Filmmaker Zack Snyder is no stranger to big, bold sci-fi concepts, and his next film could be one of his most significant to date.
Planet of the Dead recently got announced by the filmmaker, which led many to ponder what could happen in this sequel to his hit 2021 film, Army of the Dead. Now, in a recent Variety interview, Snyder has offered up some minor details about the film’s direction.
When asked about Planet of the Dead and how it will feel genre-wise, Snyder said it would have a theme familiar to his viewers: “Shay [Hatten] and I have been talking about the straight sequel to Army of the Dead being possibly a sci-fi actioner with horror elements. So that’s a fun genre, probably with a heist at its center.”
“I know exactly what I’d want to see in the sequel,” Snyder continued. “We’re doing the animated series, which will come out next year. The animated series very much delves deeply into the ‘why’ of the zombie apocalypse and where the zombies come from exactly. I think the time loops, portals, doorways to other realms, things of that nature, are very much in play.”
The conversation moved to Dieter, the fan-favorite character introduced in Army of the Dead. When asked about the character’s fate, Snyder offered a tease and brought up the film’s time loop concept:
“We were just talking about the three potential Dieter scenarios. One is he got murdered by Zeus and is lying dead in a hallway. The second is he got bitten by Zeus and is a scary alpha zombie running around somewhere in the Nevada desert. And the third is that he somehow negotiated, fought or something happened that Zeus was distracted and so he was not killed by Zeus. According to the time loop subtext of the movie, all three realities are possible.”
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Snyder has been quite the busy man since beginning his working relationship with Netflix, having directed Army of the Dead, and produced the spin-off prequel Army of Thieves and upcoming animated series Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas. Next up, he is set to helm the space opera Rebel Moon.
Army of the Dead sees Zack Snyder directing a cast that includes Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Garret Dillahunt, Samantha Win, Richard Cetrone, and Michael Cassidy.
Army of the Dead is available to stream now on Netflix.
