Zack Snyder is back with the director’s cut of his latest sci-fi epic.
Both “Rebel Moon – Chapter One: Chalice of Blood” and “Rebel Moon – Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness” will be released on Netflix on Aug. 2.
“Prepare to witness Zack Snyder’s true vision,” reads the R-rated trailer, which is full of bloody violence, sex and galactic warfare.
“In Snyder’s director’s cut, a peaceful settlement on a moon in the furthest reaches of the universe finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius, and Kora (Sofia Boutella), a mysterious stranger living among the villagers, becomes their best hope for survival,” according to the Netflix logline. “Tasked with finding trained fighters who will unite with her in making an impossible stand against the Motherworld, Kora assembles a small band of warriors — outsiders, insurgents, peasants and orphans of war who share a common need for redemption and revenge. As the shadow of an entire Realm bears down on the unlikeliest of moons, a new army of heroes is formed.”
The two-part “Rebel Moon” director’s cut follows the December 2023 release of “Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire” and the April 2024 release of “Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver.” The original “Rebel Moon” films each had a runtime of just over two hours, and Snyder is promising that the director’s cut features “close to an hour of extra content.”
“You really get to see a lot. It’s just more painted-in all the way. The director’s [cut] is a settle-in deep dive, which I have notoriously done throughout my career,” Snyder told Netflix’s Tudum. “I don’t know how I got into this director’s cut thing, but what I will say about it is that, for me, the director’s cuts have always been something I had to fight for in the past and nobody wanted it. It was this bastard child that I was always trying to put together because they felt like there was a deeper version. And with Netflix, we shot scenes just for the director’s cut. So in that way, it’s really a revelation because it gives that second kick at the can for big fans.”
Watch the trailer for “Rebel Moon – The Director’s Cut” below.