Army of the Dead Review

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Log Line: Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
$90 million Budget
Directed by Zack Snyder
Written by Zack Snyder, Shay Hatten & Joby Harold
announced in 2007, but spent several years in development hell at Warner Bros. before having the rights bought by Netflix in 2019.
Filming began in July 2019, taking place in Los Angeles, New Mexico, and New Jersey;
Snyder acted as his own cinematographer on the film, and shot the film with custom-made Red Digital Cinema cameras
Chris D’Elia was originally cast in the film, but after several sexual misconduct accusations were made against him in August 2020, Tig Notaro was hired to replace his character and reshot his scenes using green screen and body doubles.
released in select theaters in the United States on May 14, 2021
started streaming digitally on Netflix from May 21
A making-of documentary was added alongside the release on Netflix called Creating an Army of the Dead.
The film made $290,000 on its first day of release, and $780,000 over its opening weekend at 430–600 theaters.
In September 2020, it was announced that a prequel film and an anime-style television series are in development to expand the franchise.
- Matthias Schweighöfer will direct and star in Army of Thieves, 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.