Callum Turner & Alia Shawkat Star in Fake War Movie Atropia Trailer

Vertical has shared the official trailer for Atropia, the upcoming war satire movie starring Alia Shawkat (Search Party) and Callum Turner (Masters of the Air). Following its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, the movie is now slated to arrive in theaters on December 12, with expansion targeted for January 2026.

“Welcome to Atropia: a fake nation created by the U.S. military to train soldiers before their deployment. These simulated towns—built by Hollywood set designers—are brought to life by role players hired to create a sense of ‘authenticity,'” reads the movie’s official synopsis. “When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance. What unfolds is an audaciously funny satire that asks: In the performance of war, who are the winners and who are the losers?”

Check out the Atropia trailer below (watch more trailers):

What happens in the Atropia trailer?

The video introduces Shawkat, who’s playing an actress working at a fake country invented by the military in an effort to create an immersive training for soldiers. She plans to use this experience as a stepping stone for her Hollywood career. However, her ambitions will hit a snag when she unexpectedly falls in love with one of the soldiers.

Atropia is written and directed by Hailey Benton Gates in her feature-length directorial debut. The ensemble cast also includes Zahra Alzubaidi, Tony Shawkat, Jane Levy, Tim Heidecker, Lola Kirke, and Chloe Sevigny. The movie is produced by Luca Guadagnino, Naima Abed, Emilie Georges, Lana Kim, and Jett Steiger. Since its world premiere, the movie has received mixed reviews from critics. It currently has a Tomatometer rating of 40% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 35 reviews.

Source: Comingsoon.net