Marc Forster, director of the opinion-dividing Quantum Of Solace, has signed on to helm the adaptation of Max Brooks’ critically acclaimed novel World War Z.

The book, told from the viewpoint of a UN researcher, chronicles the stories of survivors of a zombie epidemic that spans the globe and cripples every country. The entire novel is documented in flashback in a disjointed structure that sets each chapter in a new arena with new characters.

It sounds like it couldn’t possibly work, but fortunately screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski is on the case, and after he is inevitably nominated for an Oscar for the Clint Eastwood-directed The Changeling, excitement for this project will begin to build.

“The genre always fascinated me, and when they pitched it to me, it reminded me of the paranoid conspiracy films of the ’70s like All The President’s Men,” says Forster. Sounds like he already has a good idea for the film.

Production is being overseen by Brad Pitt’s Plan B studio, although no word about the actor’s involvement has been confirmed or denied.

Everything sounds promising. Just one piece of advice for Mr Forster - perhaps the editing could be less frenetic this time?

Source: Variety