In latest years Zack Snyder has been busy along with his DC blockbusters and highly-anticipated private lower of Justice League.

Yet since shifting on from the comedian e-book franchise, the director has begun collaborating with Netflix.

The 57-year-old returned to zombies with Army of the Dead, however as a substitute of creating a sequel has now set his sights on a ardour undertaking he’s been planning for years.

At one level Rebel Moon might have been the filmmaker’s Star Wars film after he pitched the idea to Lucasfilm over a decade in the past.

Nevertheless, his unique story has discovered its dwelling on the streaming behemoth the place it’s getting two elements and, you guessed it, an R-rated prolonged Snyder Cut.

Today the primary trailer for Rebel Moon has arrived giving an immersive first have a look at Snyder’s epic house opera.

Express.co.uk attended a preview with Snyder this morning the place we had been handled to a particular model of the trailer together with R-rated scenes that can find yourself within the director’s lower.

An official synopsis teases: “When a peaceful colony on the edge of a galaxy is threatened by a tyrannical ruling force, a mysterious stranger becomes their best hope for survival.”

The sci-fi two-parter, which is impressed by Star Wars and the movies of Akira Kurosawa, stars Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Charlie Hunnam and Ray Fisher. Meanwhile, double Oscar-winner Sir Anthony Hopkins voices a mechanical knight referred to as Jimmy.

Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire arrives on Netflix on December 22, 2023, whereas Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver follows in April 2024.