Anthony Hopkins Joins Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Movie Cast As Battle Robot
Two-time Oscar-winner Sir Anthony Hopkins joins Netflix's upcoming Rebel Moon movie. The sci-fi epic is being directed by Zack Snyder under his first-look partnership with the streaming service, which has also included movies like Army of the Dead. The story is based on Snyder's own screenplay, which he co-wrote with Shay Hatten and Kurt Johnstad, drawing inspiration from the works of Akira Kurosawa and the Star Wars films. Snyder originally pitched the idea as a Star Wars movie, but that fell to the wayside because of its mature outlook. Rebel Moon commenced filming in April, and production is expected to continue until November of this year.
Although plot specifics for Rebel Moon are largely vague, the movie is said to focus on a woman, Kora (Sofia Boutella), from a peaceful colony far away in the galaxy as she is dispatched to seek out warriors on other planets to save her own from being destroyed by the fascist monarch Balisarius (Ed Skrein). As announced previously, the cast for Rebel Moon includes Boutella, Skrein, Charlie Hunnam, Ray Fisher, Djimon Hounsou, Doona Bae, Staz Nair, Alfonso Herrera, Jena Malone, Stuart Martin, Cary Elwes, and Corey Stoll, among others.
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And now, another A-listed celebrity joins the refreshingly diverse ensemble. A new report by Deadline confirms thatRebel Moon has added Hopkins to its cast. Hopkins, as the report suggests, will voice a mechanized JC1435 battle robot called Jimmy. The character is incredibly sentient and faithful to a slain king, whom it once defended. It is not immediately clear who is the king in question.
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