Beiruting News

Brad Pitt's latest production, War Machine, has wrapped in the UAE after 22 days of filming.

The film, directed by David Michôd (Animal Kingdom, The Rover), stars Pitt as a brash US commander modelled on four-star General Stanley McChrystal.

The cast also includes Anthony Michael Hall, Will Poulter and Topher Grace.

The War Machine crew arrived in Abu Dhabi in August to set up the production office in advance of the UAE filming, which began in Abu Dhabi in October.

Netflix committed to a budget understood to be in the $70m range and will orchestrate a limited theatrical release alongside a worldwide digital launch in late 2016, by which time the company aims to have achieved its goal of streaming to around 200 countries.