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Alien Invasion Stirs Military Action in Netflix’s War Machine (Mar ’26)

Netflix has released the official trailer for War Machine, an action-packed science fiction film premiering on Netflix on March 6, 2026. The film follows a U.S. Army Ranger squad who find their routine training exercise interrupted by a surprising and deadly threat: giant mechanical aliens. Alan Ritchson, known for his role in Reacher, stars alongside Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Jai Courtney, Esai Morales, Keiynan Lonsdale, and Daniel Webber. Patrick Hughes, director of The Hitman’s Bodyguard and The Expendables 3, directs War Machine and co-wrote the screenplay with James Beaufort. The trailer offers a glimpse of intense military training interwoven with alien combat. While Alan Ritchson has expressed enthusiasm for the project on social media, viewers can decide for themselves if War Machine lives up to the hype when it premieres in March 2026.

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