The anime series will go by the name Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas and will be the origin story of Scott (Dave Bautista) and his rescue crew during the initial fall of Vegas as they confront the mysterious source of the zombie outbreak.
Jay Oliva (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and upcoming Netflix Original Anime Series Trese) will be the showrunner as well as directing two episodes of the series.
The prequel film has the character for Matthias Schweighöfer as its lead here and he’s set to direct it as well.
Zack Snyder has his Army of the Dead film coming out next year on the streaming service as a zombie heist concept and they announced a prequel film and a spinoff anime series as well.