Film Atlantic Wall by Gavin O’Connor during the Battle of Normandy
L’acteur américain Bradley Cooper incarne un parachutiste américain largué derrière les lignes ennemies à la veille du D-Day. Photo : Warner Bros.
30 November 2016: ‘Atlantic Wall’, a new film about the Normandy landings
Author: Marc Laurenceau
American director and producer Gavin O’Connor, known for the feature films ‘The Price of Loyalty’ (2008), “Warrior” (2011) and ‘Jane Got a Gun’ (2015), is currently preparing the film ‘Atlantic Wall’, set in France in June 1944, a few hours before the Normandy landings.
Currently in production, actor Bradley Cooper has been cast as an American paratrooper who parachutes behind enemy lines on the eve of Operation Overlord. He is tasked with passing on information vital to the success of D-Day, while protecting the young son of a murdered friend.
Bradley Cooper is now a regular in war films after his excellent performance in American Sniper released in cinemas in 2014.
The film ‘Atlantic Wall’, some scenes of which are set to take place in Normandy, is due to be released in cinemas in 2018.
2016 news of the Normandy landing beaches