World War Z is a American action horror film directed by Marc Forster, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks.
At one point, the sequel was scheduled for release in 2017, but that time came and went without production even having begun.
Shooting was then expected to begin in 2018 after it was pushed back thanks to Brad Pitt signing up for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Another delay soon followed and that meant that shooting was going to begin in June 2019 instead, with that date later moved forward to March.
However, news then broke that the sequel was delayed yet again as Paramount has halted pre-production on the sequel. Brad Pitt had been on board to reprise his starring role as former United Nations investigator and intrepid zombie fighter Gerry Lane.
The first movie was only loosely based on the bestselling novel of the same name by writer Max Brooks, so predicting the plot of the sequel is a tricky business.
The globe-trotting original movie ended with a glimmer of hope for mankind’s survival against the undead hordes, but as Gerry Lane says at the end of the film, there’s still much left to be done.
World War Z 2 takes place ten years after the events of the first film. The zombie pandemic has been contained, but the world is still recovering. The United Nations has established a new global governance system, and the world is slowly rebuilding.
However, the zombie virus has not been completely eradicated. There are still pockets of zombies around the world, and there is always the danger of a new outbreak.
