What Could Have Been: World War Z 2

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[@ii-mp1sp]

Can you make one for the upcoming Halloween about the failed Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash or Michael vs. Pinhead?

[@tyrannozilla]

From what I've read of the novel, they should've made it more like a fake documentary about a fictional zombie war, complete with fake interviews with survivors.

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Yeah! Like a mockumentary style

[@tyrannozilla]

@@jasonblundelldobebussing Right, and played completely straight. Imagine the documentary style of "The World at War," but with zombies. Maybe even have some fake commercials from this alternate world, like in "The Confederate States of America."

[@BlueRanger57]

Unlike a lot of books, I think World War Z would work quite well as a streaming-era TV show. Then you can maybe start or finish the series with a bombastic Battle of Yonkers setpiece.

[@jordanwhyte3347]

Said this from the moment I seen they was making the book into a film, it should if been a netflix tv series, and every episode a different survivor story

[@michaelhall1688]

Kind of like how District 9 was done.

[@DinoDave150]

You know, a part of me wishes that JMS' original script was the one that was filmed. Not only would it have been more faithful to the book, but the themes it explored would have aged like the finest of wines.

[@ScottDimple]

Could you elaborate on the themes? I never read the book

[@DinoDave150]

@@ScottDimple I was mostly talking about the themes in the original script, namely the government being neglectful and trying to pass things off as fine when it's a bigger problem.

[@jarrodedson5441]

​@@ScottDimple do me a favor and go out of ur way and find the audio book of the book and listen to the book it's a great book

[@RoloT007]

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[@Maxwel_Rodrigues]

​@@DinoDave150I'd buy that for a dollar!

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

The original book is so cool! My favorite moment was about North Korea. The thing is, the whole nation went AVOL. And even after humanity took the planet back, no one ever heard from them still. It's debated that all of those 20.000.000 basically went to live in the underground bunkers. And the scariest thing is, nobody knows for sure whether or not there are 20 million zombies or 20 million survivors.

[@ryu1771]

Underground bunker for 20 million is nut, is it even possible for north korea to build

[@espiya5557]

My favorite is the schizophrenic pilot, imagine a race of limping human and zombies. Also, the most bad-ass scene is the part where they're about to start reclaiming the world. Imagine how tense and action-packed is the part where they insert a small group of elite forces to create the initial safe zone, then adding more unit to enlarge the safe zone. After that, creating a camp in the middle of that safe zone until they conquer that area and become their initial base of operation. The blind japanese guy might look cool too, but feels really unrealistic.

[@thewhitewolf58]

For me what is interesting is the sad but realistic commentary on government. Dictators like china had their to do list together while democracies struggled and some folded.

[@aotmoments7410]

@@ryu1771 they removed everyones teeth and went underground my guess is they knew it was coming like the Israelis lol they managed to get rid of everyones teeth very fucking fast

[@nobleman9393]

They're dead, the amount of work and resources to create a network of self-sufficient bunkers would be beyond any nation currently, let alone North Korea during an apocalyptic event.

[@pouyamahmoudi]

World War Z had the potential to become a franchise. It can also be a great TV series. It's a shame they did nothing with it after the movie.

[@allencampbell3350]

More like it's a shame they did the movie.

[@eelliott74]

I’m sure we will see a TV series if we live long enough

[@marinated-pollo]

They got Saber interactive to make a game for it. It's pretty good.

[@espiya5557]

​@marinated-pollo the game based on the movie is fun to play. But the novel is a lot better in terms of story compared to the movie.

[@thewhitewolf58]

Classic case of botching a good ip with a tone death movie and then saying that since the movie was bad no one is interested in the ip. Feels like hollywood just saying "we take full responsibility for our successes and none for the failures."

[@1987Liono]

It's super funny how the ending went from a huge battle in Moscow to a small chase scene in Wales.

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[@supahgualtah]

why da hell would complain ?? people man .....

