Netflix - Army of the Dead : Discover the great and new trailer

By Mulder, 13 april 2021

Army of the Dead is an upcoming American zombie heist film directed by Zack Snyder, from a script he wrote with Shay Hatten and Joby Harold, based on a story by Snyder. The film stars Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi and Garret Dillahunt. Army of the Dead is scheduled to be released in select theaters and on Netflix on May 21, 2021.

By January 2019, after lingering in development Hell for a number of years, Netflix acquired the distribution rights to the project from Warner Bros. with Zack Snyder directing. It marks the second zombie film directed by Snyder following his 2004 directorial debut, Dawn of the Dead. The filmmaker also serves as co-screenwriter with Shay Hatten, based on the story treatment by Snyder and Joby Harold. The film entered principal photography in mid-2019, with a reported budget of $90 million.

Dave Bautista was cast in April 2019, while Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, and Huma Qureshi joined the cast in May. In July 2019, Garret Dillahunt, Raúl Castillo, Omari Hardwick, Hiroyuki Sanada, Nora Arnezeder, Matthias Schweighöfer, Samantha Jo and Rich Cetrone joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began on July 15, 2019, in Los Angeles, California, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Filming also took place at the now closed Atlantic Club Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Zack Snyder served as his own cinematographer, and shot the film with custom-made Red Digital Cinema cameras. The film is set to be released in select theaters in May 2021, with a streaming release by Netflix on May 21, 2021.

In September 2020, it was announced that a prequel film and an anime-style television series are in development to expand the franchise. The anime will be titled Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas and will center around some of the characters from Army of the Dead during the early phases of the zombie outbreak. Matthias Schweighöfer will star in, and direct the Army of the Dead: The Prequel, which takes place before the events of Army of the Dead and focuses on Schweighöfer's character, Ludwig Dieter. The film will also star Nathalie Emmanuel, Guz Khan, Ruby O. Fee, Stuart Martin, Jonathan Cohen, Noemie Nakai and Peter Simonischek which began development in October 2020. Filming wrapped in December 2020.

Synopsis :
Army of the Dead begins after a zombie attack that has turned Las Vegas into a wasteland, now isolated from the rest of the world. Ex-hero of this zombie war, Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) had to move and now works in a fast food restaurant in the suburbs. One day, he is approached by casino owner Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada), who makes him a golden proposition: infiltrate the zombie-infested quarantine zone and retrieve $200 million hidden in a vault under the Strip, before the government destroys Vegas with a nuclear bomb in 32 hours. Motivated by this unexpected windfall that could help him reconcile with his daughter Kate (Ella Purnell), Scott accepts the challenge and assembles a motley crew of heist experts: Maria Cruz (Ana de la Reguera), an old friend of his and a genius mechanic, Vanderohe (Omari Hardwick), a zombie-killing machine, Marianne Peters (Tig Notaro), a cynical chopper pilot, Mikey Guzman (Raúl Castillo), a hotheaded influencer, Chambers (Samantha Win), a deceiver, Martin (Garret Dillahunt), the casino's head of security, Coyote (Nora Arnezeder), a tough-girl warrior who recruits Burt Cummings (Theo Rossi), a smooth-talking security guard, and finally, Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer), a safecracker genius. Ward must also deal with his emotions when he learns that Kate has joined the expedition so she can search for Geeta (Huma Qureshi), a mother who has gone missing in the city. Between a notoriously impenetrable vault, a life-and-death race against time, and a horde of fast, devious Alphas zombies, only one thing is certain about the biggest heist of all time: the survivors will win.

Army of the Dead
Directed by Zack Snyder
Produced by Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller, Zack Snyder
Screenplay by Zack Snyder, Shay Hatten, Joby Harold
Story by Zack Snyder
Starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Garret Dillahunt
Music by Tom Holkenborg
Cinematography : Zack Snyder
Edited by Dody Dorn
Production company : The Stone Quarry
Distributed by Netflix
Release date : May 21, 2021 (United States)
Running time : 148 minutes