Originally published June 21, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
Paramount Pictures has announced that it has set an October 26th 2018 release date for the J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot-produced supernatural WWII thriller Overlord, which is heabily rumoured to be the fourth instalment in the Cloverfield cinematic universe after this year’s God Particle.
The official synopsis for Overlord reads:
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.
Overlord is being directed by Julius Avery (Son of a Gun) from a script by Billy Ray (Captain Phillips) and Mark L. Smith (The Revenant). Featuring in the cast are Jovan Adepo (Fences), Wyatt Russell (22 Jump Street), Jacob Anderson (Game of Thrones), Dominic Applewhite (The King’s Speech), Pilou Asbaek (Ghost in the Shell), Iain de Caestecker (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), John Magaro (The Big Short), Mathilde Ollivier (The Misfortunes of Francois Jane) and Bokeem Woodbine (Spider-Man: Homecoming).
