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[PhantomX1313]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/world-war-z-sequel-pulled-release-calendar-972612

World War Z 2 isn't the only Paramount title losing a slot. Friday the 13th, which was previously set to hit theaters Oct. 13, has also been removed from the schedule.

Now they are only left with MI6.

 

[overcast]

Is paramount just gonna die?

 

[Owari]

Lame, I liked the other one.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Thank god... the first one was fucking trash.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Lame, I liked the other one.

*twitching*

 

[HStallion]

The first was such a missed opportunity so I'm not exactly sad to see this one go. It deserved a lot better and would have made a far better series on HBO or something.

 

[TheFlow]

They probably watched Train to Busan and realized they won't top it.

 

[TheSeks]

Probably for the best.

 

[chrisPjelly]

Is it going to be called World War Super?

 

[Hoje0308]

antitrop will be crushed. Huge fan of WWZ.

 

[BronsonLee]

Highly doubt that it doesn't come back, first one did too well

 

[LakeEarth]

Too late, it already came out.

 

[iuxion]

So David Fincher said no?

 

[Order]

Is it going to be called World War Super?

World War GT

 

[Kadin]

Thank god... the first one was fucking trash.

Trash? I'm fine with people not liking it but saying it was trash is just... well mean!

 

[andythinkpad]

Did Damon Lindelof work on the script again?

 

[The Driver]

This was super obvious when it wasn't in production by summer of last year lol.

First one was pretty lame, and the book deserves better. Can't lie though, if Fincher came on board I'd get hyped.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Trash? I'm fine with people not liking it but saying it was trash is just... well mean!

That plane sequence is one of the most bizarrely dumb set-pieces I'd seen in the movie in the last 5 years. And not in a "HAHA OH MAN DID YOU SEE THAT?!" kind of dumb. It was just horribly put together.

 

[Xyrmellon]

I wish they would have kept the original ending to the first one.

 

[Undead Fantasy]

I loved the first one.

 

[Sapiens]

Brad Pitt is an amazing actor.

 

[MrCunningham]

Is paramount just gonna die?

Paramount had an awful 2016 outside of a few exceptions like 10 Cloverfield Lane and Arrival. Ben-Hur, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Star Trek Beyond (was a flop), Zoolander 2...

And their 2017 outlook is looking like this.... Monster Trucks, xXx: The Return of Xander Cage and Rings. I guess they do have Ghost in the Shell.

As much as I hate to say this, Transformers is probably going to bail them out with the money it is going to make in the Chinese market (again, probably), and It will be a temporary bandage .

Their outlook isn't looking very good right now and they are starting to close down productions on movies that look like they will under perform from their point of view.

 

[HStallion]

That plane sequence is one of the most bizarrely dumb set-pieces I'd seen in the movie in the last 5 years. And not in a "HAHA OH MAN DID YOU SEE THAT?!" kind of dumb. It was just horribly put together.

I know what kind of movie it was when the genius guy falls over and shoots himself

 

[Darknight]

WTF WWZ was complete trash. (I know people have diff taste but cmon!)

Good news they wont make another. Its like the prequel to "The Mummy" reboot. Just trash movies.

 

[BronsonLee]

That plane sequence is one of the most bizarrely dumb set-pieces I'd seen in the movie in the last 5 years. And not in a "HAHA OH MAN DID YOU SEE THAT?!" kind of dumb. It was just horribly put together.

Apparently that got added on last minute?

I know what kind of movie it was when the genius guy falls over and shoots himself

I fuckin died laughing at that
Trips, falls, takes a bullet right in the brain pan, dumb ass

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Paramount just needs to convince Eddie Murphy to shoot Coming Back To America.

The contemporary jokes will write themselves.

 

[Barrylocke]

I can't speak with a true opinion on this, as any bitterness I have with World War Z I have is purely based on it not being true to the book. I just think that it would have been better as an episodic show.

Although how viable would this have been with the short stories usually having different people

 

[Turbowaffles]

No Friday the 13th? I was looking forward to that.

 

[tapedeck]

Thank god... the first one was fucking trash.

Heh, I actually thought it was really good.

 

[bonesmccoy]

Eh, the book wasn't all that great in the 1st place.

Give us the Southern Reach trilogy!

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Did Damon Lindelof work on the script again?

His involvement in the film is typically credited as the reason it ended up working as opposed to failing out completely.

 

[Timeaisis]

The funny part about Friday the 13th is if they move it, is they lose the date.

I don't see the reason to make the movie anymore haha.

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

Shouldn't come as a surprise. Didn't love or hate the first film, just thought it was ok. Hopefully if the sequel does get made, it's a lot better.

 

[kevin1025]

I think their problem is trying to keep Brad Pitt tied to it. Make a spiritual sequel and call it World War X, and have it be someone else's experience during the same timeframe.

 

[OrlanisWorks]

First one had fun moments but was generally a great squandering of great source material only rivaled, to my knowledge, by Ridley Scott's Robin Hood.

It deserves no sequel. I still want to see Ton Cruise missile fight the mummy tho

 

[Fancyarcher]

Good, now maybe Fincher can actually make a film that's actually interesting and worthwhile.

 

[zeemumu]

DAMN YOU MONSTER TRUCKS!

 

[neurosisxeno]

I think their problem is trying to keep Brad Pitt tied to it. Make a spiritual sequel and call it World War X, and have it be someone else's experience during the same timeframe.

That name makes literally no sense. At least World War Z is a logical name, if you're going to rename it or do a alt-timeline "sequel" you might as well just name it World War Z: <Subtitle>. I can't think of one because I think telling it from another perspective would be silly since they covered the entire globe in the first and were the ones who found a "cure". An alternative perspective would just be someone losing all their friends and family for no real reason.

 

[andrerobot]

Shame, I really loved WWZ.

 

[MilesTeg]

I agree that the first movie sucked. Total snore fest.

 

[OnPoint]

Is the first one the one where Brad Pitt winces and grunts his way through a plane crash?

Oh darn.

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Maybe they can now make a serialized Netflix show that'll be faithful to the book?

A guy can dream can't he?

 

[SArcher]

Good. Less competition for WW.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Spoiler

Yes, I saw the OP.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Paramount just needs to convince Eddie Murphy to shoot Coming Back To America.

The contemporary jokes will write themselves.

With Nick Cannon. Reboot!

 

[Maintenance]

Paramount just needs to convince Eddie Murphy to shoot Coming Back To America.

The contemporary jokes will write themselves.

Why? We already have a remake of that coming next year, it's called Black Panther.

j/k

 

[antitrop]

The first one is the worst zombie movie I've ever seen.

 

[Randam]

New Friday the 13th?

 

[reckless]

That sucks, the first was cool.

 

[samar11]

Damn that sucks I loved the first one!