Zack Snyder has taken his worldbuilding to another level for new movie Rebel Moon.
The spacefaring fantasy epic, split into two parts on Netflix, will now consist of an animated series, an animated comic book, and a narrative podcast - all set prior to the events of the film.
"I’m the gatekeeper for what’s possible. I’m the only one who knows where the whole story is going, and I do have it mapped all the way," Snyder chuckles during an interview in the new issue of Total Film, which hits shelves next week.
"We’re doing a narrative podcast, and an animated comic book, and an animated series. They all take place before the events of the movie. So you can start to understand the vastness of the mythology that we’ve been working on."
That's only the start. As co-writer Kurt Johnstad explains, the Rebel Moon feature itself is the tip of the iceberg.
"The world is very, very detailed and fleshed out," Johnstad says. "There’s hundreds and hundreds of pages of documents of methodology and mythology and lore. The timeline goes back 800 years, from our movies."
That even extends to a 12ft whiteboard in the writers' room, featuring the Rebel Moon timeline in all its glory: "There’s a ruler with inches underneath that whiteboard," says Johnstad. "And the two movies are literally two or three inches of that entire 12-foot span."
Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire is released on Netflix on December 22. Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver releases on April 19, 2024. For much more on Rebel Moon, pick up a copy of the new issue of Total Film when it hits shelves on November 9. Check out the covers below:
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