Juan Antonio Bayona has just left as the director of the sequel to World War Z, according to reports.
Bayona started his film career in Spain and sparked Hollywood’s attention with his movie The Orphanage, The Impossible and the most recent movie A Monster Calls featuring Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver and Toby Kebbell for Focus Features.
But, the sequel to World War Z is now looking for a new director as Juan Antonio Bayona has left the Paramount and Plan B production. Brad Pitt is reprising his lead role as the man who knows how to fight zombies. The studio have a script that was written by Steven Knight and later rewritten by Dennis Kelly. However, Bayona’s quick exit from the movie is being blamed on timing, according to Deadline.
The studio is expected to finish the movie by June 9, 2017 and Bayona felt like he needed more time to film his new movie, A Monster Calls. The studio confirmed Bayona’s departure by saying, “Bayona is no longer able to make World War Z 2 this year, and it is our ambition to do so. He is a wonderful director and we hope to work with him soon.”
If you are looking to direct a major motion picture, then you better call your agent because this is one of the biggest directing jobs now hiring in Hollywood.
World War Z is used to challenges and problems. In fact, producers redrafted and shot a new ending for the first movie. It escalated the budget to over $200 million. However, it did extremely well in the box office earning $540 million.
