History Trivia / ArmyOfTheDead

** With ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', another SuicideMission action film releasing on streaming services in 2021 (on Creator/HBOMax for ''The Suicide Squad'' in addition to theaters) by a director with a cult following. Both Snyder and Creator/JamesGunn worked on 2004's ''Dawn of the Dead'', and Dave Bautista declined appearing in ''The Suicide Squad'' to be in ''Army of the Dead''.

** With the 2020 ''Film/TrainToBusan'' sequel ''Film/{{Peninsula}}'', another film about an attempted money heist during a ZombieApocalypse. It was released theatrically just under a year before ''Army of the Dead'' and made its streaming debut (on Shudder) less than two months before this film. ''Army of the Dead'' performed better with critics, while audience-wise it's an even match.

* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/MatthiasSchweighofer shaped a lot of Dieter's persona. Not so surprising since he also directed, produced and starred in the character's {{prequel}} film.

* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/MatthiasSchweighofer shaped a lot of Dieter's persona. Not so surprising since he also directed and stars in the character's {{prequel}} film.

** Music/RichardCheese and Allison Crowe are no stranger to Snyder's movie soundtracks, the former for ''Dawn of the Dead'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', and the latter for ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''.

** It is the first feature film that Snyder has ever shot entirely digitally (the only things he shot digitally before this movie was his short ''Film/SnowSteamIron'', and parts of the epilogue for his cut of ''[[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Justice League]]'' were shot digitally after ''Army of the Dead'' completed principal photography). It is also perhaps the one in his filmography with the least amount of ColorWash outside of ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead|2004}}''.

** It is the first feature film that Snyder has ever shot entirely digitally,[[note]]The only things he shot digitally before this movie was his short ''Snow Steam Iron''. Parts of the epilogue for his cut of ''[[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Justice League]]'' were shot digitally after ''Army of the Dead'' completed principal photography.[[/note]] and perhaps the one in his filmography with the least amount of ColorWash outside of ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead|2004}}''.

** Stunt Performers Creator/SamanthaWin and Richard Cetrone are veterans of Snyder's films, and Music/JunkieXL has worked with Snyder since ''Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Cinematographer Larry Fong, who worked on four of Snyder's prior films, doesn't return as Snyder opted to do his own cinematography, but does receive a ShoutOut in the form of a billboard seen in Vegas.

** Ana de la Reguera and Raúl Castillo dubbed themselves as Maria Cruz and Mickey Guzman respectively in the Latin American Spanish dub.

** It is the first feature film that Snyder has ever shot entirely digitally,[[note]]The only things he shot digitally before this movie was his short ''Snow Steam Iron''. Parts of the epilogue for his cut of ''[[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Justice League]]'' were shot after ''Army of the Dead'' was shot.[[/note]] and perhaps the one in his filmography with the least amount of ColorWash outside of ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead|2004}}''.

** It is the first film that Snyder has ever shot digitally, and perhaps the one in his filmography with the least amount of ColorWash outside of ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead|2004}}''.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The project started way back in 2008. Dutch director and screenwriter Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. (best known for the ''Film/{{The Thing|2011}}'' prequel) was set to helm the film back then, and he had script ideas such as male zombies spreading the [[PlagueZombie zombie plague]] by... raping living human females. None of these ideas were retained when Snyder came onboard, the script was heavily rewritten.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JamesGunn had written ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' but passed on writing this film due to his focusing on ''Film/TheSuicideSquad''.

** Ana de la Reguera and Raúl Castillo dubs themselves as Maria Cruz and Mickey Guzman respectively in the Latin American Spanish dub.
** Likewise, Creator/HiroyukiSanada dubs himself as Bly Tanaka in the Japanese dub.

* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: Zack Snyder produced, wrote, directed, handled the camera work and did the cinematography. He didn't have this many credits on his previous works.

** With the 2020 ''Film/TrainToBusan'' sequel ''Film/{{Peninsula}}'', another film about an attempted money heist during a ZombieApocalypse. It was released theatrically just under a year before ''Army of the Dead'' and made its streaming debut (on Shudder) less than two months before this film.

** It is the first film that Snyder has ever shot digitally, and the one in his filmography with the least amount of ColorWash outside of ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead|2004}}''.

** It is the first film that Snyder has ever shot digitally.

* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: Zack Snyder produced, wrote, directed, handled the camera work and did the cinematography. He didn't have this much credits on his previous works.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Chris D'Elia originally had a role in the film, but he was replaced by Creator/TigNotaro in June 2020 due to sexual misconduct allegations, specifically accusations of grooming and soliciting nude photos from underage girls. Some scenes he appeared in had to be reshot, while in others he was digitally removed and replaced by Notaro. Notaro is often seen in close-up shots for this reason, as she was filmed alone with green screens except for one reshoot that also involved Ana de la Reguera. Zack and Deborah Snyder discussed the complications of inserting Notaro into the film in [[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/05/tig-notaro-zack-snyder-chris-delia-army-of-the-dead this article for]] ''Vanity Fair''.

** The [[CompletelyDifferentTitle French title]] of Snyder's own ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead|2004}}'', ''L'Armée des morts'', literally translates as ''"Army of the Dead"''. Which is why the 2021 film's title has been left untranslated there.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Chris D'Elia originally had a role in the film, but he was replaced by Creator/TigNotaro in June 2020 due to sexual misconduct allegations, specifically accusations of grooming and soliciting nude photos from underage girls. Some scenes he appeared in had to be reshot, while in others he was digitally removed and replaced by Notaro. Notaro is often seen in close-up shots for this reason, as she was filmed alone with green screens. Zack and Deborah Snyder discussed the complications of inserting Notaro into the film in [[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/05/tig-notaro-zack-snyder-chris-delia-army-of-the-dead this article for]] ''Vanity Fair''.

** Creator/SamanthaWin and Richard Cetrone are veteran stuntpeople of Snyder's films, and Music/JunkieXL has worked with Snyder since ''Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Cinematographer Larry Fong, who worked on four of Snyder's prior films, doesn't return as Snyder opted to do his own cinematography, but does receive a ShoutOut in the form of a billboard seen in Vegas.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/WarnerBros sat on the script for about ten years without doing anything with it, and they ended up selling it to Creator/{{Netflix}}, which then quickly greenlit the project.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The project started way back in 2008. Dutch director and screenwriter Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. (best known for the ''Film/{{The Thing|2011}}'' prequel) was set to helm the film back then, and he had script ideas such as male zombies spreading the [[PlagueZombie zombie plague]] by... raping living human females. None of these ideas were retained when Snyder came onboard, the script was heavily rewritten.