The sequel to World War Z has been developing slowly for a bit since the 2013 film which “loosely” adaptated the Max Brooks novel of the same name arrived and made $540 million worldwide theatrically, and now a new piece of the puzzle has arrived. Paramount has now set a June 9th, 2017 release date for the film that will bring Brad Pitt back to the lead role. This time around it’s being directed by Juan Antonia Bayona, who got some positive nods for his work in The Orphanage and The Impossible, who will be working off of the script from Steven Knight.
The writing staff largely isn’t as Drew Goddard and Damon Lindelof are all off on their own projects. Brad Pitt is certainly returning though, having taken an investment in the project.
Steven Knight is set to write the script for the film as it attempts to work in mor ematerial from the diary/novel as originally written Max Brooks. Knight has a few things to his resume over the last few years with writing credts for Seventh Son and the upcoming The Hundred Foot Journey, but he was also the writer and director on Locke. And there was word a few months back about him writing a World War II era film for Brad Pitt as well. So where this fits into things is less certain, but it certainly seems like the team has clicked.
