Zack Snyder is planning Rebel Moon 3 – here's what you need to know (2024)

Rebel Moon 3 has yet to be confirmed by Netflix, so we'll wait to see whether Rebel Moon – Part 2: The Scargiver is a big enough success for there to be a Rebel Moon – Part 3.

The sequel did top the most-watched movies list on Netflix in its opening weekend with 21.4 million views. However, that was down slightly on the first movie's 23.9 million views, so it might depend on how well Rebel Moon 2 sustains its viewership.

In the meantime, Zack Snyder has been planning Rebel Moon 3 – and beyond.

"We have definitely been working on a Part Three, as far as the story goes. We definitely know where we're all headed – we've known that for quite a while, to be honest," he told Forbes about the future of the series.

Snyder added to Radio Times that we could be getting four or six movies, depending on whether he splits future stories into two movies like with the first two films.

"We absolutely have the story all set, we did all that work. We wrote a treatment for the movie so we'll see how we go ahead," he noted.

So with that in mind, here's everything you need to know about a potential Rebel Moon 3.

As mentioned above, Rebel Moon 3 has yet to be confirmed by Netflix, so we don't have an official release date as of April 2024.

There were only four months between the first two Rebel Moon movies, but we're in for more of a wait if we do get a third movie. While Snyder is planning it, he's not expecting to film it next.

"We're waiting to have the totality of these movies come out, including the director's cut. I'm probably going to make this other little small movie in the meantime, and before we decide what to do with more Rebel Moon movies," he told GamesRadar+.

Snyder has spoken about several movies over the past few years, so that "other little small movie" could be anything. It probably rules it out being Army of the Dead 2 which might have to fit in somewhere too.

He has at least started writing the third movie, according to co-writer Kurt Johnstad. "Zack has already started writing because he's like that. I think he's already written the first 30 pages of movie three," he told ScreenRant.

Either way, it does suggest that filming won't start on Rebel Moon 3 until at least 2025 – and if anything, a bit later than that.

So we could be looking at 2026 for a new Rebel Moon movie at the earliest, if it even gets confirmed.

We don't have official cast announcements since Rebel Moon 3 has yet to be confirmed, but we can take an educated guess.

All of the surviving rebels from Rebel Moon 2 will be back, so that's Sofia Boutella as Kora, Djimon Hounsou as Titus, Staz Nair as Tarak, Elise Duffy as Milius and Cleopatra Coleman as Devra Bloodaxe.

Boutella seems keen to return, even though she confirmed to The Direct that she hadn't yet spoken to Snyder about a third movie: "It'll be quite fun to go back on set with Zack because we all love being part of this project so much."

Sadly, Michiel Huisman's Gunnar and Doona Bae's Nemesis died during the battle on Veldt so unless we see them in flashbacks, they won't be back in the third movie.

We can also expect to hear Anthony Hopkins again as Jimmy, while Veldt villagers like Sam (Charlotte Maggi) and Aris (Sky Yang) – formerly a Motherworld soldier – will likely be back too.

On the villain side, Fra Fee should return as Regent Balisarius. Ed Skrein probably won't be back as Atticus Noble, but Noble has survived death once already in this series so you can never fully rule him out.

Rebel Moon 2 ends with the big revelation that Princess Issa is still alive and out there somewhere, so the rebels vow to track her down and continue to fight against the Motherworld.

It's unclear exactly how Princess Issa survived Kora's assassination attempt or whether she's still the person who can end all wars and bring peace to the Motherworld. But it will likely be the main focus of the third movie, if it happens.

"Balisarius is back on the Motherworld, and Issa is somewhere else in hiding. They have this thing called the Order of 12, which are the 12 original Jimmies that protected the royal family, and they were all destroyed, except for one called Bartholomew," Snyder told The Hollywood Reporter about the revelation.

"So [Issa and Bartholomew] are probably hiding somewhere in the universe. The story of movie three would be tracking her down and finding out how they can use the victory at Veldt to create a coalition of planets that were on the edge of rebellion, but have now seen the example of downing a dreadnought.

"Maybe now there's an opportunity. It’s a chink in the armour. That's really what it is."

The second movie revealed more of the backstories of the rebels, but we still don't know too much about the villains, such as Regent Balisarius, beyond what Kora has told the rebels about her time with the Motherworld.

It means we could expect further flashbacks in a potential third movie. "I needed to ask [Zack] about Balisarius's backstory. We see fragments of his story in these first two films and a few flashbacks," Fee told GamesRadar+.

"And I'm playing an older version of myself, so there's obviously the young story to be told…"

Snyder added to The Hollywood Reporter: "If you were to make the rest of the stories that I have laid out, you'd certainly have a Balisarius percentage increase. Exponentially, you'd start getting more and more Balisarius until it's just Balisarius and Kora, probably.

Nothing to show you yet as Rebel Moon 3 has yet to be confirmed by Netflix, let alone started to film. At least we'll have the director's cuts of the first two movies to watch later this summer.

Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire and Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver are available to watch on Netflix.