A new poster for director Marc Forster’s zombie apocalypse drama World War Z has landed online.  The film stars Brad Pitt as a United Nations employee who traverses the globe in a race to stop a growing zombie pandemic that threatens to put an end to humanity.  This new poster highlights the sheer enormity of the pandemic, giving the audience a good idea of the epic scope of the film.  Steve recently saw some extended footage from the pic and sat down with Forster for an interview, and the filmmaker said that more than a zombie film, he wanted to make a global film about a global crisis.  This poster certainly does a nice job of highlighting that aspect, and it’ll be interesting to see just how big the full film goes.

Hit the jump to check out the new poster and click here to read Steve’s recap of footage and interview with Forster.  The film also stars Mireille Enos, Matthew Fox, James Badge Dale, and David MorseWorld War Z opens in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D on June 21st.

Via Digital Spy.

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Here’s the official synopsis for World War Z:

The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.  Enos plays Gerry’s wife Karen Lane; Kertesz is his comrade in arms, Segen.