By Terri Schwartz April 18, 2013 2:03 PM ET Follow @Terri_Schwartz on Twitter | Google There aren't that many Brad Pitt movies that are kid-friendly. With the exception of his involvement in movies like "Megamind," "Moneyball," "Happy Feet Two" and "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas," the majority of the films Pitt's made in the past 10 years either aren't ones his children would want to watch or aren't ones they should watch. That's why Pitt turned to his sons when it came time to choose his next project. He told reporters at CinemaCon that he asked Maddox , 11, Pax , 9, and Knox , 4, what movie they would like to ! see him star in, and they decided on "World War Z." "Four years ago I knew nothing about zombies but now I consider myself an expert," Pitt admits, according to Deadline . "This whole thing started because I just wanted to do a film my boys could see before they turned 18, one they li...

Las Vegas - Brad Pitt made World War Z so his sons could see it. The actor will next be seen on the big screen in the zombie apocolaypse blockbuster and admits he only took the role to impress his three sons with Angelina Jolie - Maddox, 12, Pax, nine and four-year-old Knox. Introducing a screening of the film at CinemaCon in Las Vegas earlier this week, he said: "Listen, five years ago, I knew absolutely nothing about a zombie; today, I consider myself an expert. Production setbacks "This whole thing started because I just wanted to do a film that my boys could see before they turned 18 - one that they would like, anyways. And they love a zombie. So we settled on this book, Max Brooks' book called World War Z ." Pitt - who also has three daughters, Zahara, eight, Shiloh, six, and Vivienne, four - went on to discuss the setbacks the film faced, adding: "We were faced with two Herculean challenges - how do we keep the global, spectacular, dynamic scope of the bo...

Brad Pitt said he decided to do World War Z for his sons Maddox, Knox, and Pax. Credit: Splash News What a family man! Brad Pitt revealed that he decided to take on zombie epic World War Z as a way to connect with his three sons -- Maddox , 11, Pax , 9, and Knox , 4. "Four years ago I knew nothing about zombies but now I consider myself an expert," he told reporters at the CinemaCon convention on Monday, April 15, Deadline.com reports . "This whole thing started because I just wanted to do a film my boys could see before they turned 18, one they liked anyway and they loved zombies. So we settled on Max Brooks' book called World War Z ." PHOTOS: Brad Pitt's life as a dad The 49-year-old actor is also father to three girls with longtime partner Angelina Jolie -- Zahara , 8, Shiloh , 6, and Knox's twin sister Vivienne , 4. Pitt added that deciding to take on the film proved to be a challenge in two ways: "How do we keep the global spectacular dynam...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Actor-producer Brad Pitt made an unannounced appearance at the annual CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas to show off material from his upcoming apocalyptic epic, "World War Z." "Listen, five years ago, I knew absolutely nothing about a zombie; today, I consider myself an expert," Pitt said, smiling for a packed house of surprised theater owners at Caesars Palace on Monday night. "This whole thing started because I just wanted to do a film that my boys could see before they turned 18 - one that they would like, anyways. And they love a zombie." The 49-year-old Pitt and partner Angelina Jolie have six children, including three sons, and the couple owns a house in the French Quarter. "So, we settled on this book, Max Brooks' book, called 'World War Z,'" Pitt continued. "We were faced with two Herculean challenges: How do we keep the global, spectacular, dynamic scope of the book and how do we originate a genre that...

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11:52, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 Selena Gomez has confessed she hid under a table when meeting Brad Pitt at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday (April 14). During an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , the Spring Breakers actress - who performed her new single Come & Get It at the ceremony - recalled her odd reaction after coming face-to-face with Pitt. She said: "Yeah, so I was in my dressing room and I had just finished performing. They knocked on my door and they said Brad Pitt would like to come in and I was like, 'He can come in'. I was trying to play it cool and be really nice. "As soon as he walked out I ran and I hid under the craft service table for like two minutes because I couldn't believe it was happening." Selena went on to admit she has a huge crush on the 49-year old, joking: "He was like, 'Can I have a picture with you?' I was like, 'Can I have a picture with you?'" Ellen then asked Gomez if she was doing...

17 April 2013 Brad Pitt admitted he and the World War Z team got "a little carried away" making the zombie-thriller. Brad Pitt made a special on-stage appearance at a special preview screening of his new movie World War Z at CinemaCon this week. Introducing new snippets of the zombie-thriller to a packed house in Las Vegas, Pitt revealed that he agreed to making the movie to give his boys something good to watch before they turn 18. Speaking about the scope of the big-budget production, directed by Marc Foster, Pitt told the gathered audience, "So we settled on this book, Max Brooks' book called World War Z. We were faced with two herculean challenges. How do we keep the global spectacular dynamic scope of the book? And how do we originate a genre that's been done quite often and done really really well. What you're about to see is the answer to those two questions. We got a little carried away." Watch Brad Pitt Introduces 'World War Z' Video B...