It Sounds Like Rebel Moon Will Be Zack Snyder's Longest Movie Ever
Zack Snyder's upcoming sci-fi space adventure Rebel Moon seems like it could end up being his longest movie to date. The vast story of Rebel Moon, which will focus on the inhabitants of a colony in a distant galaxy battling an invading army led by Regent Balisarius (Ed Skrein), is Snyder's second big project with Netflix following his 2021 zombie movie Army of the Dead. With Snyder and Netflix hoping for Rebel Moon to build an entire universe to be expanded upon, their shared ambitions for the sci-fi tale are certainly big.
One aspect of Snyder's history as a filmmaker that Rebel Moon could particularly expound on is the runtimes he tends to work with. Zack Snyder has a well-known penchant for long runtimes, with Snyder kicking off his work with Netflix with a lengthy runtime on Army of the Dead at 148 minutes. Snyder's predilection for longer runtimes is also an attribute particularly visible in his superhero films, with Zack Snyder's Justice League the longest comic book movie ever at 242 minutes.
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Still, with Rebel Moon's title giving its own plot hints, there is plenty of additional reason to think that it might exceed the runtimes of every other movie in Snyder's filmography. Rebel Moon originally being crafted as a Star Wars movie itself would easily suggest Snyder envisions the film as exceeding two hours. However, the inspirations Snyder is taking for Rebel Moon offer even more evidence in that direction, as does the fact that it will be split into two parts. As a result, there's every reason to believe that Rebel Moon could be Zack Snyder's longest movie ever.
As a two-part story, Rebel Moon has a lot of freedom to have a very extended
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