Matthijs van Heijningen to make directorial debut
Commercial filmmaker and visual artist Matthijs van Heijningen is set to make his directorial debut on the Zack Snyder-produced "Army of the Dead" for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow.
Snyder, who originated the story, is producing with his wife-partner Deborah Snyder via their Warners-based Cruel & Unusual Films.
"Dead" is an action thriller centering on a father's mission to save his daughter from imminent death in a zombie-infested world. Filmmaker Joby Harold ("Awake") wrote the screenplay.
Van Heijningen, repped by CAA, is a winner of more than a half-dozen Cannes advertising Lions.
"We were looking for an inventive talent with a unique voice and we found it in Matthijs," said Snyder, a commercial director-turned-feature filmmaker. "His ability to infuse humor with irony allows him to create compelling stories in 30 seconds. Cruel & Unusual's Wesley Coller is exec producing. Greg Silverman and Elishia Holmes are overseeing for Warners.
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