Like the first film, “Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver” has been widely panned by both critics and fans online. The first film occupied the top spot on Netflix for about a week, but its overall success on the streamer isn’t entirely clear one way or the other. Snyder is a big name, but he hasn’t yet produced the kind of smash hit for Netflix that his fans may have been hoping for.
Even under the best of circumstances, stretching a franchise out to four, five, or six films is a tall task. Of course, it always helps to have a plan in mind, which Snyder seems to — at least for a third movie. “We absolutely have the story all set, we did all that work,” the director told Radio Times. “We wrote a treatment for the movie so we’ll see how we go ahead.”
The larger obstacle may be Netflix itself, which has built up a reputation over the years for canceling projects before they reach a natural end. This has mostly come up in regard to TV shows, but a six-film saga in the style of “Star Wars” might be even more expensive and too complex to pull off. It would be a long-term commitment, which is something that the modern streaming landscape is rarely kind to.