by Alex Billington
May 21, 2026
Source: YouTube
“Why should I trust you?” “We must face the facts– the facts – however frightening they may be!” Focus Features has debuted their second & final trailer for the World War II movie titled Pressure, arriving in US theaters to watch starting in May next week. It will open in the UK later in the year in September (some 4 months later after the US launch). The film tells the tense story of deciding to go forward with D-Day on June 6th, 1944 sending troops into Europe in Northwest France. In the final days before the planned Allied invasion of Europe in 1944, Royal Air Force meteorologist Cpt. James Stagg must deliver a weather report to the Allied high command on the feasibility of the planned D-Day. The weather needs to be just right. This war film thriller stars Brendan Fraser as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Andrew Scott as Captain James Stagg, Kerry Condon as Captain Kay Summersby, Damian Lewis as Marshall Bernard Montgomery, Chris Messina as Irving P. Krick, Henry Ashton as John Eisenhower, with Con O’Neill, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Toby Williams, and Max Croes. The last UK trailer from a few months ago is the best trailer but this one also sets the stakes and turns up the intensity. I’m still looking forward to watching – this looks damn good.
Here’s the final US trailer (+ another poster) for Anthony Maras’ WWII movie Pressure, from YouTube:
You can watch the first official trailer for Anthony Maras’ Pressure movie right here + full UK trailer here.
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day in 1944 during World War II, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, Pressure follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser) and Captain James Stagg (Andrew Scott) as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest & most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether. Pressure is directed by the Australian producer / filmmaker Anthony Maras, director of the movie Hotel Mumbai previously, as well as numerous other shorts. The screenplay is written by David Haig and Anthony Maras; adapted from the 2014 stage play Pressure also written by David Haig. Produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. This hasn’t premiered at any film festivals or elsewhere, as far as we know. Focus Features debuts Maras’ Pressure movie in US theaters starting May 29th, 2026 in the summer. It then opens in the UK later on September 9th after. Who wants to watch?
