Pitt wins battle for World War Z rights
15/06/2006 - 13:22:24Brad Pitt has beaten Leonardo DiCaprio in a bidding war for the film rights to zombie book World War Z.
Brad Pitt's production company Plan B and studio Paramount Pictures competed with Leonardo DiCaprio's firm Applan Way, backed by Warner Bros.
Max Brooks's novel is set 10 years after a global zombie epidemic and is due to be published this autumn. It follows the success of his 2003 book Zombie Survival Guide.
