Anthony Mackie has gotten an offer to star with Brad Pitt in “World War Z" and is under consideration to join The Gangster Squad reports Variety.
Marc Forster's “Z” is based on the Max Brooks' created comic book Matthew Michael Carnahan, brother of director Joe Carnahan, performed a rewrite on the script.
Set a decade after a virus has turned much of the planet's population into zombies, the story follows a journalist interviewing subjects from around the world about their experiences during the 'zombie war'.
The book fuses elements of political satire, war and survival horror as it explores how various nations, governments and individuals respond to the crisis.
Mireille Enos is in talks to play Pitts' wife
Ruben Fleischer ("Zombieland") helms 'Squad'. Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin also star.
Based on a series of LA Times articles, the true story tale follows a secret "off the record" police task force in the 1940 who pursued high-profile gangster Mickey Cohen (Penn), a member of the so-called Jewish Mob.
Will Beall, a former LAPD officer who patrolled South Central and wrote the novel L.A. Rex penned the script.
Mackie is currently filming “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” and there is no confirmation on either role yet.
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