Army of the Dead


Army of the Dead is an upcoming American zombie heist action film which is the spiritual successor to 2004's Dawn of the Dead. The film is directed by Zack Snyder, who produced the film with Wesley Coller and Deborah Snyder according to the screenplay Snyder wrote with Shay Hatten and Joby Harold based on story by Snyder. The film is marking Snyder's return into filmmaking following an absence of over three years following 2017's Justice League. It is also his first non-superhero or comic book film since 2004.
The film includes a large ensemble cast such as; Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Garret Dillahunt, Raul Castillo, Omari Hardwick, Hiryouki Sanada, Chris D'Elia and Matthias Schweighöfer. The film focuses on a group of military mercenaries which plot a heist on a Vegas casino during a zombie outbreak.
Produced by Snyder's The Stone Quarry, the film is set to be released and streamed by Netflix yet has no release date currently.

Premise

A group of mercenaries plot a heist on a Las Vegas casino during a zombie outbreak.

Cast

Development

The film was initially announced and planned as a sequel to the 2004 film Dawn of the Dead with Universal Studios and Warner Bros. Entertainment and was to be directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. In January 2019, it was announced that Netflix had acquired the rights to the project from Warner Bros., with Zack Snyder set to direct from a script by himself and Joby Harold. The film was set to commence production in mid-2019 with a 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.

Casting

In July 2019, Garret Dillahunt, Raúl Castillo, Omari Hardwick, Chris D'Elia, Hiroyuki Sanada, Nora Arnezeder, Matthias Schweighöfer, Samantha Jo and Rich Cetrone joined the cast of the film.

Filming

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.
Snyder served as his own cinematographer, and shot the film with custom-made Red Digital Cinema cameras.