Zack Snyder Rebel Moon Movie Getting Game Adaptation With 'Ridiculous Scale' on Netflix

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Hollywood veteran Zack Snyder revealed that a large-scale video game tie-in for his upcoming Netflix movie Rebel Moon is in the works. This surprise confirmation arrived just months after Snyder wrapped up principal photography on Rebel Moon.

Netflix has been aggressively pursuing video game ventures as a key aspect of its diversification strategy since 2021, when it started appointing industry veterans such as former EA executive Mike Verdu to leadership positions at its newly formed gaming division. Apart from building out its in-house development capabilities, the company has also started looking toward supporting its rising ambitions in the segment via third parties. The most high-profile result of those efforts to date was announced in September 2022, when Ubisoft agreed to develop three Netflix-exclusive games.

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Snyder has now confirmed that an RPG based on his upcoming Rebel Moon movie is set to join Netflix's growing game library, having said as much during a live interview with The Nerd Queens on March 19. The famous filmmaker was coy about the details, having only said he pushed for a game on a «ridiculous scale,» which required him to actively support pre-production development efforts by fully fleshing out his movie universe. For context, Rebel Moon was initially pitched to Lucasfilm as a Star Wars movie before being reworked into a standalone IP that was picked up by Netflix.

The revelation that Netflix was willing to bankroll an ambitious RPG tie-in underlines its high expectations for Rebel Moon, which were already apparent by summer 2022, when the company greenlit a sequel while the original was still filming. Though that decision was reportedly