Dave Bautista Joins Zack Snyder’s Zombie Film ‘Army of the

Dave Bautista has closed a deal to star in Zack Snyder’s zombie movie “Army of the Dead” for Netflix, a person with information of the deal informed TheWrap.

Snyder and Shay Hatten wrote the script for the undertaking, which follows a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas and a person assembling a bunch of mercenaries to drag off the best heist.

Snyder and his spouse Deborah Snyder are producing, with Ori Marmur and Andrew Norman overseeing for Netflix.

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Bautista has a jam-packed schedule. He will subsequent be seen as Drax in “Avengers: Endgame,” in addition to reverse Kumail Nanjiani in “Stuber.” He can also be connected to “Escape Plan: The Extractors,” “My Spy” and Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” and is prone to reprise his function of Drax in James Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.”

“Army of the Dead” is predicted to movie later this 12 months, with Gunn capturing “The Suicide Squad” in September earlier than he begins manufacturing on “Guardians 3” — so Bautista has loads of time to wrap up Snyder’s heist movie earlier than returning to Drax.

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His different current credit embrace “Hotel Artemis,” “Escape Plan 2: Hades,” “Final Score” and “Blade Runner 2049.”

Bautista is represented by CAA, Kovert Creative and DMBV.

Deadline first reported the information.