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Alan Ritchson Set For Action Sci-Fi Film ‘War Machine;’ Netflix Acquires Patrick Hughes Helmed Pic From Lionsgate


Netflix Acquires Lionsgate Action Sci-Fi Film ‘War Machine;’ Reacher’s Alan Ritchson Set To Star With Patrick Hughes Directing

EXCLUSIVE: Reacher’s Alan Ritchson is set to star in War Machine, the Patrick Hughes-directed and scripted action sci-fi film that will find its home with Netflix. This comes on the heels of Lionsgate announcing it has Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively reuniting for A Simple Favor 2, setting the film as a streamer title with Amazon MGM Studios. Ritchson will next star as the lead opposite Henry Cavill in Guy Ritchie’s World War II film, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which Lionsgate will release theatrically on April 19.

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