Despite Losing Release Date, WORLD WAR Z Sequel Still Being Eyed by Director David Fincher

Following the revelation that the new Friday the 13th movie has been canceled after Paramount Pictures removed it from their release schedule, some are fearing that the World War Z sequel might suffer a similar fate after vacating its 2017 release slot, but it appears that director David Fincher is still interested in keeping the living dead project alive.

According to THR, David Fincher remains "very creatively interested in directing the movie" after Paramount took the sequel to 2013's World War Z off of their release schedule, presumably to set it for a later release in 2018 or ’19. World War Z 2 was initially slated to come out on June 9th of this year.

Back in August, it was first reported that Finhcer was in early discussions with the film's star and producer Brad Pitt to helm the sequel after J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls) departed the project. Fincher has previously worked with Pitt on Se7en, Fight Club, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and according to THR, he has been open to working with a lower budget than the $190 million used to make World War Z, which grossed more than $540 million globally.

Though the first film adaptation of World War Z was effectively unnerving at times, many fans of Max Brooks’ novel of the same name were not happy to see the movie deviate so much from its source material. Plot details on the sequel have yet to be revealed, so only time will tell if the follow-up film (should it move forward) would incorporate more elements from Brooks' book, and how Fincher would depict them on the big screen.

Directed by Marc Forster, the first World War Z film starred Pitt, Mireille Enos (The Killing), James Badge Dale, Ludi Boeken, Daniella Kertesz, David Morse, Peter Capaldi, and Ruth Negga. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on the sequel.