Overview

• Netflix confirmed via its TUDUM site that McAfee will portray a U.S. Marine drill instructor in Peter Berg’s World War II drama.
• The film adapts Buzz Bissinger’s 2022 book about top college players who enlist after Pearl Harbor and play a storied game before the Okinawa invasion.
• Filming is underway in Australia, and guest hosts have recently filled in on The Pat McAfee Show during his on‑location work.
• McAfee stepped away from WWE Raw commentary in June citing exhaustion but continues his daily program and ESPN College GameDay duties.
• WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque says McAfee is expected to appear at Wrestlepalooza on Sept. 20 in Indiana, and Netflix has not set a release date.