World War Z - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[ella]

The shot where the zombie pins Brad Pitt down and shakes his head and splattering blood all over Pitt's face is the same as Pitt does in Fight Club (1999), to Lou.

[alyssa]

A storyline that was deleted featured Gerry's wife having an affair with the para jumper from the helicopter from the rescue scene earlier in the film.

[nina]

At the helicopter crash scene the buildings are the same as in the Midnight Express (1978) Turkish prison. Both films shot in Malta.

[wesley]

The 13th biggest grossing film of 2013.

[miriam]

Both, Michiel Huisman and Elyes Gabel, have appeared in HBO's hit TV series Game of Thrones (2011) and both were supporters of the House Targaryen. Like in the movie, both actors never shared a scene on the TV series.

[tamara]

The rewrite was almost at 60 pages long and cost an additional $20 million more. In addition to the new opening and the rewritten third act, the following snippets were added by Drew Goddard and Damon Lindelof, with Christopher McQuarrie doing uncredited dialog sharpening: At the family breakfast, the TV news report of the zombie sighting;Rachel's asthma attack;Gerry's phone call to Karin from South Korea to Jerusalem.

[linda]

In the movie, Daniella Kertesz portrays a Lieutenant in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). In real life, Kertesz disclosed during an interview with "The Times of Israel" that she never served any compulsory time in the IDF, though she did not provide any details on this.

[harry]

The opening to this movie is similar in structure to the opening of Dawn of the Dead (At least, the Zack Snyder remake) with a news report as a title sequence as well as a sequence involving a bedroom and children taking place in the midst of civil unrest and growing widespread chaos.