‘Rebel Moon’ – Zack Snyder Explores a Faraway Galaxy in First Images from His Netflix Sci-fi Epic

Zack Snyder‘s sci-fi movie Rebel Moon will be premiering exclusively on Netflix on December 22, the first film in an epic saga that’s set to span at least two features.

Vanity Fair ran an extensive preview piece on Rebel Moon this morning, loaded with first-look images (seen above and below) as well as fresh insights from Snyder himself.

Snyder explains to the site that the second part of the Rebel Moon saga won’t be far behind December’s Part 1, and he also teases two different cuts of the two movies: one that “anyone can enjoy and watch,” plus a more adult version for those “ready to take a deeper, harder dive.”

Deborah Snyder tells the site, meanwhile, “[Rebel Moon] has a bit of Star Wars. It has a bit of everything. It’s a little bit like Lord of the Rings, a little bit Game of Thrones with the palace intrigue. And it’s really just a lot of what’s in Zack’s head.”

See more and learn more over on Vanity Fair now.

In addition to directing, Snyder is also co-writing the script with Shay Hatten (Army of the Dead) and Kurt Johnstad (300). The film has been referred to as “an epic sci-fi fantasy.”

Here’s the plot synopsis for Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon…

“A peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy is threatened by the armies of a tyrannical regent named Balisarius. Desperate people dispatch a young woman with a mysterious past to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them make a stand.”

Ed Skrein, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Sofia Boutella, Stuart Martin, Jena Malone, Staz Nair, E. Duffy, Charlotte Maggi, and Sky Yang star.

Michiel Huisman (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Cary Elwes (Saw), Corey Stoll (“The Strain”), and Alfonso Herrera (“The Exorcist”) most recently joined the ensemble cast.

“This is me growing up as an Akira Kurosawa fan, a Star Wars fan,” Zack Snyder recently told The Hollywood Reporter. “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.”

In fact, THR recently noted, the story was originally a Star Wars pitch.