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The Mummy’s Sofia Boutella Headlining Zack Snyder’s Netflix Sci-Fi Rebel Moon

Zack Snyder revealed last week that casting news for his in-development sci-fi blockbuster Rebel Moon was coming soon, and he wasn't lying. Deadline reports that The Mummy and Kingsman: The Secret Service's Sofia Boutella is the first member of the cast to be announced, and her ass-kicking credentials need no introduction.

Zack Snyder revealed last week that casting news for his in-development sci-fi blockbuster Rebel Moon was coming soon, and he wasn’t lying. Deadline reports that The Mummy and Kingsman: The Secret Service‘s Sofia Boutella is the first member of the cast to be announced, and her ass-kicking credentials need no introduction.

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There’s no character details provided, but given Boutella’s filmography we can make an educated guess as to the physicality required for the part. Snyder is co-writing the script with Army of Dead and Army of Thieves collaborator Shay Hatten, with Kurt Johnstad also part of the team cracking the screenplay.

Rebel Moon originated as a Star Wars spinoff inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, but it’s now been refitted as a Netflix original that the filmmaker described as being similar to Man of Steel‘s prologue set on Krypton, except on the biggest steroids imaginable.

The plot unfolds on a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy that’s threatened by the villainous Regent Balisarius. A young woman with a mysterious past, presumably Boutella, is sent out to seek warriors from nearby planets to aid the resistance and take down the tyrant. There’s no word on a start date for production, but more casting news is surely forthcoming, with Rebel Moon coming together very nicely already.


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