12 Strong

Initial release: January 18, 2018 (Russia)

Director: Nicolai Fuglsig

Production company: Alcon Entertainment

Screenplay: Peter Craig, Ted Tally

Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Ellen H. Schwartz

In the wake of Sept. 11, Capt. Mitch Nelson leads a U.S. Special Forces team into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission. Once there, the soldiers develop an uneasy partnership with the Northern Alliance to take down the Taliban and its al-Qaida allies. Outgunned and outnumbered, Nelson and his forces face overwhelming odds in a fight against a ruthless enemy that takes no prisoners.

12 Strong (also known as 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers) is an upcoming American war drama film directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig. The film is based on Doug Stanton's non-fiction book Horse Soldiers, which tells the story of CIA paramilitary officers and U.S. Special Forces sent to Afghanistan immediately after the September 11 attacks. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, William Fichtner, and Rob Riggle.

Principal photography began in January 2017 in New Mexico. The film is set to be released in the United States on January 19, 2018 in standard and IMAX theaters.

Cast

• Chris Hemsworth as Captain Mitch Nelson, Jean’s husband and inspired by Mark Nutsch
• Michael Shannon as Chief Warrant Officer Cal Spencer, one of the members of Mitch’s team
• Michael Peña as Sergeant First Class Sam Diller, Lisa’s husband and one of the members of Mitch's team the group attempting to cut off the Taliban’s supply line
• Navid Negahban as General Abdul Rashid Dostum, the leader of the Alliance and is now Vice President of Afghanistan
• Trevante Rhodes as Sergeant First Class Ben Milo, one of the members of Mitch's team
• Geoff Stults as Sean Coffers, one of the members of Mitch's team
• Thad Luckinbill as Vern Michaels, one of the members of Mitch's team
• William Fichtner as Colonel John Mulholland, one of two U.S. Army officers
• Rob Riggle as Colonel Max Bowers, one of two U.S. Army officers
• Elsa Pataky as Jean Nelson, Mitch’s wife
• Austin Stowell as Staff Sergeant Fred Falls, an American soldier on the elite U.S. Special Forces team.
• Ben O'Toole as Scott Black, one of the members of Mitch's team
• Austin Hébert as SFC Pat Essex
• Kenneth Miller as Kenny Jackson, one of the members of Mitch's team
• Kenny Sheard as Sergeant First Class Bill Bennett, one of the members of Mitch's team
• Jack Kesy as Charles Jones, one of the members of Mitch's team
• Laith Nakli as Commander Ahmed Lal, one of the soldiers of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance
• Yousuf Azami, as Fakir, one of the soldiers of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance
• Saïd Taghmaoui as a Taliban military leader
• Fahim Fazli as Commander Khaled,one of the soldiers of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance
• Peter Malek as Habib
• Allison King as Marcha Spencer
• Lauren Myers as Lisa Diller, Sam's wife
• Taylor Sheridan as Brian