Zach Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen) new zombie movie Army of the Dead will be marching its way into theaters this summer. We’ve got some new images from the movie (via Empire) that shows Dave Bautista getting up close and personal with his co-star Matthias Schweighöfer.
The movie is set after a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, where a group of mercenaries takes the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Samantha Win, Richard Cetrone, and Michael Cassidy also star.
I’m a zombie fan. I tried to get on Walking Dead for years. I said I would come and play a zombie for free, but they said, ‘You’re too big!’ For me, there had to be something special about a zombie film for me to sign up. What sets us apart is the heist. But there’s a whole bunch of different layers to this film.” Bautista told Empire.
It is a full-blown, balls-to-the-wall zombie heist movie, so it’s genre-on-genre in a great way. So you expect pure zombie mayhem, and you get that, 100 percent. But also you get these really amazing characters on a fantastic journey. It’s going to surprise people that there’s a lot of warmth and real emotion with these great characters.” Snyder told EW about the movie.
Army of the Dead is coming soon exclusively to Netflix. We’ll keep you posted.
