7 Weeks of Reshoots for World War Z?

The film adaptation of World War Z was originally set to open this December and we previously reported that it had been moved to June 21st, 2013. While it looked like the move to a more competitive summer spot showed that Paramount was confident in what they had seen, a new report reveals that Brad Pitt has returned to Budapest for an additional seven weeks of additional shooting.

Reshoots are common, but seven weeks is a decent amount of time, so we're very curious about what scenes are being added or changed. Unfortunately, there are no other details at this time, but we'll keep an eye out for official word from Paramount or director Marc Forster regarding the reason for the reshoots. Based on the Max Brooks novel, World War Z is directed by Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) and stars Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Matthew Fox, and James Badge.

“World War Z tells the story of the world’s desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts ‘as told to the author’ by various characters around the world. A Chinese doctor encounters one of the earliest zombie cases at a time when the Chinese government is ruthlessly suppressing any information about the outbreak that will soon spread across the globe. The tale then follows the outbreak via testimony of smugglers, intelligence officials, military personnel and many others who struggle to defeat the zombie menace.”