{"id":638829,"date":"2026-10-23T06:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/638829\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T06:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:58:22","slug":"the-mosquito-bowl-afi-fest-red-carpet-bill-skarsgard-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/638829\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Mosquito Bowl’ AFI Fest Red Carpet: Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd & More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix celebrated the world premiere of Peter Berg\u2019s The Mosquito Bowl tonight during AFI Fest.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Berg and the stars of the WWII sports drama walked the red carpet at TCL Chinese Theater ahead of the film\u2019s Oct. 30 premiere in theaters and Nov. 25 release on Netflix.<\/p>\n

In addition to stars Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd, Nicholas Galitzine, Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis, attendees at Thursday\u2019s premiere included Billy Zane, Thora Birch, Tim Matheson and more.<\/p>\n

Based on Buzz Bissinger\u2019s 2o22 book The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II, the movie follows the titular game between four top American football players who enlist in the United States Marine Corps after the attack on Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n

Scroll on to see photos from the AFI Fest world premiere of The Mosquito Bowl.<\/p>\n

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Bill Skarsgard attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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Nicholas Galitzine attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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Ray Nicholson attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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Tom Francis attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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Tom Francis, Ray Nicholson, Bill Skarsgard and Nicholas Galitzine attend \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\"Brent
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Brent Comer attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\"Pat
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Pat McAfee attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\"Lola
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Lola Bond attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\"Jack
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Jack Ingram attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\"Peter
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Peter Berg attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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Peter Berg and Larry David attend \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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Buzz Bissinger attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\"Rudy
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Rudy Pankow attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\"Thora
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Thora Birch attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\"Billy
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Billy Zane attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\"Eugenio
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Eugenio Derbez attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\"Tim
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Tim Matheson attends \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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Members of United States Marine Corps attend \u2018The Mosquito Bowl\u2019 premiere during AFI Fest 2026 held on Oct. 22, 2026 at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix celebrated the world premiere of Peter Berg\u2019s The Mosquito Bowl tonight during AFI Fest. On Thursday, Berg…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64807,430,156,1094,111,139,118992,69,283663,283664,220840],"class_list":["post-638829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bill-skarsgard","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-netflix","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nicholas-galitzine","tag-nz","tag-ray-nicholson","tag-the-mosquito-bowl","tag-tom-francis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}