Zack Snyder’s Sci-fi Epic ‘Rebel Moon’ Has Begun Filming

Up next from Zack Snyder and Netflix is the sci-fi epic Rebel Moon, and Snyder has taken to Twitter this week to let his fans know that filming is now underway.

Snyder has also shared our first look at Djimon Hounsou in Rebel Moon, which you’ll find in the tweet below alongside a couple other behind the scenes shots from the set.

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.”

Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Sofia Boutella, Rupert Friend, 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!