Zack Snyder he is aware that he will have to face the comparisons that the public will make between his own Rebel Moon to the sci-fi cult Star Wars. The epic original film Netflix – a space opera centered on a piecemeal rebellion against a tyrannical dictatorship – will likely suffer the constant comparisons to a galaxy far, far away. Talking about this was the person concerned himself who revealed that he had already taken this possibility into account.

“Obviously these comparisons will be made“, he said Zack Snyder to Vanity Fair . “Anything in a spaceship will read: ‘This is empty Star Wars.’ So I understand and welcome the comparisons. But at the same time, I think our thing is really a completely different experience. However, Snyder pitched a Star Wars movie to Lucasfilm shortly before Disney acquired the IP.

“I was in post-production on Man of Steelrecalls Snyder. “TOI had heard that at one point there were rumors about the possibility of doing three more films [di Star Wars]. My opinion has been that if you let me have the IP, I will make this amazing movie and not meddle in anything you guys are doing. The movie of Zack Snyder it would have had no impact on the existing canon of Star Wars until that moment. The director met with Kathleen Kennedy to pitch the idea, but Disney went in a different direction.

Everything we know about Rebel Moon

Rebel Moon will come out on Netflix on December 22, 2023. In the film, the army of the tyrant Regent Balisarius threatens the inhabitants of a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy, who decide to send a young woman with a mysterious past to explore nearby planets in search of warriors willing to fight alongside them . In the cast of the film protagonists are Sophia Boutella as Kora. The other characters will be played by Djimon HounsouEd Skrein, Ray Fisher, Jena Malone, Charlie HunnamCary Elwes And Anthony Hopkins in a voice-over only role.

Production: Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller and Zack Snyder for The Stone Quarry; Eric Newman for Grand Electric Executive Production: Sarah Bowen for Grand Electric. The feature marks the return together of Newman, Snyder and Stuber. One of Netflix’s most prolific producers, Newman tapped Snyder to helm his 2004 Dawn of the Dead, which was overseen by then-Universal Vice President Scott Stuber, now Netflix’s Head of Global Films. Rebel Moon is the first feature film resulting from the pre-emption agreement between Netflix and The Stone Quarry Productions, a production company founded by Zack and Deborah Snyder, together with production partner Wesley Coller.