[@erikdaniels0n]

J. Michael Straczynski’s script sounds like it would’ve been a really interesting take on the zombie formula and genre and wayy more in line with the book. It’s a shame that version never got made

[@ukotoa1639]

World War Z book was one of favourite zombie stories, and making it just another Post-apocalyptic world overrun with zombies just takes away everything that made the book great

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

100%

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

​@Bulletsandblockbusters yeh I almost lik th fim coud hsv ben so thing else but prmkut execs just wanted pg 13 walking dead minus th. Lod xbd gore of course

[@thewhitewolf58]

It is like taking a book about 5 kingdoms waring for power with complex political movies, then the movie is about a horny knight who wants to save a princess from king evil.

[@TyroneBruinsmaFilms]

Imagine having David Fincher ready to direct his first blockbuster as a Brad Pitt zombie film but chickening out

[@DiamondDead]

Fincher is way too good of a director to direct some slapped together run off the mill zombie flick.

[@Trazynn]

Fincher is perfect. The book is a collection of interviews the 'author' has with people who lived through the global pandemic. Fincher excels at filming conversations.

[@caiodacosta6951]

the original version sounded like a 90s movie in the best way possible.

[@keizercas6051]

There’s a world out there where WWZ is a miniseries like Chernobyl or band of brothers, sadly that’s not ours

[@chrisj617]

The first version of the film sounded incredible. Somebody go make that movie!

[@JGM483]

Whatever it is.. The hospital scene was so freaking cool. Brad Pitt casually walking against the zombies was just pure goosebumps.

[@Christian39521]

You should do What Could've Been Mathew Vaughn's X-Men: Days of Future Past.

[@desallis]

It should be a streaming series with each episode starting as an interview before going into the story, just like the book, fleshing out the post Z world

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Btw. Fun Fact: Max Brooks had also written a few MINECRAFT novels. Which is hilarious to me, literally shows the man's range: from zombies to blocks.

[@andrewpytko4773]

He also wrote a few G.I. Joe graphic novels.

[@nonaborhan7269]

J. Michael Straczynski script sounded great imo, an interesting twist on a genre that by 2013 had been done to death, and that felt faithful to an exciting book that was already a unique spin on Zombies. It's really sad that Marc Foster thought that he's come back required some big action blockbuster, that was similar to the book in name only. It'll probably never happen, but I'd love for someone else to take over the IP, creating a film that's closer to the book, with a far smaller budget, creating a tense thriller, with personal accounts, a handheld camera style, etc. The one thing I think Carnahan was spot on about is that it might've been misleading to name the original draft as "World War Z," but tbf, that was an early version, and I think the finished film could've evolved into a mix between the original & finished film, with more action being integrated in the 2nd half.

[@mmclaurin8035]

WWZ always should have been an 8 episode mini series on HBO

[@tyrannozilla]

Yes!

[@anom6707]

I remember being so hyped for the sequel when it was announced and then feeling disappointed when it got cancelled. This movie would’ve been so great and would’ve also given us another Pitt/fincher collaboration

[@dnllrnt]

This easily could be a miniseries on HBO or Amazon Prime. The audience follows a UN analyst interviewing survivors each episode at random points of the war, no need to keep the timeline linear. - Battle of Yonkers - The human trafficking out of South Africa - The reality show fiasco in LA - Battle of Hope, NM - How Cuba made it out the best out of all nations - The Exodus to the North and its success in defense. Each episode an hour to an hour and a half. All of those opportunities wasted. If this movie had any other title but "World War Z", it would have been a successful franchise.

[@JurassicKM]

4:28 JMS hit the zombie head right between the eyes there.

