Zack Snyder’s second feature this year after his version of Justice League is the zombie Netflix title Army of the Dead, and it will fall on May 21st.
Back in September, the streamer announced that he had already released a prequel and a spin-anime series, The Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas; they are so excited about this upcoming movie.
Army of the Dead follows the aftermath of a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, and the group of mercenaries who venture into the quarantine zone to make a big splash. The photo has an international cast, including Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Huma Qureshi, Omari Hardwick, Tig Notaro, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Matthias Schweighöfer, Raúl Castillo, Nora Arnezeder and Samantha. Win.
The forward is directed by Grimme Award winner Schweighöfer and follows his Army of the Dead character “Ludwig Dieter.” Shay Hatten, one of the authors of the screenplay for Army of the Dead, will write the prequel as well as the anime series. The photo is produced in Germany by Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder and Wesley Coller of The Stone Quarry and Schweighöfer and Dan Maag of Pantaleon Films.
Last summer’s big hit for Netflix was Skydance’s Charlize Theron movie The Old Guard was one of the most viewed of the streamer, seen by 72 million households around the world.