News Briefs: ARMY OF THE DEAD Teaser; Netflix Calls BLUFF, Spots THE MOTHERSHIP And THE KILLER; WB Nabs BLUE BEETLE Director; ECHO 8 Wraps; New Spidey Title
● Netflix officially launched its teaser on Thursday for Zack Snyder’s Army Of The Dead, a new post-apocalyptic heist thriller that sees a band of mercenaries pull off an impossible heist in the middle of a zombie outbreak. The film stars Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Raúl Castillo, Michael Cassidy, and Garret Dillahunt. The film streams May 21. ● Matt Charman, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind Bridge Of Spies, will take the helm for sci-fi thriller, The Mothership, from Netflix and MRC. The film has cast upcoming Bruised and Moonfall actress Halle Berry as a fearless woman who embarks on a journey with her children to find her mysteriously-disappeared husband after discovering a strange extraterrestrial object under their home. Automatik’s Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones will produce, with Berry exec producing with Danny Stillman. (Collider) ● David Fincher and Andrew Kevin Walker, […]