It’s short but very juicy: ships, distant planets, action and slow motion galore. It’s pure Zack Snyder and there’s still time to come: next December 22nd, that time of year we’ll see Sofia Boutella defending a colony on another planet Of a race of tyrannical galactic invaders. It’s only a few seconds into the trailer for Netflix’s 2023 movies, but it’s enough to make us sit up: Snyder seems to have put himself in overdrive on this special feature.
As we know, this isn’t the first thing the ‘Zack Snyder Justice League’ director does for the streaming platform. A few years back, recently freed from his commitments with Warner (and to the anguish of fans who enjoy his vision of the DC Universe), he released ‘Army of the Dead’, a sequel to his debut film ‘Dawn of the Dead’. ‘ had an explosive sequel. The Dead’. ,
That’s not the only piece of science fiction Netflix is submitting for 2023: Sam Esmail, creator of ‘Mr. Robot’, directs and writes ‘Leave the World Behind’ with a stellar cast starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke, The film is executive produced by none other than Barack and Michelle Obama and from what we can see of these few images, it might remind us of Jordan Peele’s style. We better not wait for it to arrive: December 8th.
Spanish Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (’28 Weeks Later’) is responsible for an interesting look at the most classic fantasy genre, although with a twist: ‘Damsel’ will turn to typical tales of princesses kidnapped by dragons and Millie Bobby Brown, Starring Angela Bassett, and Robin Wright. It will come on 13 October. Also in the fantasy section, Jonas Cuarón (son of Alfonso Cuarón), presents ‘Chupa’, in which a teenager finds a chupacabra in his grandfather’s shed.
