Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead Gets a Prequel Movie and Anime Series

Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead isn't marching onto Netflix until next year, but the streamer is already chomping at the bit for more out of the franchise, as it has just been announced that a spinoff prequel movie and an anime series are now in active development. Variety reports that Netflix has officially given the green light to the two new projects, with Shay Hatten on board to write the scripts for both the untitled movie prequel and the anime series. Matthias Schweighöfer is attached to helm and star in the international prequel, which is said to follow his character from Army of the Dead. The spinoff film will be produced by Schweighöfer and the Snyders, together with Wesley Coller and Dan Maag.

Vegas is about to run out of luck. Brace yourself for Army of the Dead: Vegas, a prequel anime series based on the upcoming Zach Snyder film pic.twitter.com/UgsnI8GFv7

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) September 3, 2020

The prequel anime series, Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas, was also announced by Netflix as a further expansion of the franchise. Lost Vegas will chronicle the origin story of Dave Bautista's character from Snyder's Army of the Dead, tracing his and his rescue crew's activities during "the initial fall of Vegas as they confront the mysterious source of the zombie outbreak." Alongside Bautista, Ana de la Reguera, Tig Notaro, Omari Hardwick, and Ella Purnell will be reprising their upcoming roles for the anime series. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/28/the-10-best-horror-movies"] Snyder will direct two episodes of the upcoming anime series alongside showrunner Jay Olivia who will also helm two episodes. The Snyders will executive produce the series, together with Olivia, Hatten, and Coller. The two projects are based around Snyder's Army of the Dead, which is set to follow a group of mercenaries that "take the ultimate gamble: venturing into a quarantine zone following a zombie outbreak to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.” "I'm incredibly excited for the opportunity to partner with Netflix again as we expand the Army of the Dead universe with both an international prequel, as well as exploring the visually dynamic world of animation," Snyder said in a statement. "It's been a great collaboration and we are thrilled that Netflix sees this as big of an IP as we do." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=netflix-spotlight-september-2020&captions=true"] In addition to these two new projects, Snyder is hard at work finishing up his long-fabled cut of Justice League, which will debut in four, hour-long chunks on HBO Max in 2021, with all chapters eventually being released as a film. The project has reportedly cost upwards of $30M to produce and Snyder has confirmed that there will be no reshoots with the original cast, using only previously shot footage. For your first official look at that, check out the trailer that premiered at DC FanDome last month. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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