“Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver” is the second part of the ambitious project by director Zack Snyder for Netflix.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.
- Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver is a 2024 American epic space opera film
- it is directed by Zack Snyder
- From a screenplay he co-wrote with Kurt Johnstad and Shay Hatten
- A direct sequel to Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
- The film takes place on the moon of Veldt where Kora and the crew of warriors ventures to help the farmers to defend and fight for their home against the Motherworld
- Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Staz Nair, Fra Fee, Elise Duffy, Charlotte Maggi, Stuart Martin, Cary Elwes, and Anthony Hopkins reprise their roles from the first film
- Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver was released in select cinemas in the United States on April 12, 2024
- It was released by Netflix on April 19, 2024
- Much like its predecessor, it received generally negative reviews from critics
- An R-rated extended cut is set for release after the film’s initial release
- While initially announced as the second and final film of a two-part saga, new films were announced to be in development in April 2024
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 18% rating
- Based on 61 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 3.8/10
- The website’s consensus reads: “Less a course correction than a compounding of everything that tangled up its predecessor, The Scargiver is an uninvolving space opera full of flat notes”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 36 out of 100
- Based on 21 critics
- Indicating “generally unfavorable” reviews
- Rebel Moon is inspired by the works of Akira Kurosawa, the Star Wars films and Heavy Metal magazines
- Johnstad and Snyder first started talking about creating the film in 1997
- The project began development as a Star Wars film that Snyder had pitched to Lucasfilm, shortly after the sale of Lucasfilm to The Walt Disney Company in 2012
- This pitch was to be a more mature take on the Star Wars universe
- Part Two received over $16.6 million in tax credits from the state of California for spending over $83 million on production in the state
- The titles for the two parts were revealed to be Part One: A Child of Fire and Part Two: The Scargiver, according to teaser trailers released at Gamescom in August 2023
- In March 2024, the official trailer was released
- Composer Tom Holkenborg returns to compose the score for Part Two: The Scargiver, who served as composer for Part One: A Child of Fire
- In March 2024, it was announced that a track list named “Songs of the Rebellion” will be released, based on the characters from the Rebel Moon universe
- It features several artists, including Jessie Reyez, Tokischa, Tainy, Aespa, Tokimonsta, Black Coffee, and Kordhell. It was released on April 5, 2024
- In April 2024, co-writer Kurt Johnstad announced that though original plans were for a trilogy of movies, the franchise will eventually consist of a total of six films
- Explaining that the stories for each original installment have been expanded into two parts
- The writer stated that the treatments are completed for the third and fourth movie and Snyder is currently writing the third film
- On the same day, Snyder stated that the total number of films in the series will either be four or six
- Depending on whether or not the second and third entries of the trilogy each get split into a two-part movie as well
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