It may come as no surprise that World War Z director Marc Forster will not be returning for the WWZ sequel, should it get a green light . Following major setbacks on the first film -- including the infamous reshoot of WWZ's entire third act -- it sounds like Paramount is now on the lookout for a new creative team.

In a recent feature on star-producer Brad Pitt, THR mentioned that Forster won't be coming back, but that the sequel is still in early development at the studio. Said Pitt, "We are talking about it. We are going to investigate a script. We have a lot of ideas we will cull from. Nobody is writing just yet, but we are compiling our ideas."

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Despite WWZ's production woes, the tentpole earned nearly $540 million worldwide and became Pitt's highest-grossing film to date , which is a good sign for the potential WWZ sequel.

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