There are times when rejections lead to bigger and better opportunities. This proves to be true for Zack Snyder who is now building his own universe under Netflix starting with Rebel Moon Part One - A Child of Fire and this is just the beginning of his adventures on the streaming platform. The director just reveals that he goes beyond breaking the bounds of the rules of Star Wars in making his own franchise, and he continues to look back to the moment when he was rejected by Lucasfilm.
Many moons ago, in 2012, Zack Snyder made a pitch to Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy with the concept of his two-part sci-fi film Rebel Moon as a Star Wars trilogy but this, clearly, did not push through. A decade after, his Rebel Moon films has been taken in by Netflix. Speaking with IGN, Zack Snyder recalled what happened to his pitch a decade ago, he said, "In the end, it would have been a cage I was living in. So in the end it allowed me to be a lot more freaky.”
Zack Snyder added in the same interview how Rebel Moon would break the bounds of the rules of Star Wars, "In a lot of ways it's better for the movie that I ended up having to do it outside of the Star Wars universe because I think that there's a lot of rules that I would've had to have broken of Star Wars canon." Snyder also reveals that he got the freedom he needed to creating the mythos of the two films, he said:
We had to back everything up. The mythos that we were starting to create around the details of the world. It was the details of the world that really started the process of building a real cohesive and mythically consistent reality. It was difficult. It was complicated and difficult.
Zack Snyder credits his Russian roots as well in creating an entirely new language for Rebel Moon, "If you have an aptitude towards a certain way of phrasing or sound shapes those make the language easier to speak of course." Snyder's creativity got its liberality under Netflix and his upcoming movie is expected to create an entirely new universe for everyone to enjoy on the streaming platform.
What will Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire be about?
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire is the first of the two-part movie series following a highly-anticipated saga of the fantasy and science fiction world created by Zack Snyder under Netflix. The film will introduce Kora, a former member of the Imperium, who looks forward to her path of redemption through bringing in various warriors from all around the galaxy to clap back against Motherworld's forces. Sofia Boutella leads the movie series as Kora where she would face the villain Balisarius to be played by Ed Skrein.
The other cast members of Rebel Moon are Charlie Hunnam as Kai who is the love interest of Kora, Djimon Hounsou as General Titus, Anthony Hopkins as the voice of Jimmy, Ray Fisher as Blood Axe, Fra Fee, Corey Stoll, Jena Malone, Cleopatra Coleman, Stuart Martin, Alfonso Herrera, Ray Porter, Staz Nair, Doona Bae, Cary Elwes, and Michael Huisman.
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire will now premiere on Netflix on December 21, 2023 at 7 PM PT/ 10 PM EST. Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver will be releasing in April 2024.
