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Why Has Brad Pitt’s ‘World War Z’ Come Under Siege?

Why Has Brad Pitt’s ‘World War Z’ Come Under Siege?

Lately it seems as though the media has declared war on the $200 million adaptation of Max Brooks’ slyly satirical political allegory of a worldwide zombie apocalypse.



Brad Pitt Leaves The Lost City of Z in Limbo

Brad Pitt Leaves The Lost City of Z in Limbo

Pitt fortified his fickle reputation, when he fled “The Lost City of Z,” a big screen adaptation of New Yorker writer, David Grann’s much-praised non-fiction account of Col. Percy Fawcett’s quixotic 1925 expedition into the Amazon in search of El Dorado, the mythic kingdom, reputed to be lousy with gold.



Embattled ‘World War Z’ Finally Shows Its Face With New Clips and Trailer

Embattled ‘World War Z’ Finally Shows Its Face With New Clips and Trailer

Also in the hump-day hullabaloo: the real appeal of Monopoly, murmurs of a ‘Star Wars’ reunion of sorts, and some spirit companies are not so into the, er, spirit of free advertising.



Brad Pitt: Born Again Book Nerd?

Brad Pitt: Born Again Book Nerd?

Perhaps literary evangelism is the most apt analogy for Pitt’s zeal for using his box office muscle to move challenging literary prizewinners onto the Plan B Production to-do list.



Can Brad Pitt’s Besieged Adaptation of World War Z Be Saved?

Can Brad Pitt’s Besieged Adaptation of World War Z Be Saved?

Given the highly visible players involved, there is a chance WWZ will emerge from this series of obstacles intact, if not stronger as a result of its struggles. But still …



Got Brains? Zombie Movies While You Wait for World War Z

Got Brains? Zombie Movies While You Wait for World War Z

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Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, and novelist Seth Grahame-Smith creep into Dark Shadows

There’s such a distinct sense of rightness (inevitability, really) about the news that Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have teamed up for a film version of the gothic ’60′s soap, Dark Shadows, adapted by the meistro of post-modern goth fiction, Seth Grahame-Smith (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), it feels like something we’ve all known all along.


State Official Relieved From Duty After Writing Poem About the Benghazi Attack

State Official Relieved From Duty After Writing Poem About the Benghazi Attack

Also today, a close look at Leonardo DiCaprio’s Gatsbyesque entrance, an interesting souvenir from ‘A Clockwork Orange,’ and David Bowie is in ‘Labyrinth’ even more than you think.



The ‘Filth’ Element: The 5 Most Deliciously Despicable Movie Antiheroes

The ‘Filth’ Element: The 5 Most Deliciously Despicable Movie Antiheroes

For anyone who also has a not-so-casual interest in cinematic bad boys …



6 Movie Adaptations That Made the Authors Famous

6 Movie Adaptations That Made the Authors Famous

In the eternal and epic battle between ‘high art and ‘low art,’ the general consensus is that the book beats the movie — even when the movie makes the book. But as much as one could write on the overall superior quality that a novel has to its corresponding film, it’s a given that a movie studio’s decision to adapt a book can generate huge interest in the source material, and even possibly the creator.



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