Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead trailer unleashes the zombie horde in Vegas

The first Army of the Dead trailer from director Zack Snyder, about a group of mercenaries planning a Las Vegas casino heist during a zombie apocalypse, aired Thursday. These days, Snyder is perhaps best known for his superhero movies (and Snyder Cut of Justice League, streaming on HBO Max on March 18), but his feature debut was the 2004 remake of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, so he knows his living dead.

I’m not sure why money is a concern in the zombie apocalypse, but each has its own. Snyder shared the trailer in a tweet, saying “What happens in Vegas, must stay in Vegas.”

The trailer shows a now desolate Las Vegas overrun by a massive horde of zombies. In true Vegas style, we even see an Elvis impersonator in the undead crowd. We also get a glimpse of star Dave Bautista and his team taking on zombies with some serious firepower, as Matthias Schweighofer’s character wears the classic studded baseball bat.

Bautista, aka Drax the Destroyer from the Guardians of the Galaxy films, has announced that the preview will come with a tweet wednesday showing a photo of the actor and a big pile of bodies. Other stars include Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Huma Qureshi and Tig Notaro.

Army of the Dead is slated for release on May 21 on Netflix. And if you like the concept, you’re in luck. Deadline reports that a prequel film and an animated series are planned.

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