Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead is a big Vegas heist movie coming to Netflix – with zombies

Netflix’s next big-budget action movie is almost here: Army of the dead from director Zack Snyder sees a squad of mercenaries making their way through Las Vegas to pull off a massive heist. The catch is, it’s settled after a zombie apocalypse ravages the city, so instead of the usual Vegas security barriers of casinos and mob bosses, the crew will have to fight through Ravenous hordes of undead trying to get the score of a lifetime.

The first trailer for Army of the dead doesn’t show much, but we do know that Dave Bautista (guardians of the galaxy) will direct the show. Snyder, of course, is no stranger to great action flicks and zombie flicks in particular, having directed the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead (as well as his long list of successful superheroes like Steel man, Guardians, and Justice League).

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Army of the dead, however, is a particularly notable film for Snyder, given that this is only the director’s second entirely original story – and his first in more than a decade since 2011. Sucker Punch has been freed.

Netflix is ​​also betting big on Army of the dead launch of a new franchise for the streaming site: in addition to Snyder’s main film, the company is also producing Army of the dead: the prequel, a German-American co-production directed and starring Matthias Schweighöfer (who will also appear in Snyder’s film.) An anime-style television series is also planned, Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas, which will see several of the characters from the main film reprise their roles.

Army of the dead will debut on Netflix on May 21.