The primary trailer for Insurgent Moon: The Scargiver quietly dropped on Christmas Day, however even with 1 million views and counting, it’s unclear if Netflix obtained a prized reward in its stocking or lump of coal.
Insurgent Moon is at present the #1 film on Netflix (accounting for 23.9M views as of first six days on the platform, in accordance with the now barely clear firm). It’s additionally a blemish on director Zack Snyder’s observe file; Whereas he’s not sometimes a important darling, the fantasy house opera has garnered a few of the sourest opinions of his profession, hovering between Sucker Punch and Justice League (the primary try) on the Rotten Tomatoes evaluation aggregator. Is there hope for the Insurgent Moon universe?
Netflix has to hope so — not solely does the streamer have a Insurgent Moon sequel, The Scargiver, locked and loaded for spring 2024, there’s clear hope for a better growth of the universe into different properties. On the very least, we’re getting an R-rated lower of the primary movie, Insurgent Moon: A Baby of Fireplace, and a four-player co-op Insurgent Moon online game from Tremendous Evil Megacorp… ultimately.
However whereas it’s laborious to think about “course correction” for the budding franchise — it’s Snyder’s child by and thru — the primary trailer for Insurgent Moon: The Scargiver might see enchancment. A Baby of Fireplace promised a Seven Samurai-esque group film with a climactic battle of underdogs versus imperial scum… with out truly delivering the climactic battle. With the muscle now in place, The Scargiver seems like a 3rd act of the unique pitch damaged out right into a sequel. If it’s all slo-mo motion and reference-heavy iconography swirling round in a cloud of motion, it could be what Snyder was envisioning all alongside? On the very least, we’re getting much more Djimon Hounsou, which is an efficient signal.
Insurgent Moon: The Scargiver will premiere on Netflix on April 19, 2024. And both earlier than or after that, we’re getting the rated-R cuts of 1 or each of the films, which could be price holding out for. On the very least, Snyder says they happen in a “totally different dimension” than the PG-13 motion pictures, so there’s that.
