Brad Pitts World War Z is an over-budget, gun-smuggling disaster
Did you know that Brad Pitt is still working on the interminable World War Z? By the time they finish filming, an actual zombie army will have taken over the world. The filming has taken Brad to Malta, England, Scotland and now Budapest in what is one the longest and most involved films Brad’s ever been involved with. They’ve been filming for most the year, it feels like. Is this a miniseries or a feature-length film? Anyway, now that the production has moved to Budapest, producers and crew had to shop all of the armaments from England. Unfortunately for all involved, those “props” were just confiscated in a SWAT raid. No joke.
Brad Pitt isn’t a terrorist — but he’s certainly being treated like one. On Monday, a SWAT team raided a Budapest warehouse holding weapons being used in Pitt’s upcoming zombie movie World War Z.
“The film is already over budget and over schedule,” a source tells Us Weekly. “Brad is furious.”
Police seized 85 fully-functional weapons, most of which were automatic, military-style assault rifles. “We can confirm that weapons were confiscated at an airport,” Hajdu Janos and Zsolt Bodnar, the director and deputy director of Hungary’s Anti-Terrorism Unit, tell Us.
The problem, a source says, is that the guns came with paperwork claiming they were non-functional — but they’re actually in working order.
“This morning a private plane brought guns wrapped in a parcel from a company to an individual [in Budapest],” Janos and Bodnar add. “Guns like these are highly illegal to transport even if they were to used as stage guns, which hopefully they weren’t.”
According to a source, Pitt, 47, isn’t to blame for the prop problem. “The movie company’s employees must have made a mistake bringing the guns in without the Anti-Terrorism Unit’s permission.”
Janos adds: “We are interrogating witnesses now, getting closer to solving the firearms story.”
Pitt’s company, Plan B Entertainment, is producing World War Z. It is scheduled for a December 2012 release.
[From Us Weekly]
Yeah, I was getting ready to pull the old “It’s not really Brad’s fault” card when I was reminded that as producer, he’s partially to blame. He should have encouraged whoever was responsible for the gun supply to make sure everything had proper documentation. The last thing Brad needs is to get the reputation as an international gun smuggler. (Although that might explain a few things.)
Also: I wonder if his cute assistant followed him to Budapest? Angelina needs to shut that down.
Photos courtesy of Fame.
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