[@JazzyBlade-pp4hv]

Hi there, thanks again for another video. Since it’s October and the season of horror. Here are my recommendations for future videos. - George A.Romero’s Resident Evil - Wes Craven and Kevin Willamson’s original vision for the werewolf flick Cursed - Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of At The Mountains of Madness Also, I know that these are not what you call traditional horror films, but I’d still recommend doing a video on these in the future. - Robert Rodriguez’s original draft for Predators in the 90’s - The Hunt: Alien vs Predator by Peter Briggs

[@jasonelliott7977]

I actually read George Romero’s Resident Evil script

[@ross3986]

Man I wish we got the original script filmed. It sounded more faithful to the book and honestly a lot better than what we got

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Same here

[@raulcruz716]

I would have to think the big wigs at the studio may have felt unsure of a sequel being successful due to the zombie genre having been oversaturated at this point. The Resident Evil movies had degenerated from cheesy fun to just being dumb, The Walking Dead just seemed to go on and on, and the Zombieland movies while fun quickly exhausted the gimmick. Maybe the idea of changing the ending to the first film eas a way to actually getting out of a sequel that would probably resulted in diminished returns. The good ideas were exhausted. How many times can they write that zombies are evolving and are tougher to kill? How many times can you have people that don't like each other have to hold up together in a bunker in order to survive? World War Z is better off being a stand alone film. Not every good idea needs to be a multi movie franchise. Just like super hero movie fatigue these days, zombie fatigue was a real thing ten years ago.

[@afunkymonke]

This is also Paramount, the same company that almost ran transformers into the ground and would have if Bumblebee wasn't a change of pace. Oversaturation is their motto.

[@afunkymonke]

@matthewdaley746 i never watched the bad boys movies so I'd have to take your word on that. But while true Michael Bay did have a big hand with how the franchise sank over the installments, it's not like Paramount is blame free as they could have stepped in at any point. This is the same studio that almost gave us crackhead sonic before everyone online complained.

[@raulcruz716]

@@afunkymonke Transformers is different than World War Z because the money isn't recouped from the box office but rather merchandising and other peripheral licensing deals. So Paramount would crank out a new Transformers movie every two or three years that would include two or three new robots and thus new toys would appear to clutter the toy shelves at Walmart and get the video game tie-in going etc. That is harder to do with a concept like World War Z, because I don't think parents want to give their kids zombie action figures with eaten brains accessories for Christmas.

[@jarrodedson5441]

I'm glad we never got a World War Z 2 because I wasnt a fan of the first film.

[@classicsonicthewild6051]

In August Of 2012, Bryan Cranston Entered Negotiations To Join The Film As Gerald Lane, But He Ultimately Had To Drop Out Due To Scheduling Conflicts

[@nielspetersen3324]

Fincher has so many unrealized projects: Black Hole, Torso, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Mission Impossible III (the Joe Carnahan version would also be interesting).

[@essa6315]

The final third of the film definitely feels like it's from a different movie. The scale narrows completely and it feels more like a TV episode than the climax of a movie that has so many huge set pieces.

[@jasonwohlers6151]

It's funny that China doesn't like Zombie movies but they can pioneer Paranormal movies.

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

I recently read Stracyzinski's original script....great.....a China Syndrome/ All the President's Men of zombie movies which shows us lower classes to be expendable with a cameo by -------- under his African birth name, imprisoned for decades and portrayed as a villain

[@kreevisful]

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[@anthonydileonardo8156]

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[@Quirkywatch]

I really liked the film and I’m glad they changed the third act. I still want a sequel😔

[@AustinCDavis]

5:06 I prefer the tense, more personal ending we got. I think this movie is an underrated gem in general.

[@chris.shamblin]

I commented on a previous video that I would be your best friend forever if you released this video, and now I owe you a hangout and a pint, bestie.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Haha love it

[@spacepope87]

I agree that the original script should have been used as a sequel. Though i would have loved it, the movie woupe have bombed hard.

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Zombies on the red square? We call 'em Churkas around here 😂🇷🇺🐻 The more you know...

