There’ll be no need for #ReleaseTheSnyderCut to trend again, as Netflix have pre-emptively confirmed the release of a director’s cut of Rebel Moon, which will have “close to an hour of extra content”. Considering Zack Snyder’s sci-fi epic is already being released as two films, the director’s cut will likely be a hefty thing.

“The director’s cut is close to an hour of extra content, so I think it’s a legitimate extended universe version. You really get to see a lot. It’s just more painted-in all the way,” Snyder said in an interview with Tudum. “The director’s [cut] is a settle-in deep dive, which I have notoriously done throughout my career. I don’t know how I got into this director’s cut thing, but what I will say about it is that, for me, the director’s cuts have always been something I had to fight for in the past and nobody wanted it. It was this bastard child that I was always trying to put together because they felt like there was a deeper version. And with Netflix, we shot scenes just for the director’s cut. So in that way, it’s really a revelation because it gives that second kick at the can for big fans, like a real discovery that they would not [otherwise] get. I’m really excited about it!”

Rebel Moon is a two-part epic space opera that will be available to stream on Netflix on December 22nd with the first part titled Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire. The second part is titled Rebel Moon: The Scargiver and will premiere on April 19th, 2024.

Check out the recently-released teaser trailer here.