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Movie Name: Pressure
Directed by: Anthony Maras
Starring: Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Kerry Condon, Damian Lewis, Chris Messina
Genre: History, Thriller, War, Drama
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Release Date: May 29, 2026
Rating: –
Languages: English
Production House: Working Title Films, StudioCanal
Budget: $- million
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice–launch the most dangerous invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether
Pressure: Movie Overview
Pressure is an upcoming war film directed by Anthony Maras and written by Maras and David Haig, based on Haig’s 2014 stage play. It stars Andrew Scott as meteorologist James Stagg and Brendan Fraser as Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In the final days before the planned Allied invasion of Europe in 1944, Royal Air Force meteorologist James Stagg must deliver a weather report to the Allied high command determining the feasibility of the planned D-Day.
The film is produced by Working Title Films and StudioCanal and directed by Anthony Maras, who co-wrote the script with David Haig. It is adapted from Haig’s stage play Pressure which premiered in Edinburgh in 2014 and later moved to the West End.
Andrew Scott was reported to be leading the cast in July 2024 as Group Captain James Stagg. The same month, Brendan Fraser was cast as Dwight D. Eisenhower. The following month, Kerry Condon joined the cast as Eisenhower’s assistant Captain Kay Summersby. They were later joined in the cast by Damien Lewis and Chris Messina. Principal photography began in the UK in September 2024.
In November 2024, Focus Features acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. Pressure is scheduled to be theatrically released on 29 May 2026 in the United States, followed by the United Kingdom on 11 September.
