After releasing the second part of his sci-fi epic, Rebel Moon: The Scargiver, director Zack Snyder has revealed the first look at his upcoming animated series Twilight of the Gods, which will drop on the streamer sometime this fall. The project is one among many, set between Snyder and Netflix, under their deal. The new image sees the protagonist, Sigrid, a character inspired by Norse mythology. While not much is known about the project, the image gives us a good look at the slick animation style and its setting, which looks incredible.
The series is directed by Jay Oliva, the storyboard artist behind many DC films, who also serves as executive producer and showrunner, while Snyder writes and produces the eight-part animated series. Speaking to Collider, during CCXP, the director hinted at the story, revealing it is set in a small Viking village where a king and his queen want to get married.
He further elaborated, “An event happens to them at their wedding that causes Sigrid, who is the bride-to-be, who is the child of giants, to go on a crazy mission of revenge. She enlists a cast of characters — a seer, a dwarf — and they come together to form a band that has this one mission to find a god and fight him.” He further described it as a “mission, it’s a revenge story.” Adding “Sigrid is this beautiful, very Scandinavian kind of cold but passionate character that I’ve really enjoyed working through and with because she’s just so cool. Sylvia Hoeks voices her.”
Who Is In ‘Twilight of the Gods’?
The series has an illustrious cast including, Hoeks as Sigrid, Stuart Martin as Leif, Pilou Asbæk will play the god of thunder, Thor, and John Noble will voice his father, Odin. Further rounding off the cast are Paterson Joseph as Loki, while Rahul Kohli and Jamie Clayton will voice Egill and The Seid-Kona respectively. Also starring are Kristofer Hivju as Andvari, Peter Stormare as Ulfr, Jamie Chung as Hel, Lauren Cohen as Inge, and Corey Stoll as Hrafnkel.
With an impeccable star cast and a thrilling plot Twilight of the Gods could turn out to be a fan favorite. Given Netflix is home to some of the best anime and animation projects like Castlevania, Blue Eye Sumari, Arcane, and more, the upcoming series could be another great addition to the streamer’s catalog.
Zack Snyder Wants to Make a Whole ‘Rebel Moon’ Universe at Netflix
Twilight of the Gods is hardly the only thing Snyder has on the horizon at Netflix. On the heels of Rebel Moon: The Scargiver the director revealed that he wants to continue that story for a whopping six movies. While there’s no telling if they’ll actually make it to the screen, Snyder has several Rebel Moon stories already mapped out. While we wait to see if Netflix will greenlight a Part Three, Snyder fans can still look forward to director’s cuts of both The Child of Fire and The Scargiver coming to the streamer sometime this summer. If fans want Part Three, Snyder told Collider‘s Maggie Lovitt how they can help make it happen.
What Is Next for Zack Snyder?
Snyder seems knee-deep in work not only with the upcoming animated series and director’s cut of the Rebel Moon movies, but also the franchise expanding with comic books, two making-of books coming, and the photo book as well as a full-blown VR experience for fans. “But I’m not sure what I want to shoot,” says director of his next filming project, “I’ve been working on this kind of a small thing, so we may do that next just as a palate cleanser from this insanity.”
Snyder has a filmography of fan favorite films, including 300, Watchmen, Dawn of The Dead, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman and the Snyder Cut. It’s the tone and visual aesthetics of his work that resonates with his fans the most. With his new sci-fi universe and everything that’ll follow, fans will have high expectations in regards of what he does next. Till then, we will have to wait for the director’s cut of Rebel Moon.
Twilight of the Gods will drop on Netflix sometime this fall, stay tuned to Collider for future updates, and check out the new image above.
via Collider