Zack Snyder’s upcoming sci-fi film Rebel Moon for Netflix is continuing to round out its cast as The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Rupert Friend (Homeland) and Stuart Martin (Army of Thieves) have both signed on to the film. Friend will star as the lead villain while Martin’s character details are currently unknown but the outlet is reporting that his role is also a villainous one.
The two newest additions are set to join an already announced cast including Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy), Ray Fisher (Zack Snyder’s Justice League), Djimon Hounsou (A Quiet Place Part II), Bae Doona (The Silent Sea), Sofia Boutella (Star Trek Beyond), Jena Malone (Goliath), Staz Nair (Supergirl), E. Duffy (Girlfriends), Charlotte Maggi (MaveriX) and Sky Yang (Holding).
Rebel Moon is “set in a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy that finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius. They dispatch a young woman with a mysterious past to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them take a stand the Tyrant.”
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Snyder has penned the script for Rebel Moon alongside longtime collaborators Shay Hatten and Kurt Johnstad, with who he wrote Army of the Dead and 300, respectively. Synder will also produce the film with his producing partner and wife, Deborah Snyder, and Wesley Coller via the trio’s The Stone Quarry production banner. Eric Newman of Grand Electric is also producing. Production is scheduled to begin in April and last until November.
