We will finally get to see the backstory of our favourite German safecracker!
Dimapur, July 7 (EMN): After the rousing success of Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder is back with a prequel to the Netflix zombie heist movie.
The Man of Steel and Justice League director shared first-look photos from the upcoming film on Twitter. In the post, he wrote, "Meet the Army of Thieves. The action-packed prequel to Army of the Dead, directed by and starring Matthias Schweighöfer, is coming soon to Netflix. #ArmyOfThieves."
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— Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) July 7, 2021
The action-packed prequel to Army of the Dead, directed by and starring Matthias Schweighöfer, is coming soon to Netflix. #ArmyOfThieves pic.twitter.com/hwCNYmbLwC
Army of Thieves will see the return of Ludwig Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer), the genius German safecracker who was hired by Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) to join him and his rag-tag group of mercenaries on a heist inside the zombie-infested city of Las Vegas.
Set before the events of Army of the Dead, Army of Thieves is a prequel that will focus on Dieter's backstory and will deviate away from the zombie apocalypse theme of the first movie. Dieter will be joined by a new crew that includes Nathalie Emmanuel, Ruby O. Fee, Guz Khan, and Jonathan Cohen. The group of thieves will be travelling across Europe whilst on a quest to crack open seemingly impossible-to-open safes.
Here is the official synopsis: "In this prequel to Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead, small-town bank teller Dieter gets drawn into the adventure of a lifetime when a mysterious woman recruits him to join a crew of Interpol’s most wanted criminals, attempting to heist a sequence of legendary, impossible-to-crack safes across Europe."
Army of the Dead proved to be a resounding success for Netflix and needless to say, the streaming platform is keen on expanding Zack Snyder's zombie-infested universe. Apart from a prequel, plans have been drawn for an animated series, titled Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas, that will shed some light on the origin of the zombie outbreak.
Army of Thieves is set to release on Netflix this fall and will be directed by Schweighöfer himself, with Snyder and his wife Deborah on board as producers.