VIDEO: First Look - Brad Pitt Stars in Netflix Original Film WAR MACHINE

Netflix has shared a first look at the original film WAR MACHINE, based on the book The Operators: The Wild & Terrifying INSIDE STORY of America's War in Afghanistan by the late journalist Michael Hastings. Starring Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton, the film premieres on Netflix on May 26th. Get a first look below!

A pitch-black war story for our times, writer-director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom) recreates a U.S. General's roller-coaster rise and fall as part reality, part savage parody - raising the specter of just where the line between them lies today. His is an absurdist look at a born leader's ultra-confident march right into the dark heart of folly. At the story's core is Brad Pitt's sly take on one of the most polarizing war figures of a generation: successful, charismatic four-star General Stanley McChrystal, who leapt in like a rock star to command NATO forces in Afghanistan, only to be taken down by a journalist's no-holds-barred exposé.

The Netflix original film is based on the book The Operators: The Wild & Terrifying INSIDE STORY of America's War in Afghanistan by the late journalist Michael Hastings. Joining Pitt in WAR MACHINE is a highly decorated cast including Tilda Swinton, Sir Ben Kingsley, Anthony Michael Hall, Topher Grace, Will Poulter, Lakeith Stanfield, Emory Cohen, John Magaro, RJ Cyler, Alan Ruck, Scoot McNairy and Meg Tilly. Ian Bryce and Plan B's Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Brad Pitt serve as producers. James Skotchdopole serves as executive producer.

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