World War Z Script Review
Zombie fans, if you haven't read Max Brooks excellent book World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War you're doing yourself a disservice. But as luck would have it you may get the chance to see it play out right before your eyes: J. Michael Straczynski has adapted the book for the screen and the early reviews are positive: This is Moraiarty from AICN:
"I love this script. Love every dark, somber, upsetting page of it. This is a horror epic, a serious, sober-minded adult picture waiting to be made, and it's one of the best pieces of screenwriting craft I've encountered in a while."
"The world of the film reminds me of CHILDREN OF MEN on the page. Realistic but set in the near-future, in the aftermath of the zombie wars. We see a flashback to Gerry being given his assignment to write a report about 'where the system worked, where it didn't, how and in what ways the various organizational infrastructures failed.' It's a politically shitty job because no one wants to know that they were responsible for anything that went wrong. Gerry's hesitant because it's going to take at least six months away from his family, just as the world is starting to right itself. He takes the job, and as he travels to his first interview, we see how hard travel has become. I hate going through airport security these days, but at least I don't have to strip naked and subject myself to a blood test. Yet."
I for one can't wait for it...
Too true. Max Brooks' "Z" is a must-read. Who knew that the son of such a prolific funny-man could be such a great horror writer?