Zack Snyder’s New Project Is a Lifesaver After His Latest Franchise Flop
The director seemingly had a change of heart, and it’s really good news.
Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon franchise is reportedly fading into the background as its director may have found a much more inspiring project to put his focus on at the moment.
Snyder’s recent revelations were pretty clear about his determined intention to expand his epic space opera franchise’s universe by yet another bunch of sequels, though now the director’s other flick is getting more attention and thus has more chances to receive updates than the failed film series.
According to Variety reports, Snyder’s 2006 epic historical action movie 300 is about to get a prequel series, and Snyder is in talks regarding his return to the story as director and executive producer.
No plot details of the future show have been revealed so far, yet it’s pretty clear that the upcoming installment will take viewers back to earlier times before Gerard Butler’s Leonidas and his small army of 300 Spartans started a full-scale war against Persian invaders.
Upon its release back in the day, 300 became a huge box office hit, garnering $456 million against the initial budget of $60 million. The epic movie also got relatively positive reviews, landing scores of 61% and 89% from critics and viewers respectively on Rotten Tomatoes.
Judging by how well Snyder’s older flick played out compared to his latest films, the director’s decision to put his Rebel Moon ideas on the shelf until the time is right surely won’t receive any backlash.
Snyder’s initial plans to bring a grand space opera franchise to the screens were definitely thwarted as nobody in the crew was expecting everything to go that bad. The first movie titled Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire and released back in 2023 on Netflix came from a highly anticipated action film to a complete flop that to this day holds miserable scores of 21% and 57% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The franchise’s second installment, Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver, made things even worse, landing ratings of 15% and 48% from critics and the audience on Rotten Tomatoes.
Whether or not Zack Snyder will eventually opt for turning all his attention to the upcoming series, fans would definitely be relieved to find out that Rebel Moon won’t be coming back in the near future.
Source: Variety