Brad Pitt Just signed on to star in Paramount’s big screen adaptation of “World War Z,” a book written by Max Brooks, the son of Mel Brooks and the late Anne Bancroft. Pitt will play a researcher fighting against the zombies taking over the world. An excited Max Brooks broke the news to MTV at San Diego’s Comic-Con, where coincidentally Angelina just happened to be (wearing black leather) promoting her new movie “Salt.” The talented Marc Forster who directed Halle Berry right to an Oscar will direct.