PREVIEW: Army of Thieves (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Matthias Schweighöfer (Valkyrie), Nathalie Emmanuel (Holly Slept Over), Guz Khan (Walk Like a Panther), Ruby O. Fee (As We Were Dreaming), Stuart Martin (Our Ladies), Jonathan Cohen (A Perfect Plan), Noémie Nakai (Sayonara), Peter Simonischek (Toni Erdmann), John Bubniak (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Matthias Schweighöfer (Joy of Fatherhood), director, producer; Shay Hatten (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum), writer; Misha Bukowski (Army of the Dead), Wesley Coller (Watchmen), Dan Maag (The Break Up Man), Deborah Snyder (Wonder Woman 1984) and Zack Snyder (Sucker Punch), producers; Steve Mazzaro (The Rhythm Section) and Hans Zimmer (Man of Steel), composers; Bernhard Jasper (The Manny), cinematographer; Alexander Berner (Cloud Atlas), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Years before he becomes a team member on a zombie-infested Las Vegas heist, German safecracker Ludwig Dieter (Schweighöfer) is hired by the mysterious Gwendoline (Emmanuel) to lead his own crew on a daring heist…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

If you were captivated by Zack Snyder’s Netflix zombie epic Army of the Dead earlier this year, you’ll go nuts for this prequel movie with standout character Ludwig Dieter – played by Matthias Schweighöfer, who also directs – leading his own story in the same universe.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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