Last Monday, Paramount announced that they are removing "Friday the 13th" and "World War Z 2" from their 2017 release calendar. Replacing Brad Pitt's zombie apocalypse movie was Darren Aronofsky's 'mother!' starring Jennifer Lawrence. The films was supposed to release on June 9, though a directing deal was yet to be made.
The project lost track when director J.A. Bayona was removed from the equation in January 2016. The director said that he cannot work on the project because he was not given enough time to cook the movie. However, Paramount is not fully shutting down the movie as they are still hoping for a 2018 or a 2019 release.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a new shed of light was glimpsed for the film as the critically acclaimed director, David Fincher expressed his inclination on directing the zombie pandemic sequel. This offer provides a great opportunity for the franchise as the hype will die down if Paramount will continue on dragging the film for a later release date. With Fincher taking the helm, "World War Z 2" will able to put back on schedule.
Another advantage for the film is that Pitt and Fincher go way back sharing a long-running collaboration since 1995. The latest of their endeavors together was "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" while the film "Se7en" was the first project that they worked together. Fincher is showing much interest in the sequel saying that he 'was very much on board' on the new take on the sequel.
Paramount didn't find any problems regarding the budget that the director is presenting them. Fincher claimed that he can make the film about a man and his family trying to survive a zombie infested world with less than the original's budget of $190 million. However, Paramount is not convinced and is still reluctant on giving the project a green light as reported by Collider.
If things went sour the project still has Skydance that is co-producing and co-financing the film giving the project a huge of margin for errors. Skydance can fill up as a financial buffer to help if problems arise so there will be no issue for financial issues. Still, Paramount chief simply said that the studio was not yet ready for the film.
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