The Tomorrow War

The Tomorrow War is an upcoming American military science fiction action film directed by Chris McKay in his live-action directorial debut, produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, David S. Goyer, Jules Daly and Adam Kolbrenner, and written by Zach Dean. The film will star Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J. K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson, Edwin Hodge, Jasmine Mathews, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, and Keith Powers, with Pratt also executive producing the film. The film, which is set in the near future, focuses on humanity's war against an alien invasion, hoping to win it by using scientists' new ability to draft soldiers from the past to the war.
Originally set for a theatrical release by Paramount Pictures, the film's distribution rights were acquired by Amazon Studios, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film is scheduled to be digitally released on July 2, 2021, on Prime Video.
Premise.
"The fate of a futuristic war rests upon one man's abilities to confront the ghosts of his past." Humanity is losing to an alien invasion, so to fight back, scientists develop a way to draft soldiers from the past to fight the war.
Production.
It was announced in February 2019 that Chris Pratt was in negotiations to star in the film (then known as "Ghost Draft") and that it was set to be directed by Chris McKay. In July, Yvonne Strahovski was added to the cast. J. K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson, Theo Von, Jasmine Mathews, Keith Powers were added to the cast in August, with Mary Lynn Rajskub, Edwin Hodge, and additional cast joining in September. The movie was retitled "The Tomorrow War". Creature designer Ken Barthelmey designed the aliens for the film.
Filming.
Filming began on September 1, 2019, with Lincolnton, Georgia, Atlanta and Iceland as filming locations. Filming wrapped on January 12, 2020.
Release.
Theatrical and streaming.
The film was originally scheduled to be released on December 25, 2020, by Paramount Pictures. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was pulled from the schedule and later rescheduled to July 23, 2021, taking the release date of "" and then later pulled from the schedule again. In January 2021, Amazon Studios was in final talks to acquire the film for a reported $200 million. In April 2021, it was announced that Amazon acquired the film and is set to release it on Prime Video on July 2, 2021.