Warfare trailer: Alex Garland’s Civil War follow-up is a tense survival thriller set in Iraq | Hollywood News
Indie dributor A24 has dropped the trailer for its new military action movie Warfare, starring Kit Connor, Will Poulter, and D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai. The movie has been written and directed Alex Garland and US Army veteran Ray Mendoza, who served in Iraq, which is also where the film is set. The trailer shows a company of soldiers trapped and pinned down enemy gunfire, trying to fight their way out to survival.
The film has a star-studded cast of young actors such as Joseph Quinn, Michael Gandolfini, Noah Centineo, Charles Melton, Finn Bennet, Cosmo Jarvis, and Henry Zaga. The soldiers find themselves stuck on the battlefield, waiting for backup as they plan an evacuation without losing any members of the battalion.
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The film is based on the real-life experiences of Mendoza, who worked on the military sequences in Garland’s last film, Civil War. Garland is best known for having directed films such as Ex Machina, and for writing 28 Days Later and its upcoming sequel, 28 Years Later.
A24 has announced a slate of movies across different genres. The critically praised The Brutal is all set to release in December, after premiering at the Venice Film Festival. Other A24 titles that are set to release soon include Bagirl, starring Nicole Kidman; Parthenope, starring Celeste Dalla Porta; The Legend of Ochi; On Becoming a Guinea Fowl; and Friendship.
