Show Notes
Zack Snyder first pitched the idea Seven Samurai in Space when he was in college. In 2012, he pitched it to Kathleen Kennedy as his way of “fixing” Star Wars. In 2023, Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire was released on Netflix.
This is the story of how one idea becomes ten hours worth of movie.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses suicide at 16:10. There is also discussion of fictional depictions of sexual assault and sexual violence at 6:55 - 7:04, 15:08 - 15:27, 28:58 - 29:06, 32:05 - 33:45, 37:25 - 38:23
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CLIPS USED:
Rebel Moon Part One - A Child of Fire (dir. Zack Snyder, 2023)
Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire with Zack Snyder and Louis Leterrier (The Director’s Cut Podcast Ep. 464)
Zack Snyder 😜 Life is Short with Justin Long
The Joe Rogan Experience 2114 - Zack Snyder
Zack Snyder on How Rebel Moon Is a Rebellion 30 Years in the Making (Tudum)
MUSIC:
“Crypto”, “Industrial Cinematic”, “Virtutes Instrumenti”, “Oppressive Gloom”, “Protofunk”, “Morgana Rides”, “Rollin at 5”, “Screen Saver”, “Funkorama”, “Olde Timey”, “As I Figure”, “Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Intermission”, “Spy Glass”, “Loopster”, “Constancy Part 3”, “Lithium”, “Enter The Maze”, “Chill Wave”, “Simplex”, “Floating Cities”, “Leaving Home”, “The Chamber”, “Heart of Nowhere”, “Ever Mindful”, “Lost Time”, “Deep Haze” & “Magic Forest”
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
“Suspended Animation” & "Space Race”, by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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