After having my heart trampled on by the stupidity that was the Snake Eyes poster from the G.I. Joe movie, I definitely need something to cheer me up. Thank god then that I was able to find this picture of some concept art for the possible World War Z film that is currently in pre-production.
World War Z, for those unfamiliar with it, is a book that was written by Max Brooks (the same guy who wrote the Zombie Survival Guide). It's about the zombie apocalypse as told by those who survived through the events. Written as a historical account of the war with the undead, the book features a fictional author as he interviews different people and relates their stories of survival in a world overrun by zombies. Basically, the book reads like a report to the UN on how the infection started and then spread across the world.
The book is currently in the process of having a film adaptation made of it. Brad Pitt's production company Plan B Entertainment has attained the rights to the film, and writer J. Michael Straczynski is currently writing a screenplay for it.
The concept art shown above is by artist Daniel LuVisi who isn't officially a part of the project exactly, but he's put the piece together in an attempt to get hired on as a conceptual designer for the film. I really hope that the people at Plan B are paying attention to this, because it's a beautiful piece of work. They definitely need to hire this man, and fast. I would go see any zombie film that looked even half as good as the action in this painting looks.
I did have to shrink the image a bit to get it to fit here on Geek-tastic though. If you'd like to see a bigger version of the image (including some close ups on part of the image), click here.
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