Zack Snyder Shares New Concept Art for REBEL MOON and Casts Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, and Ray Fisher
Director Zack Snyder has shared some new concept art for his Star Wars-inspired film Rebel Moon. The art offers another tease of what we can expect from the film visually. He also announced some new cast members!
The movie stars Sofia Boutella (The Kingsman, The Mummy, Star Trek Beyond), and 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.”
Boutella will be joined by Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy, Pacific Rim), Djimon Hounsou (Shazam!), Doona Bae (Sense8), Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg in Snyder's Justice League, and Sucker Punch actress Jena Malone. Snyder also confirmed that Staz Nair, E. Duffy, Charlotte Maggi, and Sky Yang will round out the cast.
Snyder previously teased the epic scale of the film, saying, "The beginning of Man of Steel has pretty big science fiction elements in it, right? Krypton. That's kind of what we're doing in Rebel Moon, but on the biggest steroids that I can give it. Frankly, what I'm really interested [in] with this movie is creating a romantic sci-fi film on a scale that is frankly as big as you can make the movie."
Snyder also said that he hopes he can build out the universe that Rebel Moon will introduce us to, “This is me growing up as an Akira Kurosawa fan, a Star Wars fan. It's my love of sci-fi and a giant adventure. My hope is that this also becomes a massive IP and a universe that can be built out."
Snyder also co-wrote the film with Shay Hatten and Kurt Johnstad. Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller and Snyder will produce for The Stone Quarry along with Eric Newman for Grand Electric.
There’s still no release date, but it’s coming to Netflix.
