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The Big Picture Pressure, the new D-Day drama that details the most consequential weather forecast in military history, has found its Dwight Eisenhower. Brendan Fraser will play the American general who commanded the operation. Deadline reports that the movie will start filming in the UK this fall.
Pressure will star Ripley's Andrew Scott as James Stagg, the Chief Meteorological Officer of Britain; it was his responsibility to closely monitor the weather forecast for the beaches of Normandy, as inclement weather could spell disaster for the operation. With a small window to launch the invasion, and delays meaning that Germany's network of spies would have more time to uncover the Allies' secret plans, Stagg was under an enormous amount of pressure.
Who Was Dwight Eisenhower? Growing up in Abilene, Kansas, Dwight Eisenhower was a career Army officer. He rose up the ranks through World War II, defeating Axis forces in Northern Africa and Sicily before being appointed the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. After the success of the D-Day landings in 1944, Eisenhower's forces liberated France and marched into Germany, toppling the Third Reich in a massive pincer movement with Soviet forces attacking from the East.
Coming off an acclaimed performance in Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, Fraser has a busy slate of upcoming performances. Later this year, he'll star in the action comedy Brothers with Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage; he is also slated to star in the Hikari dramedy Rental Family, and the action film Sacrifice, with Chris Evans and Anya Taylor-Joy.
Pressure is set to begin filming in the UK in September; no release date has yet been set. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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