[@TheMags53]

I can't put to words how much I hate that every single one of these hacks (except Fincher) did everything in their power to NOT ADAPT THE FUCKING BOOK THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ADAPTING and pushing instead their bland generic shitty zombie fanfiction. To think the Quantum of Solace dude wanted to "redeem" himself by destroying another novel and throwing away a perfectly valid script that look like it had the spirit of the book is laughable. I hope one day they grow the balls to do a good anthology series with this book. Every chapter of the book can be adapted into an amazing series of non directly related episodes with a cool cast. First season: Warnings and Blame, second season: The Great Panic and Turning the Tide... and so on until finishing with Total War. One can only dream.

[@TheJFish94]

2:40 It’s actually called “All the President’s Men”, not “All OF the President’s Men”.

[@LordPickles03]

World War Z 100% should've been a HBO miniseries that was just Band Of Brothers but with zombies

[@brantisonfire]

I remember I was so excited after reading the book and hearing the were making a movie based on it. I saw it in theaters and it was packed. I left the theater after the movie and thought to myself, "What the hell was that?" I was sorely disappointed they didn't stick to the narrative as it was laid out in the book.

[@FinalFrontier101]

I heard the audiobook for the abridged version loved it. But if there was a continuation of the plot in the first one i would totally watch it I'm a zombie movie sellout and the special effects and environmental set design was amazing in the first one to me.

[@HumorNWaffles]

5:15 *Caesar's voice* "Zombies strong, together." 😄

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[@williamfarlow2442]

Max Brooks' book is a biting and highly entertaining piece of social commentary wearing a zombie mask. They took the book's title and slapped it on a blah forgettable action movie starring Brad Pitt's hair. (granted the man does have some impressive follicles) Read the novel and/or listen to the audiobook, they're well worth your time.

[@BoxheadBB]

It could have been a better movie and I wish the phrase World War Z hadn't become a meaning for fast zombies. The book is a slow zombie and it should have been that way.

[@tribuneoftheplebs9948]

World war Z should have been an HBO series with each episode being a fake documentary with a journalist talking to a survivor and being about a story from the book.

[@genericlegionaryrecruit7235]

i recently listened to the audiobook of max brooks' bigfoot novel and its honestly really good

[@WolverBean]

That first script sounds like it would have been great. I would have loved that take on the book.

[@vinceleone841]

Having read the original book, it was bad enough knowing how much the film butchered the source material. Finding out now that there was a completed JMS script ready to go that was discarded is even more infuriating.

[@CollectorCody73]

Man, just wanna say you've come so far! I remember you were in the premiere for one of your older videos, I was one of the only lads watching then😅 I said to you I love your videos, and I showed my friends. I knew you'd go far! Look at you now! Keep it up my friend! P.S: Could you do a video on the original plans for The Last of Us movie?

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Thanks!!!!

[@n67088]

They really did option the book just to be able to use the title and play on its recognition. The original script sounded perfect!

[@EcksPhyvWun]

well hell. ive always grumbled about them not carrying the story on but never really looked into it or knew who or what to believe. and then learning of all that we missed out on. now, at the end of this video, i dont know if im more or even less satisfied with their choices lol. only discovered this channel today but i already love it. thank you

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Welcome aboard!

[@anoniemw.222]

A post zombie apocalypse movie would be very cool actually. Like the situation is (kinda) back in control, after a major outbreak (maybe even billions death). Looking for what happened and having a part in the movie play outside the zombie free (green zones). Also having big post/apocalyptic cities and communities with big walls

[@ethandoyle4978]

Considering the aftermath video game is the closest thing to a sequel , they should’ve introduced the second and third game by adding some sort of dlc to the video game with those stories

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

great video. It would have been great to follow different people's stories during the World war z trilogy. The first movie could follow a soldier, the second would follow the people and hte third would follow Pitt as the investigative journalist

[@austinnatwick5293]

Can you please do Ryan Gosling’s WolfMan

[@pouyamahmoudi]

I've been waiting for this video a long time. Thank you.

