Anti-Terrorism Unit. Being a zombie film, you need guns, and this being a HUGE zombie movie, you need a lot of guns. So, 85 assault rifles, sniper rifles, and handguns had been flown into Budapest overnight on a private aircraft, but the film's producers had failed to clear the delivery with Hungarian authorities, and while the import documentation indicated that the weapons had been disabled, all were found to be fully functional. As the production wended its way through locations in London, Glasgow, Malta and Budapest, there was still more trouble. By several accounts, cinematographer Richardson struggled to impose order, antagonizing other crewmembers in the process. While it’s not at all unusual for filmmakers to go back to capture a bit of additional footage, most reshoots take somewhere between a few days and a few weeks. World War Z was set to release in December 2012, but now with The fact that World War Z needs to film for another month and half suggests that this isn’t a matter of some simple tweaks or a couple of new scenes, but an attempt to significantly rework the movie. In my own opinion, I was looking forward to seeing this movie, but with all of these news stories of horror from the set, I’m starting to feel like I probably wont be forking over $15 to see this one. Is this movie worth putting forth millions more money to try to save it from its impending doom, or should they just unplug the life support?
Source: /film
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