Drew Goddard Talks ‘World War Z’ And His Involvement

Collider recently spoke with Drew Goddard (Cabin In The Woods) and one of the subjects that came up was his involvement in the troubled  Marc Forster helmed World War Z. It was reported earlier that Damon Lindelof (Prometheus) had been brought in to sort out some issues with the ending before they went back for re-shoots. Then later reports indicated that he had passed this on to Goddard due to him having other commitments. Well, from the looks of it the reports of him re-writing the entire third act may have been blown a bit out of proportion.

“I think a lot of that got blown out of proportion. It really was like, they asked me to come look at the movie and give ideas on how to help, and that’s what happened. That happens all the time, I don’t know why this got blown up with World War Z and it suddenly became a big thing. It’s the sort of thing that happens with screenwriters all the time where you give your ideas on what could help, you write some scenes for people. I feel bad for the sort of magnifying glass that that movie’s under because this is just a normal part of the process, this is just what happens. My involvement was just watch the movie, give some ideas, write some scenes that might help, ADR, just sort of fill in stuff, which is what I did.”

In regard to what he thinks of World War Z, while he can’t give too much away:

“Out of respect for the filmmakers, I don’t want to say too much about World War Z, just because I owe it to them to let it come out as the they want. What I will say is that some of the stuff I saw was mind-blowing.”