When Iraq War Veteran and Pat Tillman military scholar Chris Roessner sat down to write his debut screenplay "Sand Castle," he wanted it to be personal and to reflect the just over 12 months he spent ...

Over the last several years, Netflix has moved past just episodic television and noticeably expanded its original film offerings. In 2017, the streaming service will make available several ...

Similar to lead character PVT. Matt Ocre (Nicholas Hoult), screenwriter Chris Roessner joined the United States Army in July of 2001 to serve in the Reserves and earn college money. Two months later 9 ...

Chris Roessner enlisted in the Army during the summer of 2001 to cover the cost of his future education. After a deployment to Iraq, Roessner returned home, jaded from his time with the 4th Infantry ...

Sand Castle, a new film about the early days of the war in Iraq, will premiere later this spring on Netflix. U.S. troops are ordered to the outskirts of Baqubah to repair a water pumping station ...

“What really got me was the journey of the character, the struggle to find the motivation to be there,” director Fernando Coimbra tells the Daily Dot about his English-language debut. “I was really ...

When I was a kid, having a dad in the military meant Kiwi Shoe Polish, hugs that smelled of tobacco and sweat ,and never knowing when he would be deployed or when we'd be moving again. For me, my ...

Sand Castle, Netflix's new original movie launching April 21, stars Henry Cavill (Batman v Superman) and Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Apocalypse) as American soldiers in the early days of the Iraq War in ...

The film takes place in the early days of the second Gulf War when a group of soldiers are stationed in Iraq to repair a bomb-damaged water pumping station. Set in Iraq in 2003, the film follows a ...

Surprise! Another day, another new movie trailer from Netflix. The project in question this time is Sand Castle, a war drama from director Fernando Coimbra (A Wolf at the Door) written by Chris ...

Mark Gordon will produce the true life-based film, which will be helmed by Brit commercials director Seb Edwards. By Tatiana Siegel, Borys Kit Nicholas Hoult Headshot -P 2014 Sand Castle was written ...