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A box office apocalypse? Brad Pitt's $400m World War Z could become the most expensive flop..
UK Daily Mail ^
| May 23, 2013
| Hanna Flint
Posted on 05/23/2013 7:25:14 AM PDT by C19fan
World War Z could be the most expensive flop in cinematic history. Brad Pitt's zombie action flick has been mired by negative publicity concerning rewrites, re-shoots and an inexperienced creative team that has caused the film's budget to increase from $170million to a reported $400million. Based upon Max Brooks's science fiction novel, the film now has the biggest budget ever recorded.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bradpitt; brooks; flop; horror; maxbrooks; pitt; scifi; worldwarz; wwz; zombies
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The original script was written by JM Straczynski who was the man behind Babylon 5.
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:25:14 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Gee!...Who cares? His movie is the Pitts.
To: C19fan
"You used Max Brooks??? I told you to use Mel Brooks!"
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:26:50 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Undicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
To: C19fan
film's budget to increase from $170million to a reported $400million. So who put up the money ?
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:30:08 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Too bad it was done by Pitt...
It was a good book.
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:31:01 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: C19fan
Waterworld
Ishtar
The Postman...
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:33:39 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: cuban leaf
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:36:06 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
To: C19fan
I’ve heard from a few in Hollywood that this movie is a bigger turd than Tom Cruise’s latest dog with range attempt at entertaining
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:37:50 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: cuban leaf
To: AngelesCrestHighway
YAWN , oh my more Zombies ,BRAINS BRAINS
To: cuban leaf
Waterworld and The Postman (award winning book) were sci fi as this this new one is. Ishtar maybe belongs with one you missed, Heavens Gate?
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:44:47 AM PDT
by
wiggen
(The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Battlefield Earth
Even though I am a huge science fiction fan, hearing this one was “really” bad, I avoided it until a couple years ago. I forced myself to sit through it. I could not believe just how bad it was. Unfortunately, it doesn’t hit that “so bad it’s good” sweet spot that Plan 9 From Outer Space did.
No other remotely big budget film that I can think of comes remotely close to this one in sheer badness. I did have a couple of LOL moments though and, yess, I mean laughing AT it.
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:52:42 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: Vendome
Ive heard from a few in Hollywood that this movie is a bigger turd than Tom Cruises latest dog with range attempt at entertaining
Not having TV, I miss the release of a lot of movies. What movie are you talking about?
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:53:40 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: wiggen
Well, I never saw Heaven’s gate. I just read a review. Looks like I did myself a huge favor. :-)
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:54:24 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: C19fan; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
It’s the end of Z World!!!
To: cuban leaf
Heavens’s Gate - which destroyed United Artists.
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:56:03 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
To: UCANSEE2
>>film's budget to increase from $170million to a reported $400million.
So who put up the money ?
Knowing Hollywood, there is probably some "Obama money" in there someplace.
To: wiggen
darn you beat me. I didn’t see your post but I immediately thought of Heaven’s Gate.
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posted on
05/23/2013 7:57:13 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
To: cuban leaf
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posted on
05/23/2013 8:00:08 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: BipolarBob
Heavenss Gate - which destroyed United Artists.
Seriously? That is amazing. After reading the review, It reminded me of one of those project that had no management or tracking. Only in the end do you find out you have been wasting yhour time for months because nobody had the guts to raise red flags along the way.
I’m still reminded of that scene in the Howard Hughs movie where Hughs goes into a hanger where his mechanic/engineer/inventor is refining the steam powered car. Hugh’s said he’s cancelling the project and the guy says, “but we’re almost there! I’ve put condensers in the doors, trunk, etc. and we think it will work.
At which point Hughs grabs this huge wrench and says, “this is a buick” and proceeds to throw it at the running steam car in the room. Steam everywhere. “We just cooked the passengers. The project is cancelled.”
That movie needed a Hughs.
Note: All my quotes are strictly from decades old memory.
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posted on
05/23/2013 8:04:29 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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