In anticipation of the imminent release of the first trailer for Netflix and director Zack Snyder’sArmy of the Dead, a new image has been released giving us our first look at the zombies that will terrorizeGuardians of the Galaxystar Dave Bautista and his band of mercenaries. Shot during a sequence in which the burly Bautista has clearly become overwhelmed with the onslaught of the undead, it looks like the zombie design but will be very classic and achieved practically, as opposed to CGI.
Based on the shot of this lone zombie, it looks likeArmy of the Deadwon’t be trying to completely reinvent the iconic monster. Looking like a degrading, dead-eyed corpse, akin to what modern audiences have come to expect from the lifeless creatures, the image certainly suggests that Snyder’s zombies will at least be powerful or numerous enough tocause Bautista some trouble.
While it is not yet known whether the zombies inArmy of the Deadwill be slow, fast or a bit of both,Zack Snyderhas previously revealed some details as to the movie’s approach including that “90% of our zombies are completely practical,” he revealed. Snyder has also previously provided some detail as to the origin of the zombie outbreak saying, “I’ve done a very deep dive with the why of the zombie plague and where it starts. Sufficed to say, that it does come from Area 51 – that’s in the film’s opening scene – and then the whole cast is in the animated series, along with Christian Slater as the bad guy. We really do a super deep dive on where this like zombie plague came from.”
Mentioning Area 51 has led some to theorize thatArmy of the Deadwill also include aliens, but with nothing confirmed, let’s just worry about theswarm of shuffling corpsesfor the time being.
Led by Dave Bautista as Scott Ward,Army of the Deadfollows a group of mercenaries who carry out a heist on a Las Vegas casino during a zombie outbreak. TheMan of Steeldirector has described the project as “a full-blown, balls-to-the-wall zombie heist movie,” calling it “genre-on-genre in a great way.” Bautista’s gang of thieving mercenaries is made up of Ella Purnell as Kate Ward, Ana de la Reguera as Cruz, Garret Dillahunt as Frank Peters, Raúl Castillo as Mikey Guzman, and Omari Hardwick as Vanderohe.
The movie is expected to feature pure zombie mayhem as well as great, archetypal characters, with Netflix planning forArmy of the Deadto spawn its own franchise. A prequel movie and an anime-style series are already in development, both of which will expand the world ofArmy of the Dead. The anime will be titledArmy of the Dead: Lost Vegasand will center around some of the characters fromArmy of the Deadduring the early phases of the zombie apocalypse.
Survivors take all whenArmy of the Deadhits the streaming service on June 03, 2025, with thetrailer is due for releasethis Thursday. This comes to us courtesy ofVanity Fair.
