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David Finch­er is direct­ing a sequel to World War Z

27 Apr 2017

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Brad Pitt is set to reprise his lead role in the apoc­a­lyp­tic zom­bie saga.

It’s no secret that Brad Pitt has been try­ing to get a sequel to World War Z made for some time now. And it looks like he’s final­ly set to get his wish, with a lit­tle help from his close friend David Fincher.

It’s com­ing up to 10 years since the pair last worked togeth­er – on The Curi­ous Case of Ben­jamin But­ton – and this will mark their fourth major col­lab­o­ra­tion fol­low­ing ​’90s hits Sev­en and Fight Club.

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Accord­ing to Vari­ety, Finch­er is very close to clos­ing a deal that will see him direct the next chap­ter in the zom­bie saga, which is adapt­ed from Amer­i­can writer Max Brooks’ apoc­a­lyp­tic hor­ror novel.

Although the project is yet to receive the green light, Pitt’s report­ed court­ing of the direc­tor over the last few years seems to have paid off.

Finch­er has recent­ly com­plet­ed work on the Net­flix Orig­i­nal series Mind­hunter, while Pitt is next appear­ing in David Michôd’s War Machine, which is also arriv­ing this year cour­tesy of the stream­ing giant. Watch the trail­ers for both below…

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