Overlord stars Wyatt Russell, Iain De Caestecker, and John Magaro sat down with ComingSoon.net at Fantastic Fest to talk about Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot upcoming war horror film. Check out the video below, and catch the movie in theaters this Friday!
Overlord is set on the eve of D-Day, a group of American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion’s success. But as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in this Nazi-occupied village than a simple military operation.
The film is directed by Julius Avery (Son of a Gun) and is based on an original idea by The Hunger Games screenwriter Billy Ray and Abrams. The film’s screenplay is co-written by Ray and Mark L. Smith. Lindsay Weber and Abrams are the producers with Jo Burn, Jon Cohen, and Cory Bennett Lewis serving as executive producers.
The Overlord cast includes Jovan Adepo (The Leftovers), Wyatt Russell (Everybody Wants Some!!), Jacob Anderson (Game of Thrones), Dominic Applewhite (The King’s Speech), Pilou Asbaek (Game of Thrones), Iain de Caestecker (Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD), John Magaro (The Big Short), Mathilde Ollivier (The Misfortunes of Francois Jane) and Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo).