Zack Snyder is calling the police.
with his two-part epic sci-fi saga Rebellious Moon Behind his back, the filmmaker is reteaming with Netflix for a new feature project, an untitled action drama centered around the Los Angeles Police Department.
Snyder will direct the film and co-write the screenplay with Kurt Johnstad. 300based on the Frank Miller comic, and Rebellious Moon Movies etc.
Snyder produces the show through the trio’s Quarry banner with his wife and partners Deborah Snyder and Wesley Kohler.
The project promises to be Snyder’s first truly grounded feature, as it won’t feature laser-shooting rebels, brain-eating zombies, broken Caped Crusaders or amputated Spartans, all of which the actor Works by popular filmmakers. But it promises to be equally dramatic, thematic and action-packed.
Specific details have yet to be announced, but the action-thriller is described as being set in a high-stakes world of life and death, centering on the LAPD’s elite unit as they face a ruthless conflict between law and ethics.
The project will mark a full-circle moment for Snyder. Over 20 years ago, as he was looking to transition out of music videos and commercials, his first feature film was beatan action film produced by Sony. It’s surprising that he wanted to make an R-rated movie. The studio wanted PG-13. Snyder eventually dropped out of the project. However, certain ideas and concepts remained tethered to his brain.
“A few years ago, Dan [Lin, Netflix’s head of film] We had a conversation about our mutual interest in telling a compelling, visceral, character-driven story set in the tense, complex, and fascinating landscape of the LAPD. It was a conversation I will never forget,” Snyder said in a statement. hollywood reporter. “So, as you’d expect, I’m excited to now have the opportunity to work with Dan and the other great partners at Netflix to develop this story.”
The new LAPD project will be Snyder’s fourth film for Netflix, following the Rebel Moon, Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Circumcisersand Army of the Undead. This will also be Stone Quarry’s sixth project for Netflix, as produced by Banner dead prequel Legion of Thievesas well as the animated series twilight of the godsreleased in September.
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