Rebel Moon is an American epic space opera media franchise created by Zack Snyder, which began with the 2023 film Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire, and was followed by the sequel film Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024). The franchise has been expanded into other media, including video games, comic books and a podcast.
Films Film U.S. release date Director Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s) Distributed by Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire Zack Snyder Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad and Shay Hatten Zack Snyder Deborah Snyder, Eric Newman, Zack Snyder and Wesley Coller Netflix Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Games The virtual reality game Rebel Moon: The Descent launched as a limited preview from Sandbox VR in London along with the release of Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver in April 2024. At Gamescom in August 2023, Snyder announced that Super Evil Megacorp was developing a four-player co-op action game that would be exclusively available on the Netflix Games platform. Super Evil Megacorp's game, Blood Line: A Rebel Moon Game, launched in July 2025.
In early 2023, Evil Genius Games entered into a licensing agreement with Netflix to develop an official tabletop role playing game set in the Rebel Moon universe. The company produced early promotional materials and presented elements of the game at the GAMA Expo later that year. In September 2023, Netflix terminated its contract with Evil Genius Games, alleging that the company had breached confidentiality obligations by publicly displaying unapproved materials. Evil Genius Games denied the allegations and filed a lawsuit accusing Netflix of wrongful termination and breach of contract. Additional reporting stated that Netflix claimed ownership of all project-related work following the termination. In January 2024, Evil Genius Games announced that the lawsuit had been "amicably settled", and confirmed that the Rebel Moon tabletop role playing game had been cancelled. The company stated that refunds for pre orders would follow.
Comic books A four-issue prequel comic entitled Rebel Moon: House of the Bloodaxe by writer Magdalene Visaggio and artist Clark Bint was published by Titan Comics in January 2024. Titan Comics published a prequel series for the Nemesis character, written by Gail Simone and drawn by Federico Bertoni, titled Rebel Moon: Nemesis. In November 2023, a narrative-podcast, an animated comic book, and an animated series were announced to be in development with each project taking place chronologically before the feature films.
Podcast The narrative fiction podcast The Seneschal: A Rebel Moon Story by writer Magdalene Visaggio, starring Ella Purnell, Naveen Andrews, Alfred Enoch, Peter Serafinowicz and Jason Isaacs, released the first of six episodes on July 29, 2024. Set 500 years before the movie, it tells the story of the first Jimmy and the married master artisans Adwin and Raina of Saaldoran who created him for a mad king. It carries a content warning, same as the novelizations. The podcast was nominated for a 2025 Ambies award for best Fiction Podcast. It was produced by Wolf at the Door studios.
Cast and characters
Characters Films Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver Kora / Arthelais Sofia Boutella Titus Djimon Hounsou Atticus Noble Ed Skrein Gunnar Michiel Huisman Nemesis Bae Doona Darrian Bloodaxe Ray Fisher Kai Charlie Hunnam JC-1435 Anthony Hopkins Tarak Staz Nair Balisarius Fra Fee Devra Bloodaxe Cleopatra Coleman Den Stuart Martin Hagen Ingvar Sigurdsson Cassius Alfonso Herrera The King Cary Elwes The Queen Rhian Rees Princess Issa Stella Grace Fitzgerald Milius Elise Duffy Aris Sky Yang Sam Charlotte Maggi
Critical reception Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire 22% (184 reviews) 31 (40 reviews) Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver 16% (118 reviews) 35 (28 reviews)
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