We say surprise because the party line on the original World War Z was that it was destined to be a disaster.
We have stories going back almost a year that link the Fight Club and Zodiac director to the open chair for World War Z 2, a sequel to a surprise hit for Brad Pitt and his Plan B Entertainment.
There’s no point in dredging up all the production issues that the movie ran into, because when it finally opened, the film was a success.
Reshoots and rewrites on the zombie-apocalypse thriller had worked — even though they attracted negative headlines for the movie — and as the box office receipts climbed north of $540 million worldwide, the talk of a franchise began.