{"id":536128,"date":"2026-03-12T19:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/536128\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:02:13","slug":"trailer-mackie-kingsley-in-desert-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/536128\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailer: Mackie, Kingsley In &#8220;Desert Warrior&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/trailer-mackie-kingsley-in-desert-warrior.jpg\" data-caption=\"Vertical\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/trailer-mackie-kingsley-in-desert-warrior.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"trailer-mackie-kingsley-in-desert-warrior\"\/><\/a>Vertical<\/p>\n<p>Vertical has premiered the first trailer for \u201cDesert Warrior,\u201d the big-budget action epic starring Anthony Mackie and directed by Rupert Wyatt (\u201cRise of the Planet of the Apes,\u201d \u201cThe Gambler\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Set in 7th-century Arabia, at a time when the shifting sands were full of disparate, feuding tribes.  One such tribe is led by a ruthless emperor (Sir Ben Kingsley), who comes across a princess (Aiysha Hart) and attempts to make her his concubine\/<\/p>\n<p>Defying him, the princess flees into the Arabian desert, hunted by mercenaries. Forged into a warrior and aided by a legendary bandit (Mackie), she unites warring tribes for a last stand that will change history.<\/p>\n<p>Sharlto Copley, Ghassan Massoud, Sami Bouajila, Lamis Ammar, G\u00e9za R\u00f6hrig, and Numan Acar co-star in the film, the largest production to ever film in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Shot back in late 2021, the film had a long post-production period with some behind-the-scenes issues leading to delays.  It ulimately premiered at the Zurich Film Festival last year.<\/p>\n<p>Vertical will release \u201cDesert Warrior\u201d in cinemas on April 24th.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vertical Vertical has premiered the first trailer for \u201cDesert Warrior,\u201d the big-budget action epic starring Anthony Mackie and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,142132,134,344],"class_list":["post-536128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}