After getting a huge response to Army of the Dead and also its several spins off under development, once again Zack Snyder is going to team up with Netflix to produce and also direct his upcoming project named Rebel Moon which is an epic sci-fi adventure film having the scope and scale of Star Wars. It is also informed that this film used to be a Star Wars movie once upon a time while Snyder had just pitched the version of it to LucasFilm.
In this, we will see Zack Snyder will direct and also co-write the film and also will rejoin with many of his teammates from his previous projects. Shay Hatten will co-write the script of the film, he also co-wrote the script of Army of the Dead, and Kurt Johnstad also was worked on 300 with Snyder.
In this, the main production company is Stone Quarry with Grand Electric which also has been listed which is respectively the production company of Eric Newman that overall has a deal with Netflix.
In his interview, Snyder also has commented on the Inspiration of Rebel Moon. He has said that it is him who has grown up as an Akira Kurosawa fan of Star Wars. It is his love of sci-fi and also a giant adventure.
This time Snyder takes his wife and producing partner Deborah Snyder to produce the film through the duo’s Stone Quarry also with his principal for a long time Wesley Coller. Eric Newman has produced the feature debut of Snyder of 2004, Dawn of the Dead that he is producing through his banner, Grand Electric.
Rebel Moon: Plot
Hollywood Reporter has revealed the synopsis of this film. It has shown that the film is extremely inspired by Star Wars and once upon a time it was the pitch of Star Wars a decade ago. The plot of the film is based on the motion when a peaceful colony on an edge of the galaxy gets the threat by the armies of a tyrannical regent which is named Belisarius. In his, the colonist has dispatched to the young woman having a mysterious past to get the warriors from the neighbor planets to help them for making a stand.
Additionally, we will say, “ The film is set in a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy that finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Belisarius. The dispatch a young woman with a mysterious past to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them take a stand the Tyrant.”
Rebel Moon: Cast
The cast of the film did not announce yet but it is expected that we will watch some familiar faces with whom Snyder was enjoyed in the past. Sofia Boutella also was the first cast declared for Rebel Moon.
Boutella is also much known for Kingsman: The Secret Service as well as having starred in Star Trek Beyond and Atomic Blonde.
Rebel Moon: Production Status
We are expecting that the production of the film will enter in early 2022 but there are no such fixed dates or filming locations at this moment.
“I’ve been working on this on the side for so long, it’s pretty far along,”
In November 2021, it was confirmed through ProductionWeekly that the filming will extend from 1st March 2022 until 31st August 2022. The current update from ProductionWekly was exposed that the shooting dates have also been pushing forward over a month and also now scheduled to start on 18th April 2022 and also will come to an end within 4th November 2022.
The new production will be taking place in Inyo Country which is in California in the US. The famous tourist destination also has been a famous filming destination with also ver 400 Hollywood films reportedly shoot here over such years and also enhances that it is the “largest Western backll=klot located in Lone Pine, CA.”
Returning back to Star Wars, Death Valley National Park is Inyo California also had been filmed to the location used for Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope, and The Return of the Jedi.
Rebel Moon: Development History
It is mainly a Star Wars pitched developed by Zack Snyder. It is going to be a more take to the universe that is created by George Lucas and also even did not move without any meaningful conversations after it becomes acquired by The Walt Disney Co. Lucasfilm in 2012.
At a moment Snyder and Newman who also was behind Narcos and Narcos Mexico, have respectively gone down the path of creating it into the series but it was ultimately decided to create this Rebel moon as a feature movie on which Snyder was working respectively.
He said that he had spent the last two or three years building this universe. Each and every corner should be painted. He had done many designs and also constantly drew and seriously cultivated the fertile ground to make this world realize completely.
Rebel Moon: Cinematic Universe or not
After launching several Army of the Dead projects for Netflix, Snyder has revealed that he hopes that this also becomes a massive IP and a universe that could be built out.
Rebel Moon: Release Date
There is no such release date that has been set by Netflix for the film yet. After considering the entire potential scope of the production, it is expected that it will come in 2023 at the earliest.
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