‘Rebel Moon’ Featurette: Zack Snyder’s Sci-Fi Epic Inspired By ‘The Seven Samurai’ [Tudum]

When filmmaker Zack Snyder (“Man of Steel“) started a working relationship with Netflix, starting with “Army of The Dead,” it was obvious that he was looking to have the streamer bankroll a bunch of his passion projects that other studios weren’t interested in.

One of those projects was a “Star Wars” film pitch to Lucasfilm/Disney that was an attempt to make a Jedi-focused standalone film directly influenced by Akira Kurosawa‘s iconic samurai epic “The Seven Samurai.” Lucasfilm had passed on the idea and that led Snyder to repackage the project as an original with the blessing/financing from Netflix, giving us “Rebel Moon.”Read More: ‘Rebel Moon’: Zack Snyder Teases 2 Versions Of His New Sci-Fi Film With Separate Cuts Aimed At General Audiences & Adults OnlyNetflix’s big promotional event, Tudum, is underway this weekend where they showed new footage from “Rebel Moon” including a featurette…

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