- Four college football stars enlist after Pearl Harbor
- Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsgård lead the cast
- Peter Berg directs this remarkable true war story
- In cinemas from 30 October 2026
- Streaming on Netflix from 25 November
Based on a true story, Peter Berg’s war drama The Mosquito Bowl follows four of America’s top college football players who put their fame aside to join the Marines after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgård, Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis play the athletes, with Brent Comer also in the cast. Berg previously made Friday Night Lights and Lone Survivor.
Under the tagline “Trained for glory, called to war”, this trailer sets the young men’s sporting promise against the call to fight in World War II. The Netflix film opens in cinemas on 30 October 2026. South African viewers can then stream it on Netflix from 25 November.
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