Zack Snyder Is Turning His Star Wars Pitch Into a Netflix Sci-Fi Epic

With the success of HBO Max’s Zack Snyder’s Justice League and Netflix’s Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder is sticking to style films and streaming for his newly introduced subsequent challenge: Netflix sci-fi epic Rebel Moon, which the director hopes will change into a franchise not in contrast to Star Wars, the collection that originally helped encourage it.

As the Hollywood Reporter reveals, Rebel Moon can be impressed by the movies of Akira Kurosawa—which, famously, additionally impressed a sure George Lucas. The commerce notes that Snyder first got here up with the idea 10 years in the past as a part of a Star Wars pitch that ended up not shifting ahead after Disney gained Lucasfilm in 2021; it’s described as “a more mature take on the universe created by George Lucas.” Along the best way, Snyder additionally thought of turning Rebel Moon right into a TV collection, however with this Netflix deal he’ll be capable to notice the function—and/or options—he’s been longing to make.

The director tells THR that he’s spent “the last two to three years” engaged on world-building for the challenge, and notes “This is me growing up as an Akira Kurosawa fan, a Star Wars fan. It’s my love of sci-fi and a giant adventure. My hope is that this also becomes a massive IP and a universe that can be built out.”

Never one to assume small, that Zack Snyder. THR, which reviews that the hope is Rebel Moon will start filming early subsequent 12 months, has this plot synopsis to share: “The story is set in motion when a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy is threatened by the armies of a tyrannical regent named Balisarius. Desperate people dispatch a young woman with a mysterious past to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them make a stand.”

That undoubtedly sounds acquainted, but in addition promising. What do you consider motion grasp Snyder getting into the sci-fi franchise sphere? Will he forged Tig Notaro outright this time, at the very least?

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