<P> On March 12, 2013, DreamWorks announced that it had acquired the film rights to the David Finkel's upcoming non-fiction book Thank You for Your Service, about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers who return from war in Iraq and have difficulties in adapting to civilian life . Steven Spielberg was expected to join the film as director, while American Sniper's Oscar - nominated scribe Jason Dean Hall was hired in June 2013 to adapt the book into a film . Daniel Day - Lewis was later eyed to re-team with Spielberg on this film . </P> <P> On June 30, 2015, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that screenwriter Hall would be making his directorial debut with the film from his own script . On August 19, 2015, it was reported that Miles Teller was in talks to join the film as Adam Schumann, a soldier who leaves Iraq as a broken man . On October 20, 2015, Haley Bennett was cast in the film to play Schumann's loyal and supportive wife . On December 2, 2015, New Zealand - based newcomer Beulah Koale joined the film to play Solo, an American Samoan soldier who feels that the military had made his life better . On January 7, 2016, Scott Haze was cast in the film to play a soldier suffering from PTSD . Jon Kilik would produce the film, which Universal Pictures would distribute in the United States . On January 28, 2016, Joe Cole joined the film to play a soldier who returns home in crisis and tries to find his fiancée and their daughter who have left him, while Jayson Warner Smith joined the film to play a receptionist at a Veterans Affairs office . On February 9, 2016, Amy Schumer joined the cast with three others: Keisha Castle - Hughes, Brad Beyer, and Omar Dorsey . It was later revealed that Kate Lyn Sheil had joined the cast . </P> <P> Principal photography on the film began on February 9, 2016, in Atlanta, Georgia . In March 2016, it filmed at the Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth, Georgia . </P> <P> The film had its world premiere at the Heartland Film Festival on October 15, 2017 . The film was released in the United States on October 27, 2017 . </P>

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