Very good news! Along with presenting the impeccable first trailer for the action and zombie movie: ” Army of the Dead ” (Army of the Dead), director Zack Snyder (Batman vs Superman) announced the title that will have its prequel: ” Army of Thieves ”, A film that has already been recorded… and the original tape will only arrive on Netflix on May 21, 2021.

Announced in September 2020 , the prequel was directed by Matthias Schweighöfer (from the series “You Are Wanted”), who is part of the cast of “Army of the Dead” and reprises his role as Ludwig Dieter . Alongside him, “Army of Thieves” includes the participation of Nathalie Emmanuel (Fast and Furious 7),  Stuart Martin (Miss Scarlet and The Duke), Guz Khan (Turn Up Charlie) and Ruby O’Fee (Polar).

Synopsis: The prequel will follow the characters of “The Army of the Dead” before their dangerous heist in the Nevada desert, and will take place during the first days of the viral outbreak that leads to the zombie apocalypse. It will focus heavily on the backstory of Ludwig Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer), showing how he fell in love with safes, and will reveal why the safe in “Army of the Dead” is important to the character.

Without a confirmed release date, “Army of Thieves” will function as a prequel to “The Army of the Dead” (Netflix premiere: May 21), films that will also be joined with an animated series , titled ” Army of the Dead. : Lost Vegas ”.

Synopsis: The film “Army of the Dead” by filmmaker Zack Snyder (300, Justice League), takes place after an appearance of zombies that leaves Las Vegas in ruins and isolated from the rest of the world. After being forced to abandon his life, Scott Ward (Dave Bautista), a hero of the war against the zombies, now works in a hamburger restaurant on the outskirts of a town that is his new home; when casino mogul Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada) seeks him out to propose a mission that would mean a final bet: risk everything to enter the zombie-infested quarantine zone and recover $ 200 million that is in a vault before the government drop a nuclear bomb on the city in 32 hours. 

Motivated by the hope that the bounty could help mend his relationship with his daughter Kate (Ella Purnell), Ward accepts the challenge and assembles a multi-talented team of experts for the heist. Among them are María Cruz (Ana De la Reguera), a well-versed mechanic and old friend of Ward’s; Vanderohe (Omari Hardwick), a zombie-killing machine; Marianne Peters (Tig Notaro), a somewhat cynical helicopter pilot; Mikey Guzmán (Raúl Castillo), an influencer with an “all or nothing” mindset, and Chambers (Samantha Win), his staunch partner; Martin (Garret Dillahunt), the casino’s head of security; a badass warrior known as the Coyote (Nora Arnezeder), who recruits Burt Cummings (Theo Rossi), a sycophantic security guard, and a brilliant German safe thief named Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer). 

But Scott faces an unexpected emotional hurdle when Kate decides to join the mission to search for Geeta (Huma Qureshi), a mother who disappeared within the city. As the clock ticks like a ticking bomb, the vault proves impenetrable and with the looming threat of a horde of smarter and faster alpha zombies, only one thing is certain amid the biggest heist ever attempted: in the bid to survive. They must leave everything on the table.

The cast of ” The Army of the Dead ” is led by  Dave Bautista  (Guardians of the Galaxy),  Ella Purnell  (Miss Peregrine and Los Niños Peculiares),  Ana De La Reguera  (Nacho Libre),  Theo Rossi  (from the “Luke Cage” series),  Tig Notaro  (Instant Family),  Huma Qureshi  (Badlapur),  Omari Hardwick  (from the “Power” series),  Hiroyuki Sanada  (The Last Samurai),  Garret Dillahunt  (No Place For Weak),  Matthias Schweighöfer  (from the series “You Are Wanted”),  Raúl Castillo  (from the series “Atypical”), Nora Arnezeder  (from the series “Zoo”) and  Samantha Win  (The Man of Steel).

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