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"Things are a little tense on the set of Brad Pitt&amp;apos;s zombie thriller World War Z, to say the least.\r\nAccording to Vulture, Pitt, 48, is no longer speaking with the film&amp;apos;s director Marc Forster -- even though his production company, Plan B, lobbied hard for Forster to get the job. So when did the relationship turn sour?\r\nVulture sources cite a &amp;quot;combination of scheduling, script, and directorial problems,&amp;quot; and say things have gotten so bad, Pitt and Forster will only communicate with one another via an intermediary.\r\n\r\nInitially, the World War Z cast and crew were working hard -- and at an intense pace -- in order to put the film out by Christmas 2012. Pitt and studio execs weren&amp;apos;t thrilled with how some of the movie&amp;apos;s key set pieces were coming together, causing Paramount to push back its release to June 2013.\r\nWorld War Z is also, currently, without a definitive ending, though when they brought in famed screenwriter Damon Lindelof to get his thoughts (a common practice among studios), the Lost producer said its lack of a conclusion was the least of the flick&amp;apos;s problems.\r\n\r\nDespite the shooting setbacks and interpersonal conflicts, some set insiders still insist all is not lost.\r\n&amp;quot;The studio is cultivating multiple options,&amp;quot; one source explained. &amp;quot;One is to try scrapping [the ending] and trying something different: They want to construct an entirely new ending. The other is to try salvaging it . . . This is not an unmitigated disaster; it is salvageable.&amp;quot;\r\nVulture notes they reached out to reps for Pitt and Forster for comment; both declined to elaborate on the latest with World War Z."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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