Sometimes I wonder if I’ve lost my mind. And cruising the internets for news does not help that standpoint one bit. In fact, it made it a whole lot worse when I stumbled on one of Brad Pitt’s newest projects.

Completely Bughouse Nuts

Brad Pitt, for reasons that baffle me to this very second, is planning to appear in the movie version of Max Brooks’ World War Z.

Now…you may be familiar with Max Brooks, son of comedic legend Mel Brooks, and Max’s thoroughly pedantic The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead (Dude, come on. You just plain can’t hijack the entire mythos by claiming your zombies are the only correct ones. That’s arrogance in the absolute!). But Max also wrote a book: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. And it’s this book, with its sheer arrogance and fascination with the Shaolin spade, that Brad Pitt will be producing.

Perhaps the best part is how Brooks will not be writing the screenplay for the movie of his own book, claiming he’s not accomplished enough screenwriter to do the job. And considering his previous screenwriting credit is from Saturday Night Live I’m inclined to agree.

But zombie movie is zombie movie, and there’s definitely much worse than Brooks’ out there. For better or for worse, arrogance is the only crime you can pin on Brooks—he knows his zombies fairly well. Thusly, I’m looking forward to it. Even with Brad Pitt.

And for Brad Pitt, Kwanzoo waits for you to stage your own zombie war. With or without Brad Pitt.

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