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World War Z to be a Trilogy…

Max Brooks — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:26:18 +0000

…at least that’s what I read in the L.A. Times:
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/03/news/la-en-brad-pitt-20120103

TOURING THE CDC

Max Brooks — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:31:45 +0000

Recently I was given a unique opportunity to tour the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. During my tour I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Ali Khan, the Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, as well as the creative team behind their new zombie preparedness outreach program. My experience was as comforting as it was terrifying. The comfort came from seeing how intelligent, organized and proactive the CDC’s efforts are both at home and around the world. The terror came from the revelation that these efforts are now under fire from our own government. In the new political climate of deficit reduction and budget slashing, the CDC has watched its resources shrink by roughly one third. At a time when the global population is exploding, national borders are fading, and the existential threat of disease has never been greater, our first and best line of defense is being dismantled.

With Dave Daigle the Associate Director for Communications in the Directors Conference Room in the Emergency Operation Center.

With Dave Daigle at the Situation Awareness Wall in the Emergency Operations Center.

Dr. Ali Khan, Director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

With Dave Daigle, James Archer, Mark Connor, Alissa Ekert, Bob Hobbs, and Maggie Silver, the Team behind the zombie graphic novel.

The Great Wall

Max Brooks — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:59:31 +0000

For a while now, Thomas Tull (Legendary Entertainment) and I have been kicking around an idea about a movie that takes place at the Great Wall of China (not to be confused with my short zombie WWZ story ‘Great Wall’). Now it looks like Ed Zwick (Glory, Last Samurai) is interested in developing the project.

Check out the detail at

http://collider.com/ed-zwick-the-great-wall/111170/.”

WORLD WAR Z MOVIE RELEASE DATE

Max Brooks — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:14:34 +0000

It’s official, World War Z is deep into production and now Paramount has slated it to be released on 12/21/2012

Back to School

Max Brooks — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:35:55 +0000

A few weeks ago, I was asked to speak at Pitzer College, my old Alma Mater.

It was a hell of an honor.

The CDC Finally Mentions Zombies

Max Brooks — Fri, 20 May 2011 00:59:50 +0000

The Center for Disease Control has issued a press release detailing their anti-zombie protection plan. Nice to see our leadership is on the case.

AOL PSA

Max Brooks — Thu, 12 May 2011 00:01:38 +0000

AOL asked me to record a Public Service Announcement on zombie preparedness. Here are a few tips that should keep everyone safe:
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GI JOE: TALES FROM THE COBRA WARS

Max Brooks — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:27:06 +0000

IDW has just release a compilation of GI JOE short stories. While they’re prose stories and not comics, they do have illustrations, and while they all deal with the continuing conflict between the Joes and Cobra, they’re not part of one continuos story. Authors include: Chuck Dixon, Matt Forbeck, Jonathan Maberry, John Skipp, Cody Goodfellow, Duane Swierczynski, Denniss Tafoya, Jon McGoran and Gabriele Dell’Otto. My role in this project was as the co-editor, along with Jeff Conner. I did contribute a story, but it’s more of a short ‘bonus’ story. IDW decided to include it because it introduces a new GI JOE Charachter that they plan to use in the comic series.

Tales From The Cobra Wars is now available at most bookstores or can just be ordered here: http://www.amazon.com/G-I-Joe-Tales-Cobra-Wars/dp/1600108814/ref=pd_sim_b_7

World War Z Movie Update

Max Brooks — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:28:37 +0000

Two weeks ago, I was informed by the folks at Plan B that the movie version of ‘World War Z’ was on track to shoot sometime this year for a release sometime next year. I wish I had more details to pass on, but, as I’ve explained in the past, I am little more than a spectator. My involvement with this process consisted of selling the movie rights of my book to Plan B/Paramount. I have no creative input in the process, and have not even read Matt Carnahan’s script (although given his previous work, its bound to be pretty amazing). At this point, all I can do is sit on the sidelines and root for the team and with Brad Pitt, Matt Carnahan and Marc Forster, that’s one hell of a team!

Deadliest Warrior: Vampires vs Zombies

Max Brooks — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:44:32 +0000

After swearing to secrecy for the last few months, all of us can finally break our silence. Late last year Spike shot an episode of ‘Deadliest Warrior’ that featured zombies pitted against vampires. On one side, the zombie experts were Matt Mogk and myself, and on the other side, the vampire experts were Steve Niles and Scott Bowen. The show is due to air sometime this summer.