Netflix’s Rebel Moon is a Two-Part Epic Space Opera

Earlier within the week, Netflix revealed its slate of tentpole movies for 2023, and Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon was featured amongst that prestigious lineup. Snyder’s motion pictures are inclined to catch people’ consideration, and that’ll probably be the case for this movie, particularly because it’s being break up into two motion pictures which are being filmed back-to-back.

Speaking to Variety earlier within the week, Netflix co-head of unique movies Ori Marmur confirmed this is able to be the case. The purpose for this, in accordance with him, is owed to Snyder, because the story apparently can’t be simply locked to 1 movie. “When we saw how big the world he created was, we thought it would be better served as two pieces versus one film,” mentioned Marmur. “It’s the kind of story that can continue to grow.”

Marmur additional added that Snyder has had the idea for the movie in his head “for decades,” and even likened it to Star Wars. It’s a comparability that’s fairly becoming, since Snyder initially pitched this as a Star Wars film to Lucasfilm years earlier than Disney would purchase the corporate. Even its story feels very acquainted to these movies, blended in with a few of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai: Sofia Boutella stars as Kora, a younger lady named who has to assemble a group of warriors to push again an invading galactic empire.

Snyder himself is no stranger to multi-part movies, as that was his plan for the DC Extended Universe, and his Justice League film was meant to be a duology. That by no means manifested, however he’s getting his want right here. It’s uncertain that the story will finish there, although; very similar to with Army of the Dead and its bigger franchise plans, don’t be shocked if we get extra from Snyder’s sci-fi world past these two motion pictures.

Rebel Moon will hit Netflix on December 22.

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