18 posts tagged ‘zack snyder’
Christopher Nolan Has High Praise for Zack Snyder
Gizmodo,
Director Zack Snyder is famous not just for his films, but also for his passionate fanbase. And while most of Snyder’s fans vocalize that on social media, one of the biggest did so via traditonal media. His name is Christopher Nolan. Read more...
Zack Snyder's Sci-Fi Epic Rebel Moon Scores Big for Netflix
Zack Snyder is used to topping the box office, but his latest release has conquered a different playing field. While 2021's Army of the Dead had a limited theatrical release before its arrival on Netflix, his newest, Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire, went straight to the streamer, and seems to be reaping the… Read more...
Christopher Nolan thinks Zack Snyder is some kind of powerfully influential artistic genius
AV Club,
Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy arguably changed the course of movie history, proving that superhero movies could be good if you at least took the making of it seriously and creating an appetite for good cape movies that was eventually fully sated by Marvel Studios with Avengers: Endgame (and yet they keep… Read more...
A requiem for Aquaman and the last gasp of the Snyderverse
With his energies now focused on building his own original(-ish) science-fiction franchise, filmmaker Zack Snyder has put the superheroes of the DC universe behind him. And now that Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom is finally out in theaters, it’s time for audiences to do the same. It’s been a decade since Snyder’s Man Of… Read more...
Rebel Moon writer Kurt Johnstad brushes off Star Wars comparisons
It’s been a little over a week since the first audiences saw Zach Snyder’s Rebel Moon, and the reactions haven’t been the kindest. Originally pitched as an entry into the Star Wars canon, Rebel Moon isn’t technically attached to any franchise even if the influences are easy to spot. In her D- review for The A.V. Club,… Read more...
How Jason Momoa Got a 'Story By' Credit on Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Director James Wan lights up when talking about his Aquaman star Jason Momoa. Back in 2018, the two had an unexpected box office smash with the first film and are hoping to top even that with this month’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, out December 22. This time around, that relationship between director and star seems… Read more...
Zack Snyder is the ultimate fanboy director, and Rebel Moon is his ultimate fanboy test
When Zack Snyder first announced his Netflix sci-fi epic Rebel Moon, he admitted that the concept was originally made for a “mature” Star Wars movie that he pitched to Lucasfilm—which Lucasfilm was not interested in. So he sanded off the serial numbers, replaced the lightsabers with different kinds of laser swords,… Read more...
The Boy & the Heron Flies to Break a North American Box Office Record
Up to release, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s newest film The Boy & the Heron has had a lot of discussion centering around what it’s potentially meant to be. Is it actually Miyazaki’s for real, final film? Was it really the best idea to not really promote it or even give any idea as to what it’s about? The answer… Read more...