Zack Snyder Has a 450 Page REBEL MOON Bible and Has Endless Movie and TV Plans
It seems like Netflix has Zack Snyder the ability to build his own epic sci-fi fantasy universe, and it all begins with his upcoming two-part film Rebel Moon. I’ve been really curious about this movie because it is based on a Star Wars pitch that he made to Lucasfilm shortly after they were bought by Disney.
It actually seems like things worked out for the better Snyder that things didn’t go through with Lucasfilm. Now Snyder gets to tell the exact story that he wants to tell, and there are endless plans to go beyond these first two movies and it was Netflix that kickstarted all of that. Synder explained in an interview with Empire:
“When I pitched it to Netflix, the scale was a thing they wanted. They were like, ‘Well, how big could it be? How many movies?’ That made me go, ‘Okay, if we really do this, we can sink our teeth pretty deep into this. We can’t really hit the bottom.’”
It was also revealed that Snyder wrote a 450-page bible for Rebel Moon, which details “all kinds of lore and backstories pertaining to the evil Imperium.” He has an expansive timeline that extends long before and after the story for the two films that will be coming out.
The filmmaker went on to reveal that he’s already got plans cooking for a TV series that would explore the history of the saga’s villain, Fra Fee’s Balisarius. Then there’s a third film that he’s also working on that would actually utilize the rebel moon in the story because it’s not a part of these first two films. He said:
“The Rebel Moon is not the moon that they’re on. The title was conceptual, but there’s a planet named Vanna, and Vanna is the rebel moon. It’s not even in one shot of this movie!”
The story is set in a “peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy that finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius. They dispatch a young woman with a mysterious past to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them take a stand against the Tyrant.”
It’s going to be interesting to see how big this franchise gets. I’m pretty confident that the first two films are going to be a hit for Netflix, and they are going to want to keep expanding the universe.
The movie stars Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Doona Bae, Djimon Hounsou, Ray Fisher, Jena Malone, Ed Skrein, Stuart Martin, Cary Elwes, Corey Stoll, Michiel Huisman, Anthony Hopkins, and Alfonso Herrera.
Rebel Moon Part 1 is set to arrive on Netflix on December 22. Each of the two films will get a family-friendly version and an R-rated version.