Overview
- The official trailer for Fortitude premiered on Wednesday and confirms the film’s premise about Operation Fortitude and a large ensemble cast led by Nicolas Cage as Dusko Popov.
- Simon West directs the 103-minute drama written and produced by Simon Afram and features Matthew Goode, Ed Skrein, Michael Sheen, Art Malik, Alice Eve and Sir Ben Kingsley.
- Producers filed a $105 million suit in July, saying an unencrypted digital cinema package handed to Netflix in mid-June was later reported stolen and that Netflix bears responsibility; Netflix has disputed that claim.
- The filmmakers say the theft risk forced a temporary pause in sales and marketing, and no distributor or firm theatrical release date has been announced after an earlier late-2026 target.
- The film dramatizes the Allied D‑Day deception that used fake armies, dummy equipment and double agents, and the case highlights broader industry concerns about screener security and piracy risk for independent productions.