Also apparently factoring in was China's ban on zombie movies, which crippled the potential for international revenue. Unfortunately, this success didn't cure the contagion that plagued the property, as the sequel was scrapped after several stop-and-go efforts that included the signing of director David Fincher. It also clocked Pitt's biggest opening weekend, devouring $66.4 million in its first three days. Yes, they would: World War Z exploded to a box office take of $202.4 million domestically and $540 million worldwide, which were pretty great numbers for a film with such a troubled production history. With that kind of momentum behind the project and director Marc Forster - a veteran of the James Bond franchise and critically acclaimed dramas like Monster's Ball - on board, the stage seemed set for World War Z to be a new kind of zombie movie: Serious-minded, and perhaps even award-worthy.
Straczynski's script also ended up on the 2007 Black List, an annually compiled survey of the film industry's favorite as-yet-unproduced screenplays.
Comparing it in scope to the Academy Award-nominated apocalyptic thriller Children of Men, McWeeny offered up the description of a script that kept the book's interview-based structure, painting a picture of a post-war world in which people are "starting to wonder if survival is a victory of any kind." A leaked version of the script made its way into the hands of the film nerds at Ain't It Cool News, where it was called Oscar-worthy by that site's Drew "Moriarty" McWeeny. Straczynski was a much-loved name in genre fan circles, and his work on World War Z touched a nerve with exactly that audience.
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