WATCH: Army of the Dead prequel, Army of Thieves gets release date and score from Hans Zimmer

Exciting news tonight, folks as we finally have a release date for the prequel to Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead, Army of Thieves.

The movie stars Matthias Schweighöfer who is returning from Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead as German safecracker Ludwig Dieter along with new additions to the series including Game of Thrones’ Nathalie Emmanue along with Ruby O Fee, Guz Khan and Jonathan Cohen.

The movie will also be directed by Schweighöfer while Zack and Deborah Snyder will be producing.

The movie, set prior to the events of “Army of the Dead,” takes place during the early stages of a zombie outbreak and centers on Dieter, in his early days of safecracking, as he is hired by a mysterious woman to pull off a heist with the help of a misfit crew of aspiring thieves.

On August 12th Schweighöfer took to social media to reveal that the movie will not be scored by Junkie XL but rather will have the legendary Hans Zimmer involved. writing: “I am beyond excited to announce that I have the honour to work with the legendary and incredible Hans Zimmer, along with co-composer Steve Mazarro! They will be composing the score for ARMY OF THIEVES, the Zack Snyder-produced ARMY OF THE DEAD prequel, starred and directed by me.”

Check out the trailer here

There’s plenty of zombie goodness coming too with Snyder’s Army having had a sequel greenlit already (here) and anime series Lost Vegas will also be coming soon (here) with Snyder directing a few episodes of the series which will focus on Dave Bautistas’ Scott Ward.

So, there you have it, the next chapter of Snyder’s Deadverse kicks off on Netflix just a couple of days before Halloween… that seems oddly apt, don’t you think?

ARMY OF THIEVES globally on Netflix OCTOBER 29 #ArmyofThieves pic.twitter.com/QzFSkCwhPe

— Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) August 23, 2021