In October 2013, director Marc Foster announced that he will not return for "World War Z 2", post which Spanish helmer JA Bayona (The Impossible) was given the director's chair, reported Aceshowbiz.
The original film was based on Max Brooks' 2006 novel "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War."
Brad Pitt, who is producing the film will reprise his role of a a former United Nations investigator, who stops a zombie pandemic.