Justice League Director Zack Snyder is shooting a new science fiction adventure film for Netflix called Rebel moon, according to an exclusive story by The Hollywood Reporter.
According to Snyder, this idea originally started as a Star Wars pitch, but was no longer taken seriously after Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012. But it seems that the original inspiration is still an important part of the project.
Snyder told THR that Rebel moon comes from his love for Star Wars and the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, whose films were an important source of inspiration for George Lucas when he first created Star Wars.
Rebel moon will be co-written by Snyder Army of the Dead Co-author Shay Hatten (John Wick 3: Parabellum), and 300 Co-author Kurt Johnstad (Atomic blonde). Snyder will also direct Netflix.
The epic space fantasy film will be the second major feature film collaboration between Netflix and Snyder in recent years after this year’s one Army of the Dead and its several planned spin-offs. Meanwhile, Snyder is also developing an animated show for the streaming platform based on Norse mythology. Snyder says he hopes Rebel moon will have franchise and IP potential for streaming service too, just like Army of the Dead.
Rebel moon should start production early next year, but has no official release date yet.
