Army of the Dead is releasing in theaters and on Netflix, but does it have a post-credits scene and should you stick around through the credits sequence? After spending years developing comic book adaptations, beginning with 300 and continuing through Zack Snyder's Justice League, Zack Snyder himself is returning to his roots with Army of the Dead. In 2004, Snyder released his first feature film, Dawn of the Dead, and while Army of the Dead isn't connected to that movie, it's still a return to the same genre.
Originally, Army of the Dead was being developed by both Universal and Warner Bros. in the late 2000s, but it quickly entered development hell and remained there until 2019, when Netflix picked up the rights and hired Snyder to shepherd the film, turning it into one of their blockbuster franchises. Army of the Dead is the first installment in a new wave of zombie projects from Netflix. A prequel movie titled Army of Thieves is in the works, which will follow Matthias Schweighöfer's Ludwig Dieter. An anime series called Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas is also in development, which will focus on some of the movie's character around the time of the outbreak. But the thing is, neither of these projects are explicitly set up by the Army of the Dead credits.
Over the years, moviegoers have become accustomed to seeing post-credit scenes set up future sequels, but since an Army of the Dead sequel isn't confirmed, there's nothing to really set up. That's why Army of the Dead does not have a post-credits scene. However, the credits are still fun to stick around for, given Elvis' "Suspicious Minds" plays and there's some faint zombie growling sounds throughout, not to mention it's worth watching the credits to appreciate the people who worked hard to make the film a reality.
Furthermore, Snyder himself typically doesn't put post-credits scenes in his movies. Recently, with the Snyder Cut, he opted for an epilogue that would act more as a coda rather than a standard end-credits scene. If an Army of the Dead sequel was already in the works - in some form - then perhaps the movie could've alluded to it in some way, but at the moment, everything coming in the future is a prequel or standalone story, nothing that warrants direct setup.
Of course, none of this means there's no setup in the film at all. Army of the Dead is meant to kick off a franchise for Netflix. How big that franchise ends up becoming remains to be seen, but Snyder's film is the first in a new line of zombie media for the streaming service, an area it's sorely lacked despite being the streaming home to noteworthy zombie properties, such as The Walking Dead.