![]() It was this quality juxtaposed against our massive apocalyptic crisis that we believed would lead to an unusually authentic and grounded action thriller.” Pitt notes re: his choice of Forster to direct, “His most memorable moments on film are intimate and human. That’s the plotline in the movie, but it’s also real life.” The general premise is that anything can happen, in any kind of scenario, on any given day. That’s what really intrigued me…I wanted to create a movie that feels real, so audiences feel like this could happen, this minute, to any one of us. The great thing about Max’s book is that he set it in a realistic time frame and within a reality-based framework. ![]() ![]() What happens…when everything we concern our days with is rendered useless…when power structures and societal norms are obliterated? How will we survive?”ĭirector Marc Forster adds, “It’s not just about zombies, it’s about a global apocalypse that happens to be spread by zombies. Producer and star Brad Pitt describes, “Max’s book treats the zombie genre as a global pandemic, spreading much like we’ve witnessed viruses such as SARS travel. As the infected overwhelm the world’s armies and rapidly topple its governments, Lane, a former United Nations crisis investigator, is forced to return to his dangerous former life to insure the safety of his family, leading a desperate worldwide search for the source of this plague and a means to stop its relentless spread … On an ordinary day, Gerry Lane and his family find their usually quiet morning drive interrupted by urban gridlock, which suddenly erupts into chaos. Something is causing hordes of people to viciously attack each other…a lethal virus that is spread through a single bite, turning healthy humans into something unrecognizable, unthinking and feral.
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