In the long American tradition of finding grace under the shadow of war, Peter Berg turns to a true story — four college football stars who enlisted after Pearl Harbor and played one final game on Christmas Eve 1944, some of them never returning home. The film Mosquito Bowl, arriving in theaters October 30, 2026, and on Netflix November 25, asks what sport reveals about the human spirit when the stakes extend far beyond the scoreboard. It is a story about young men who carried two identities — athlete and soldier — and the moment those identities briefly, beautifully converged before history c
Peter Berg's 'Mosquito Bowl' Combines WWII Drama and Football for Netflix Debut
The film depicts real soldiers who died during WWII, with some Mosquito Bowl players not surviving the war.