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Richard Edwards

What is Rebel Moon? Everything we know about Zack Snyder's new Netflix space opera

Zack Snyder Netflix Akira Kurosawa Djimon Hounsou Ed Skrein George Lucas Anthony Hopkins Bae Doona Charlie Hunnam Jena Malone
Still from the movie Rebel Moon (2023). Here we see a close up of Kora, a young woman with dark, chin length hair and wearing a beige cloak. In her hands she is grasping a large futuristic pistol.

If Rebel Moon sounds like it could be a movie set a long time ago in a certain galaxy far, far away, that's no coincidence. Director/co-writer Zack Snyder, best known for DC superhero adventures Man of Steel and Justice League, initially pitched the project as a potential Star Wars spin-off. It turned out Disney had other ideas when it bought the Lucasfilm Empire back in 2012, but Snyder persisted, turning his story into a brand-new space saga for Netflix.

Even though Rebel Moon is based in an entirely new universe, the parallels with Star Wars are undeniable. Like George Lucas's interstellar adventures, the movie is an epic space opera, and – just as A New Hope borrowed heavily from Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress – Snyder's movie is inspired by the legendary Japanese director's Seven Samurai.

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