Vertical has acquired U.S. rights in an early presale deal to Oscar nominee Andrew Niccol’s crime thriller Lords of War, from Oscar-winning studio Vendôme Pictures (CODA) which produced and financed the film.
Vertical will show off the pic’s footage at CinemaCon next week in Las Vegas, ahead of a planned 2027 theatrical release.
The sequel to the 2005 movie Lord of War, which starred Oscar winner Nicolas Cage, sees the actor reprising his role as Yuri Orlov, the world’s most notorious arms dealer. When Yuri discovers he has a son, Anton (Bill Skarsgård), a ruthless mercenary mastermind bent on surpassing his father by building a private army and exploiting America’s wars in the Middle East, he is thrust into a deadly battle for legacy. What begins as a shocking revelation ignites a fierce father-son rivalry fueled by power, ambition and betrayal — with the global arms trade hanging
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