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Posted By brendoman 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment

When “Quantum of Solace” director Marc Forster was chosen to helm the adaptation of Max Brooks’ “World War Z” zombie-stravaganza, we noted that it was a surprising pairing — but with noted television, movie and comics author J. Michael Straczynski already penning the screenplay and Brad Pitt’s Plan B producing, the project was certainly developing some heat. Now, with “Solace” in its fifth impressive week at the box office, MTV News spoke to Straczynski about the addition of Forster to the already buzzworthy project and how he plans to adapt Brooks’ novel.

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    Rollic11 months, 2 weeks ago

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    Dear God, I hope they can pull it off. The book is one of the best things I've read in years and the audiobook is a tour de force (though stupidly abridged).

    I still can't wrap my head around how they're going to turn a series of intercut interviews into a linear first-person storyline, but hopefully, they can find a way to make it work.

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