[@_grumpytoad]

I would have loved to see J. Michael Straczynski's version of the film!

[@michelelyons9410]

World WAr Z was badly handled from the very beginning, and it never got better. the movie was only popular because of the special effects and terrific huge action scenes. No one was worrying about the story or plot.

[@Hawty_Hans]

I loved wwz it's so underrated and I want a second movie so bad especially after the games

[@mathieuleader8601]

To this day I'm stunned that Mel Brooks son created this property that's so cool!

[@averagejoesjimshomeprojects]

Really enjoyed this one, thank you for clearing up why we never got a sequel to what I considered a great film that is fun to revisit on occasion. I think the final film ending we got was much better than what the original ending that was shot would’ve been. It was smarter and the scene in the laboratory was suspenseful and excellent. I have read the book which is also an entertaining read and think they complement each other well for what could have been a great franchise opportunity. I’m still pretty sad about it that they didn’t bring Pitt back for sequels and explore the “fast zombies” further. I think Pitt did a great job on this film and consider it one of my favorites of his.

[@Zarin_Tao]

Also what could have been Monsters Inc 2 wold be great I heard it was scrapped because the company making it shut down so would love to see how that would of turned out

[@seanrowe6973]

Thanks for ep! 👍🏾

[@aegypticus1993]

Would’ve worked better as an anthology series as long as it remained faithful to the source material. The Walking Dead’s issue for the first several seasons (I stopped watching right before the Whisperers stuff) is that it drags too long for dramatic purposes. WWZ could have still had its human-centric moments, they’re still the core of any zombie story, albeit confined enough to not let each episode drag

[@Trazynn]

Should have been a TV series. In fact, a group of actors could do a better job of adapting the novel on a KZbin channel. Crowdfunding a few flashbacks, done.

[@infinitydayyan8593]

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[@douglassoul1978]

Oh well, I'm glad the World War Z game keeps adding content, been having fun

[@grimcity]

They could just remake the audio book, but use cameras this time. Read the novel, then got the "unabridged" audio for travelling... the cast is insanely great... Mark Hamill, Alan Alda, Henry Rollins, and on and on.

[@eyoutube1]

Black Summer is probably the next best thing. It's the most realistic zombie movie in a similar fast-zombie setting.

[@DavidBrown-wo9ip]

As many iterations of Salems Lot we got, a World War Z reboot on a streaming service, with no relation to the movie, (except the title), staying faithful to the book in say ten to twelve 75-90 minute episodes, done in a documentary style, is completely feasible.😎✌️

[@tremorsfan]

You can still see footage of the original ending in the final film.

[@kazafridi2029]

Wish we got all 3 movies

[@afunkymonke]

"Why option this book?" because name recognition, that's literally it. Why waste time coming up with some title that may or may not get butts in seats, when most people interested in zombies will know World War Z.

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Exactly. It’s a known IP

[@afunkymonke]

@@Bulletsandblockbusters if anything, this should have started with The Zombie Survival Guide, which then blows up into the full on World War Z. Take that and make the other 2 films in the trilogy, as I just don't see how they could really cover the scoop of the entire war and how many years it lasted in 2 hours or less. Yonkers alone could be a good 20 minutes, along with some of the early outbreaks, the entire India arc, the progression of the tactics and tools used by humanity, and then save maybe 20 or so minutes in the third movie to show the epilogue/ clean up, and how much this incident has truly affected the world and those who still live. You really get no sense from the movie we got that this was more than, what maybe a week or two? And yeah people seem sad but not as messed up as they should in an extinction level event. Unironically they should have made this after the movie Greenland, that had in my opinion a very good optimistic ending even if the world is absolutely messed up by the end.

[@Malum09]

I'm surprised they aren't trying to make it now as a Streaming series closer to the book.

