While discussing his upcoming projects at this weekend’s New York Comic Con, writer J. Michael Straczynski said that he is adapting the Max Brooks novel World War Z for Paramount Studios.

The writer stressed that his adaptation will be “very faithful to the book,” which centers around first-hand accounts from human survivors of a zombie war. Since the book does not feature a main character, the writer will make the journalist interviewing the survivors of the war the protagonist.

JMS also presented video blogs from the set of his direct-to-DVD movie Babylon 5: The Lost Tales – Voices in the Dark, scheduled for release July 27. [Update: new release date July 31.]

While discussing the upcoming Thor series he’s working on with artist Olivier Coipel for Marvel Comics, JMS said that it’s going to be “Asgard in Oklahoma,” having legendary gods interacting with Southern mortals.

Source: Wizard, CBR