2023-12-26 08:31:19
Zack Snyder’s new science fiction film, “Rebel Moon,” bears a close resemblance to the films in the “Star Wars” saga, which is not surprising: it was first conceived as such.
Glowing swords, supernatural creatures, spaceships, combat scenes in a distant galaxy: everything converges on the legendary saga of George Lucas.
But when regarding ten years ago Zack Snyder presented his idea to the production company Lucasfilm, it was refused. The director of “300” and “Watchmen” then decided to create his own mythological universe.
“When it became clear that this wasn’t going to work, my wife and production associate Deborah said to me, ‘This is the best news you might have had,’” remembers Zack Snyder.
He then embarks on a creative process that is “exhausting and very long” but “incredibly rewarding because it gives you the opportunity to deconstruct the icons and clichés of science fiction that we are accustomed to.”
The result might be the most daring work of a career as popular as it is controversial, with a remake of George Romero’s classic “Zombie” and revisited world-famous superheroes, like Superman and Batman in the “Man of Steel” films ” and “Justice League.”
“Zack’s New World”
The first part of “Rebel Moon”, a $160 million bet, entitled “Rebel Moon – Part 1: Child of Fire”, will be released on Netflix on December 22 and the second opus is scheduled for April.
The film follows Kora (Sofia Boutella), a mysterious stranger whose spaceship crashes at the edge of the universe. She then finds herself defending the villagers who took her in and forms an unlikely duo with a farmer.
Kora will build an army of fighters to protect them, ranging from insurgents to an arrogant mercenary.
While some characters may seem familiar, the actors insist that they do not belong to any known universe.
“I don’t think anyone said the words Star and Wars on set,” says Ed Skrein, who plays the villainous Admiral Atticus Noble. “We never talked regarding it.”
For the film, Zack Snyder designed detailed personal stories for each of the characters, each planet and even the ships. Three languages, cultures and beliefs were also created for the film universe.
“From the beginning, we understood that Zack had a whole world and universe that he wanted to create and that he had been working on for decades,” said actor Michiel Huisman. “It’s Zack’s new world.”_
Violence and sexuality
One of the big differences between “Rebel Moon” and “Star Wars” is the more adult tone of Zack Snyder’s film, between violence and sexuality, like the first scene which takes place in a brothel.
These themes will be even more present in another version of the film made by the director and which will be released next summer.
“Right now, in the current version, it’s more of a glimpse of danger or an exotic element,” says Zack Snyder.
To accompany the film, Netflix has already announced the release of a video game, a comic book and an animated film.
The director hopes that his universe will live for a long time, like “Star Wars”. “My dream is to follow the story to the end. That’s what motivates me the most.”
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