Rebel Moon screenwriter says Zack Snyder’s vision now includes a six-movie “trilogy”
Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon continues to push all the limits—including, apparently, the limits of the English language
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Stretching the definition of the word “trilogy” to (and, frankly, beyond) its logical breaking point, one of the writers of Zack Snyder’s Netflix-set sci-fi series Rebel Moon has claimed that he and Snyder actually have plans for six movies, with each pair of two films (like last year’s initial film, and this month’s The Scargiver) essentially one “installment” of the “trilogy.” That is, admittedly, a lot of scare quotes for a single lede, but damn if the idea of a Zack Snyder trilogy in which each part consists of two two-plus-hour movies of science fiction silliness doesn’t have us feeling kind of jumpy.
This is all per franchise co-writer Kurt Johnstad, talking to ScreenRant. Johnstad was careful to note that none of this has been officially run by the money people at Netflix, who’ll presumably get some degree of final say on whether they’re interested in taking Rebel Moon out to “hypothetical Avatar sequels” territory. But the impulse is clearly there.
Here’s Johnstad, working his dark mathematics:
We have everything mapped out for many, many movies. Beyond three. Beyond four. I will go on the record now. We’ve figured this out all the way to movie six. Now, if we are so lucky and fortunate enough to continue telling these stories, that is our hope. Netflix is interested, and we’re waiting to see how these first movies go. But there is certainly a treatment for three and four. We’ve laid out very detailed… All we have to do is start writing. Actually, Zack has already started writing because he’s like that. I think he’s already written the first thirty pages of movie three. So once we get the green light to start writing, if that happens, it’ll happen fairly quickly because Shay (Hatten), Zack, and I are pretty fast. And we’ve done all the work. It’s not like, “Well, what about this.” We know exactly what we need to do.
The key, he said, was when he, Snyder, and Hatten tried to start trimming things out of the original 200 page Rebel Moon script, and realized they just couldn’t kill these particular darlings. (Keep in mind, by the way, the general Hollywood rule that says a single screenplay page equals about a minute of movie time, as you contemplate these un-make-able edits.) “We tried cutting it back to one thirty-five,” Johnstad said. “And we started cutting all of the cool character stuff. And Zack’s like, we need to go back.” Hence the plan to cut that film in half, which has now evolved into each portion of the Rebel Moon “trilogy” hypothetically getting a similar split. And, damn it, there those quotes go again, but if the idea of Zack Snyder making 12 hours of movies and calling it a “trilogy” doesn’t scare you, then you’re made of sterner stuff than us.
The Scargiver arrives on Netflix on April 19.
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So he wants to make a tv series. How innovative.
But like 90% more insufferable
Snyder has never had a single thought that he didn’t think he was the first person in the world to have.
First he rips off Star Wars, now he’s ripping off The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy…
“Noted Arsehole Shows Whole Arse With Rebel Moon”.
He’s known for being a nice guy in real life.
Also:WHY THE FUCK HASN’T SOMEONE CONFISCATED THAT FUCKING CANON 0.95 50MM FROM HIM YET?
I just imagined for a second a Zack Snyder version of ‘The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ and the mere concept made my soul leave my body.
HAHAHAHA six movie trilogy sounds exactly like something he would say.
“What if the trilogy…were made of trilogies?”
Yo dog, I hear you like trilogies, so we’re gonna put three trilogies on another three trilogies.
In the words of Frasier Crane, “If less is more, just imagine how much more “more” would be.”
So a twenty hour remake of the original Star Wars trilogy?
I think I’m going to use my monkey paw to have James Cameron and Zack Snyder switch franchises
As if that will help things along…
The results would be amusing, if unwatchable.
I dunno; a James Cameron Superman movie would be interesting if nothing else.
Good point. Maybe Supes would finally get to fight that giant spider!
Sounds more like some dude that works with Snyder said that. Like, I think Rebel Moon sucked and Snyder’s favorite trick is a little played out at this point, but he doesn’t appear to have claimed he’s going to make a six movie trilogy, as the only quote in this article is from a guy not named Snyder.
I’m pleased to say that with rare exceptions, I avoid anything produced “in house” by any streamer. I’m usually disappointed, stop watching halfway through episode two or perhaps 20 minutes into a film. I seriously forgot that Rebel Moon even existed, let alone had a sequel that’s coming very soon. I had no interest in the first one, and even less now. It’s amazing that these things get made in the first place, let alone get a sequel (or five…).
Im turning into J Jonah Jameson. This man is a menace and needs to be stopped!!!
The George Lucas worship is strong with this one. His cells have the highest concentration of mid filmmaking I have seen in a life form. It’s possible he was conceived by mid filmmaking.
This movie had the same viewer as The Old Guard and lower than The Extraction, why in the hell Netflix want to spend more money for it.
Leave the world behind got higher views than rebel moon. Imagine if Sam Esmail and Zack Snyder ever came into contact, in terms of talent and one being quiet about his genius and the other being a mediocrity who never shuts up, the resulting matter/anti-matter explosion would vaporise the planet.
I mean…okay? Zack Snyder can have his Dirt Avatar, I guess.
Ok, here me out. We have this terrible movie everyone hates. But imagine we had like a dozen of them
Will each installment also get an even longer Director’s Cut?
“Rebel Moon screenwriter says Zack Snyder’s vision now includes a six-movie “trilogy”.”If that statement starts to chill you after a couple of moments’ consideration, then don’t be alarmed. A feeling of intense and crushing religious terror at the concept indicates only that you are still sane.