A brand new have a look at Military Of The Lifeless‘s first spin-off has been revealed at San Diego Comedian-Con.
Military Of Thieves stars and is directed by Matthias Schweighöfer, who performed safecracker Ludwig Dieter in Zack Snyder‘s authentic movie.
Dieter returns because the lead character within the new movie, which takes place six years earlier than the occasions of Military Of The Lifeless. The prequel finds Dieter at the beginning of his safecracking profession, the place he meets elusive new character known as Gwendoline (Sport Of Thrones and Quick & Livid actor Nathalie Emmanuel).
The movie’s synopsis reads: Small-town financial institution teller Dieter will get drawn into the journey of a lifetime when a mysterious lady recruits him to affix a crew of Interpol’s most needed criminals, making an attempt to heist a sequence of legendary, impossible-to-crack safes throughout Europe.
Watch the teaser in full beneath:
Becoming a member of Schweighöfer and Emmanuel on the forged listing is British comic Guz Khan of Man Like Mobeen fame. Snyder holds a narrative and producer credit score on the movie.
“We actually favored the concept it’s set at a time the place the zombies existed on this planet, however it’s not a zombie movie,” fellow producer Deborah Snyder stated at Comedian-Con, as reported by io9.
“Who’s finished a prequel the place it’s a special style [of] movie? To me that is extra of a romantic comedy heist movie than anything. [It just] occurs to reside on this world the place zombies are within the US and it’s inflicting the banking system some instability.”
Military Of Thieves can be launched on Netflix in autumn.
The brand new movie is the primary of a number of spin-offs within the Military Of The Lifeless franchise. Earlier this month, it was confirmed {that a} sequel to Snyder’s authentic movie has been greenlit as a part of a two-year first-look take care of Netflix.
In the meantime, it was confirmed in 2020 that an anime-style animated collection based mostly on the movie can also be in improvement. The prequel collection, known as Misplaced Vegas, will stream on Netflix and see most of the core forged lend their voices to the present.