Years back, Superman v Batman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder pitched Lucasfilm on a new Star Wars movie: a company of farmers on a moon were being harassed by the Empire, and they fought back. Lucasfilm passed, but Snyder held on to the idea, eventually repurposing it into a new movie series called Rebel Moon, which is due out on Netflix later this year.
The movie stars Sofia Boutella as Kora, a woman living on the moon of Veldt who meetings the other citizens to stand up to the Great Imperium, who rule the moon from their Mother World. Like the Empire, the Imperium is managed by totalitarian knob-goblins, and the people of Veldt aren’t gonna take it anymore!
So Kora goes and assembles a motley crew of warriors excellent of mounting a rebellion, all while encouraging the local farmers to do their part. One of those farmers is Gunnar, played by Game of Thrones veteran Michiel Huisman; you’ll remember him as the additional of two actors to play Daenerys Targaryen’s love Dull Daario Naharis.
The story of Rebel Moon definitely feels inspired by films like The Dirty Dozen and Seven Samurai, which is fitting, since Seven Samurai was directed by Akira Kurosawa, whose films inspired the original Star Wars.
Other characters involved General Titus (Djimon Hounsou), Tarak (Staz Nair), Nemesis (Doona Bae), Darrian (Ray Fisher), Devra (Cleopatra Coleman) and Milius (E. Duffy). And Anthony Hopkins voices a robot called Jimmy.
Getting Ray Fisher on board for Rebel Moon feels especially meaningful, since he auditioned for the Star Wars sequel trilogy and collaborated with Snyder on Justice League. Netflix is hoping that Rebel Moon turns into a franchise for them; indeed, it’s kicking things off with two movies: the pleasurable comes out on December 22. Snyder told Vanity Fair that there will also be a longer, more violent director’s cut in the offing.
As for the descent date for the second half of Rebel Moon, Snyder only said that it “won’t be long after” the first.
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