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"Brad Pitt will lead the cast of director Marc Forster&amp;#039;s zombie movie World War Z. PItt, who is also a producing the film through his Plan B company at Paramount, is expected to play a UN researcher gathering together interviews from the survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Screenwriters J. Michael Straczynski and Matthew Michael Carnahan adapted the screenplay from Max Brooks&amp;#039;s best-selling novel. The project was first announced in 2006, with Pitt beating Leonardo DiCaprio to secure the big screen rights. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m glad they took their time, and are trying to make the best zombie movie they can,&amp;quot; Brooks told MTV of Pitt&amp;#039;s involvement. Paramount has also reportedly snapped up the rights to Brooks&amp;#039;s The Zombie Survival Guide and graphic novel The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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