News > Marc Forster to Direct 'World War Z'

Director Marc Forster, Quantum of Solace, is set to direct World War Z.  According to Variety the bestselling novel about a zombie infestation will be penned by Michael Straczynski and Brad Pitt's, Plan B will be producing.

As for "WWZ," "The genre always fascinated me, and when they pitched it to me, it reminded me of the paranoid conspiracy films of the '70s like 'All the President's Men,' " Forster told Daily Variety.

Par bought the book for Plan B in 2006, and it is one of several high-profile projects for the company headed by Pitt, who next stars for the studio in the David Fincher-directed "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."