We finally know when the Rebel Moon director's cut is coming to Netflix

Zack Snyder loves his director’s cuts. His new takes on the Rebel Moon films will come to Netflix on August 2.

Netflix confirmed the extended cuts of both Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire and Rebel Moon: Part Two - Scargiver will also get new names.

Part One is called Rebel Moon Chapter One: Chalice of Blood, the second Rebel Moon Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness.

Zack Snyder has previously suggested his director’s cut versions of the films will be R-rated, while the original Netflix versions are relatively safe PG-13 watches.

According to the film ratings website, Chapter Two sounds like the slightly more saucy of the two, with “strong bloody violence and gore throughout, strong sexuality, nudity and some language.”

“In the summer, you’ll get to see what I [originally] pitched them, basically. And then you’ll get to pretend to be the studio executive and go, Oh geez, I see what they mean. So that’s the full odyssey,” Snyder told the DGA Director’s Cut podcast in December 2023.

Netflix hasn’t released a new trailer for the extended editions, which makes sense given we’re not getting a whole new story here. But it did post some new images on X. Take a look:

The big hope is these new director’s cuts will make the films more interesting and engaging than the originals.

If you were to go by their Rotten Tomatoes rankings, you’d conclude they are true stinkers. Part One sits at 25% fresh, Part Two at 15%. Common criticisms include that the films are uninteresting and fall flat compared to their inspirations, most notably Star Wars.

Can amped up violence and a bit more time for world-building fix that? We have our doubts. But equally: fingers crossed.

Zack Snyder is famously enamoured of director’s cuts, and has elevated them not just to an expected part of his process but, in some cases, an internet cultural phenomenon.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s cut adds 31 minutes of content, sailing past a bum-numbing three hours. But it also makes the film more coherent.

Watchmen has two extended cuts, the longest clocking in at 215 minutes.

Justice League is perhaps the most fraught of his cuts. It look four years to emerge after an online fan movement, and is just over four hours long. Is it better than the original? Most would say so.

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