The Rebel Moon 2 trailer looks to be Zack Snyder’s big win for Netflix

The first trailer for Rebel Moon: The Scar Donor The series was quietly canceled on Christmas Day, but even with 1 million views and counting, it’s unclear whether Netflix received a valuable gift in its stocking or a lump of coal.

Rebel Moon is currently the No. 1 movie on Netflix (with 23.9 million views in its first six days on the platform). the now somewhat transparent company

). It’s also a stain on director Zack Snyder’s track record; While not typically a critical darling, the fantasy space opera has attracted some attention the worst reviews of his career floating in between sucker Punch And Justice League (the first attempt) on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Is there hope for the Rebel Moon universe?

Netflix has to hope so – the streamer doesn’t just have one Rebel Moon Consequence, The scar donor, locked and loaded for spring 2024, there is clear hope for greater expansion of the universe into other realms. At least we get an R-rated version of the first film, Rebel Moon: A child of fireAnd a co-op game for four players Rebel Moon Video game from Super Evil Megacorp… someday.

But while it’s hard to imagine a “course correction” for the budding franchise – it’s Snyder’s baby through and through – the first trailer is Rebel Moon: The Scar Donor could see an improvement. A child of fire promised a Seven samurai-like team film with a decisive battle between outsiders and imperial scum… without actually delivering the decisive battle. Now that the muscle is in place, The scar donor

looks like a third act of the original tone adapted into a sequel. If it’s just slow-motion action and reference-heavy iconography swirling around in a cloud of action, could it be what Snyder envisioned all along? At least we’re getting a lot more Djimon Hounsou, which is a good sign.

Rebel Moon: The Scar Donor will premiere on Netflix on April 19, 2024. And either before or after, we’ll get the R-rated cuts of one or both films that are worth waiting for. At least Snyder says they’re set in a “different dimension” than the PG-13 films, so there’s that.