Todd Phillips’s WAR DOGS Trailer Watch the first WAR DOGS trailer! The film, directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Due Date), stars Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas, Bradley Cooper, and Barry Livingston. WAR DOGS will be released in theaters on August 19. The true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan.