Netflix Isn’t Interested in the SnyderVerse, but It Will Build One of Its Own

Never one to do things by halves, Zack Snyder He has had an insatiable desire for world-building since Netflix’s inception under an exclusive development agreement, with Rebel Moon to commemorate his latest sprawling mythology.

Those plans to expand the Army of the Dead Universe through more spinoffs, sequels, and the animated series that still exists out there somewhere seems to have hit the skids, although many tears were shed when the streaming service revealed 12 DC Comics adaptations coming into a set that hit the library next month, none of which were its four-hour version Justice League.

When one SnyderVerse falls, however, another rises. In an interview with Full Moviethe filmmaker described even more ambitious plans to create an entire multimedia empire out of it Rebel Moon.

“I am the gatekeeper of all things. I’m the only one who knows where the whole story is going, and I’ve mapped it all the way. We’re doing a narrative podcast, and an animated comic book, and an animated series. They all take place before the events of the film. So you can get a sense of the breadth of the mythology we’re working on.”

Co-writer Kurt Johnstad went one step further to suggest that almost a millennium of lore has already been created, which seems like overkill, at least on the surface.

“The world is very detailed and detailed. There are hundreds and hundreds of pages of methodological and mythological and lore documents. The timeline goes back 800 years, from our films.”

His DC days may be over, but to paraphrase Shakespeare; SnyderVerse by any other name may smell just as sweet.