Brad Pitt Zombie Movie Rolls Off Track

Brad Pitt has high hopes for his new zombie moviebut production on World War Zhas apparently turned into a total nightmare.

Pitt, who is producing as well as starring in the new movie, has apparently ordered several reshoots and is planning on rewriting the ending of the movie. According to Canoe, screenwriter Damon Lindelof has been called into to rewrite the script and directorMarc Forster has planned several weeks of reshoots.

The movie was scheduled to be released this December but Pitt and the other executives have pushed the release date back to next Summer so that they can fix the movie.

Paramount film group presidentAdam Goodmansaid:

The footage from this film looks fantastic, but we all agreed it can have a better ending.Getting the ending correct is essential, and we are in that creative process.World War Zis a giant summer movie and we are confident it will be a global hit when its released June 2013.

One source close to the production of World War Z said:Its a nightmare from top to bottom.

The Hollywood Reporter notes that Pitt was able to hire the director of his choice, Marc Forster, to helm the new zombie movie. Forster wasnt, however, allowed to bring his usual team with him. Instead, Forster was surrounded by seasoned, but unfamiliar, faces. Forster also isnt too experienced with big budget special effect movies. This, according to a source, has caused constant bickering on the set.

The director was not empowered. There was nobody that steered the ship. When you get [a director] who cant do it all you get a struggle as to whose is the singular voice. They just couldnt get it right. Th! ere was a lot of spinning of plates, a lot of talking. [But] they did not have a plan.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the movies budget is now north of $170 million and at least 5 weeks of reshoots will be needed to complete the film.

World War Z has been having problems since production began, which was made evident earlier this year when aHungarian anti-terrorism unit raided a warehouse and confiscated 85 fully functional automatic assault rifles.Pitt was reportedly furious with the crew for making the mistake of purchasing real guns.