Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Part 1: Child of Fire racked up an impressive 63 million views over its first ten days on Netflix, despite decidedly negative critical reviews. Now we've got the first full trailer for Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver, continuing the saga of our intrepid heroine Kora (Sofia Boutella) and her plucky band of allies as they take on the imperialist Motherworld.
(Spoilers for Part 1 below.)
As we reported previously, years ago, director Zack Snyder had an idea for an epic Star Wars movie that he pitched to Lucasfilm. That project never panned out for a variety of reasons. But the idea continued to germinate until Netflix got on board. Apart from Star Wars, Snyder has said his influences include the films of Akira Kurosawa, especially Seven Samurai, and The Dirty Dozen. He has set his epic saga in a universe controlled by the ruthless and corrupt government of the Mother World (the Imperium) with an army led by one Regent Balisarius (Fra Fee). The rebel moon of the title is called Veldt.
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