[@knockout9446]

Lets face it. Brad Pitt killed the first one when he made it PG13 so his “kids could see a zombie movie in the theaters”. How F’n dumb was that? WWZ felt like a children’s zombie movie. I have a hard time Pitt couldn’t get his kids into an R rated movie. I always got in fine when I was underage.

[@mrtacobell1190]

The movie wasn't terrible for a "zombie movie" but they didn't do it justice. I personally wished they made this as a TV series. 1 episode = one story of each character from the book. There would be SO much more story building.

[@charliebronson1274]

Should've been a mini series on HBO or Prime. A missed opportunity.

[@averagejoesjimshomeprojects]

So excited for this one! I’ve been waiting for it.

[@drp1bb856]

I remember reading a short article from Max Brooks about the bidding war between Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprios production companies for the movie rights to WWZ. Brooks has disavowed the movie. I’d really love to know what plans DiCaprio had for the book.

[@joshk4597]

Keep this second, then give us a third where we see him going around interviewing and writing it down

[@DarickPadre94]

Your voice is perfect

[@tjjordan4207]

To be honest, I never really cared about the World War Z movie. Brad Pitt was honestly boring as the main protagonist, as was the story, but what did help it stay fresh in my mind was the way how zombies were used. From forming like a mountain to get over walls, to the way they fell off large buildings or walls, and how they moved like a wave when piling on top of each other. Just hearing that J. Michel Stracznski was involved in the original script really makes me wish they had done his version instead. The way how they changed the script reminds me of how I Am Legend and Hancock were changed to be more suited for Will Smith. Seriously, why do studios think making films more action-packed is the only way to get people's attention? It normally does more harm than good.

[@roryscott2941]

While Straczynski's draft does sound closer to the book, I am confident the studio would have still find ways to screw it up. Probably best to stick to the audio book or some future fan projects

[@atomic.madness452]

Honestly the whole thing should have been a TV show. One chapter = one to two episodes. Have filler episodes of the narrator investigating government corruption on the side and being stalled between getting to interviewees if need be.

[@johnaraya3761]

man im late for this 1 bossman sorry lol work sucks hahaha time to relax to my fav channel! thanks always bossman

[@Bulletsandblockbusters]

Where you been?! Not the same without you brother

[@elliott2513]

I love JMS, his back in black spider-man was awesome.

[@jamesfriesen191]

Max Brooks has stated several times that the only similarity between the movie and the book is the title itself.

[@cia5649]

tbh it would be fantastic as a tv start with a interview like last of us then have each episode like a new story

[@Functional_Dissident]

Damn. That sounds great. The book was phenomenal

[@josephamato2031]

The sequel we deserved. First movie made money. And it was reslly good

[@Lifegivinglemons]

"You can't make a movie called World War Z, without showing the War." Yes, you can. The book proved that. And besides, if they'd have adapted the book. It couldve been interspliced with scenes of the battles, like in the book! Honestly, this would've been so much better as a series than a movie. I liked the movie, but the book outclassed it in every way.

[@AOIbis]

I really enjoyed WWZ when it came out, always wished it got a sequel.

[@nanky432]

Honestly, that first script could have resulted in a cheaper film and would have ultimately made the studio more money. Allowing for a sequel to be made that explored a possible second world outbreak, which would have made the film title: ‘world war z 2’ a much better title card.

[@JoaoGuilherme-hp6zs]

Make the unproduced sequel of my bloody Valentine

[@VideoHeadMan]

So upset no sequel ever materialized

[@Avalon_1991]

The book would work better as a few season TV show. Each character interviewed could be a different episode with the interviewer being the same person to add continuity and he could be a narrator which could be used to fill in any gaps in the story. It's a shame as the book is one of the best books I've read and I've never really liked zombies.

[@impshade3208]

The idea for WWZ actually sounds good! An airborne virus that makes zombies attack each other? Heck yes! I’m in!

[@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805]

*finds a way to defeat zombies* "the war has just begun" ....?

[@Zarin_Tao]

I would love to know and what could have been Divergent Series: Ascendant