Comingsoon.net is reporting that Paramount Pictures has brought Matthew Michael Carnahan in to adapt Max Brooks’ hit book “World War Z”, about a world war against an infestation of flesh craving zombies.

Writer J. Michael Straczynski was initially tapped to penned a draft of the highly-anticipated film adaptation of Brooks’ book. Carnahan has also written on “The Kingdom”, “Lions for Lambs” and “State of Play”.

Marc Forster is attached to direct “World War Z”. No other information on the project such as casting has been released so far.

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By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Comingsoon.net)