Patrick Wilson to star in Roland Emmerich’s Midway movie Following last month’s announcement that Luke Evans (The Alienist) would be joining Roland Emmerich’s (Independence Day franchise, The Day After Tomorrow) World War II action movie Midway, Deadline has confirmed that Golden Globe nominee Patrick Wilson (Fargo, Aquaman, The Conjuring franchise) has boarded the project as well. Based on the true story of the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II, the film chronicles the heroic and harrowing exploits of the soldiers and aviators who achieved the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war. Wilson will be portraying Edwin Layton, the rear admiral in the U.S.