Filming for the Netflix sci-fi action movie “Rebel Moon”, which started in April 2022, has been completed. With this project, “300” and “Watchmen” director Zack Snyder wants to start his own star wars. The ‘Star Wars’ comparison often used in this context is no coincidence, by the way, as the director actually pitched his film to the George Lucas Studio Lucasfilm as a dark ‘Star Wars’ spin-off, but the idea was eventually delisted after its acquisition by Disney.
“Rebel Moon” has now found a new home on Netflix. On December 22, 2023, the sci-fi action begins at the streaming giant – and even in two parts! Of course, the film will have to do without a “Star Wars” background here, but it seems that the streaming giant is ready to take the dark sci-fi vision of the director, known for spectacular visual worlds, in all its toughness. .
Longer R-rated version
Both movies will also be released on the Netflix streaming platform in an extended R-rated versionat least that’s what Andy Koyama, who works in the film’s sound department, said in an interview now to reveal:
“We just did the first preliminary mix for the part one preview and it’s very exciting. It’s a big, huge space thing […] ‘Star Wars’-esque, ‘rebels against the evil empire’ in many different worlds. That is really fun. There will be two movies. […] There will also be an extended R-rated version of each of the two films, so we will mix four different films.”
Fans of director Zack Snyder know, of course, that extensive rewrites and R-rated cuts are nothing new for the filmmaker. “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” was also released in a longer R-rated version. The battle of the fans for the “Snyder Cut” of “Justice League”, which was actually released in 2021, is also legendary: under the hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyderCut, social media demanded for years a version of the film that corresponded to the original idea from the director would match after he had to cut filming off early due to family issues and leave the completion of the film to Joss Whedon.
That’s what “Rebel Moon” is about
In “Rebel Moon,” Sofia Boutella (“Star Trek Beyond”) plays a young woman with a mysterious past who is sent by the desperate populace of a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy to gather warriors on neighboring planets to fight the battle. to go. .. to oppose the armies of the tyrannical regent Balisarius (Ed Skrein).
With this synopsis, the ‘Star Wars’ DNA of the film is of course still evident. In addition to Sofia Boutella, Deadpool villain Ed Skrein, Sons Of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam, Shazam! wizard Djimon Hounsou, Saw victim Cary Elwes, Ant-Man villain Corey, Stoll, cyborg actor Ray Fisher and “Sucker Punch” among others fighter Jena Malone to Zack Snyder on camera. In addition, Hollywood legend Anthony Hopkins can be heard in a speaking role as a sensitive combat robot.