Army of Thieves Trailer Teases Netflix’s Army of the Dead Prequel Movie

 Army of Thieves Trailer Teases Netflix’s Army of the Dead Prequel Movie

Matthias Schweighöfer directs and returns as Dieter.

Photo Credit: Stanislav Honzik/Netflix

Matthias Schweighöfer, Nathalie Emmanuel in Army of Thieves

HIGHLIGHTS

• Army of Thieves release date to be in 2021 on Netflix
• Schweighöfer, Nathalie Emmanuel lead Army of Thieves cast
• Army of Thieves set 6 years prior to Army of the Dead

Army of Thieves trailer is here. On Sunday, Netflix unveiled the first teaser trailer for Army of the Dead heist prequel movie Army of Thieves that follows German safecracker Ludwig Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer) six years before the Las Vegas events of the Zack Snyder film — back when he was still a small-time bank teller across the pond. Dieter is recruited by a mysterious woman (Nathalie Emmanuel) who wants to use the window of opportunity — the fact that the world is distracted by the zombies cropping up in America — to steal money from bank vaults across Europe. “This is about becoming legends,” Emmanuel's character says in the Army of Thieves trailer.

In addition to Schweighöfer and Emmanuel, Army of Thieves cast includes Guz Khan (Man Like Mobeen), Ruby O. Fee (Polar), Stuart Martin (Babylon), Jonathan Cohen (La Flamme), Noemie Nakai (Tokyo Vice), Peter Simonischek (Toni Erdmann), and John Bubniak (Marvel's Spider-Man). No other Army of the Dead characters — except Schweighöfer — are expected to appear in Army of Thieves, though Snyder has revealed that there will be zombies in the prequel film. How and when they factor in remains to be seen.