--- title: Rebel Moon: What to Know About Zack Snyder's Space Epic description: The Netflix sci-fi epic follows a band of rebels who join forces to rise up against the brutal and tyrannical Motherworld empire. canonical: https://time.com/6547970/rebel-moon-netflix-zack-snyder/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-12-15T21:56:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:52:46.586Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: What to Know About Zack Snyder's Action-Packed Space Epic Rebel Moon og:description: The Netflix sci-fi film follows a band of rebels who join forces to rise up against the brutal and tyrannical Motherworld empire. og:url: https://time.com/6547970/rebel-moon-netflix-zack-snyder/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e926e9a4f8c4b8a/698a434809208f9c7c41b098/Rebel-Moon-Kora.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rebel-Moon-Kora og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What to Know About Zack Snyder's Action-Packed Space Epic Rebel Moon twitter:description: The Netflix sci-fi film follows a band of rebels who join forces to rise up against the brutal and tyrannical Motherworld empire. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e926e9a4f8c4b8a/698a434809208f9c7c41b098/Rebel-Moon-Kora.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # What to Know About Zack Snyder's Action-Packed Space Epic _Rebel Moon_ > Sponsored content. 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Over the course of the two-hour-and-15-minute runtime of _Rebel Moon_, which begins a limited theatrical run Dec. 15 before streaming on Netflix Dec. 22, a band of space-traveling revolutionaries join forces to rise up against the brutal and tyrannical Motherworld empire—despite the overwhelming odds stacked against them. Born from a one-line pitch for ["_The Dirty Dozen_ in space"](https://ew.com/rebel-moon-zack-snyder-cover-story-8402489) that director and co-writer Snyder came up with in college, the $160-million-plus sci-fi epic has been in development for more than 20 years. At one point in time, Snyder considered re-engineering the project to become an entry in the _Star Wars_ franchise. But following Disney's 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm, the filmmaker ultimately decided to set his story in an original universe. The final result is an action-packed space opera shaped by cinematic influences ranging from _Seven Samurai_ to _Heavy Metal_ to _Dune_ to—you guessed it—_Star Wars._ "I don't think you can make a sci-fi movie now that's not going to be compared to a _Star Wars_ movie in some way," Snyder told [_Screen Rant_](https://screenrant.com/rebel-moon-movie-star-wars-comparisons-zack-snyder-response/) of _Rebel Moon_'s relationship to the galaxy far, far away. Friday's release, _Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire_, is only the first chapter in a planned two-part saga, with _Part Two_ _–_ _The Scargiver_ set to hit Netflix on April 19, 2024\. ## What is _Rebel Moon_ _\- Part One_ about?  (L-R): Charlie Hunnam as Kai, Michiel Huisman as Gunnar, Sofia Boutella as Kora, Staz Nair as Tarak, and Djimon Hounsou as Titus in Rebel Moon Courtesy of Netflix Opening on a peaceful farming colony located on the distant moon Veldt, the first installment of _Rebel Moon_ centers on the reluctant hero's journey of former Motherworld soldier Kora (Sofia Boutella). As a child, Kora was forced to watch as imperial forces murdered her family and destroyed her home world. In the aftermath of the slaughter, she was hand-picked by ruthless warlord Regent Balisarius (Fra Fee) to become his surrogate daughter. Balisarius raised Kora in his image, molding her into the Motherworld's most formidable warrior. But when her ship crash-landed on Veldt a few years prior to the events of the movie, Kora realized she was tired of killing in the Motherworld's name and took advantage of the opportunity to enjoy a more harmonious existence among the moon's settlers. "Not only has she been part of the soldier world she was forced into, but she wanted nothing to do with it and there was no chance she would open that door again, at all costs," Boutella told [_Hero_ magazine](https://hero-magazine.com/article/245750/sofia-boutella-rebel-moon) of Kora's motivations. "You can see how she’s trying to escape it....It’s interesting to see the reluctance and inner turmoil in a hero." Unfortunately for Kora, when a warship captained by Balisarius' sadistic emissary Admiral Noble (Ed Skrein) arrives on Veldt seeking to gain control of the moon's resources, her dreams of living out her life in peace go out the window. With the lives of her settlement's people hanging in the balance, Kora and her fellow farmer/love interest Gunnar (Michiel Huisman) set out on planet-hopping mission to recruit a band of ragtag rebels to their cause, including former Motherworld general Titus (Djimon Hounsou), master swordswoman Nemesis (Doona Bae), and a brother-sister insurgent duo known as the Bloodaxes (Ray Fisher and Cleopatra Coleman). ## What to expect from _Rebel Moon - Part 2_  Ed Skrein as Atticus Noble in Rebel Moon Courtesy of Netflix Following the getting-the-gang-together-style journey of the first movie, _The Scargiver_ will see Kora and her allies attempt to bring down the almighty Motherworld. "The second movie is really a war movie," Snyder told _Screen Rant_. "At the beginning they harvest the crops, and we have a bunch of stuff in the village, sort of the ‘Why We Fight’ aspect of the movie. We have time for relationships. Then the next thing is the big battle. It’s really fun." As for Kora's personal story arc, Boutella told _Hero_ that _Part 2_ will reveal more about Kora's life as a solder and why she was given the nickname Scargiver. "We find out something quite tumultuous about Kora in the second movie and I wonder how the audience will react to that," Boutella said. "It took me a little bit to come to terms with Kora, it took me a while to understand her, forgive her and not judge her because I wanted it to come from a place of full compassion and forgiveness for the character." ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6547970/rebel-moon-netflix-zack-snyder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6547970/rebel-moon-netflix-zack-snyder/"},"headline":"What to Know About Zack Snyder's Action-Packed Space Epic Rebel Moon","datePublished":"2023-12-15T21:56:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:52:46.586Z","description":"The Zack Snyder space epic follows a band of rebels who join forces to rise up against the brutal and tyrannical Motherworld empire.","url":"https://time.com/6547970/rebel-moon-netflix-zack-snyder/","keywords":["movies","Explainer","culturepod"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e926e9a4f8c4b8a/698a434809208f9c7c41b098/Rebel-Moon-Kora.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e926e9a4f8c4b8a/698a434809208f9c7c41b098/Rebel-Moon-Kora.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rebel-Moon-Kora","caption":"Sofia Boutella as Kora in 'Rebel Moon'","creditText":"Clay Enos—Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6547970/rebel-moon-netflix-zack-snyder/","name":"What to Know About Zack Snyder's Action-Packed Space Epic Rebel Moon"}}]}] ```