Army of Thieves
Shay Hatten penned the screenplay for the 2021 heist comedy Army of Thieves, which Matthias Schweighöfer will direct from a story he co-wrote with Zack Snyder. It is a prequel to the Army of the Dead and the sequel to the Army of the Dead series, starring Schweighöfer in his previous role as Ludwig Dieter, along with Nathalie Emmanuel, Ruby O. Fee, Stuart Martin, Guz Khan, and Jonathan Cohen in supporting roles.
In Germany and the Czech Republic, filming started in October 2020 and was finished in December 2020. On October 29, 2021, Netflix published Army of Thieves digitally. Critics gave it fairly mixed reviews, praising Schweighöfer and Emmanuel's acting and Schweighöfer's directing but criticizing the plot for being unoriginal.
Based on Netflix's recently introduced system of evaluating TV episodes and movies by the total number of hours they are viewed, Army of Thieves ranked at the top of the top 10 weekly rankings for English-language films during its premiere week with a viewership of 49.64 million hours. Additionally, it topped the Netflix charts in more than 90 nations. According to Samba TV's estimation, 770,000 American households viewed the movie. According to TV Time, it was also the third most-watched movie overall in the United States for the week. With 294 million minutes viewed, Nielsen placed it as the fourth-most streamed movie for the week.
- Actors: Matthias Schweighöfer, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ruby O. Fee, Stuart Martin, Guz Khan, Jonathan Cohen
- Directed by: Matthias Schweighöfe
