Netflix Movie ‘Rebel Ridge’: Everything We We Know So Far

Rebel Ridge, created via way of means of Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room) and starring John Boyega (Star Wars) changed into amongst our maximum predicted titles. In June 2021, however, manufacturing got here to a halt after Boyega dropped out of the task for own circle of relatives motives. With that said, filming is now reportedly because of get lower back underway on Rebel Ridge with a modern-day lead withinside the shape of Aaron Pierre in 2022. 

Saulnier, who will write and direct the movie, is great acknowledged for his paintings on Green Room starring the past due Anton Yelchin and Imogen Poots.

More lately Saulnier directed Hold the Dark for Netflix, which starred Jeffrey Wright and Alexander Skarsgard. The director of pictures for Rebel Ridge changed into selected to be Magnus Nordenhof Jonck, who labored on The OA, Borgen and Hold the Dark.

Rebel Ridge is being produced via way of means of Filmscience (Blue Ruin, Hold the Dark, Green Room) and Bonneville Pictures (The Pool). Macon Blair (Room 104, Blue Ruin) will function an govt manufacturer as will Louise Lovegrove (The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then Bigfoot). Matt Levin (Hold the Dark, Apostle) may be in rate of manufacturing.

Rebel Ridge changed into first introduced in November 2019 and here’s the cutting-edge on the entirety we understand approximately it.

What is the plot of Rebel Ridge?

Netflix’s Rebel Ridge is defined as a high-speed mystery with bone-breaking movement sequences, suspense, and darkish humor. The plot involves  Boyega’s (now Pierre) character, an ex-marine who takes on a set of grimy law enforcement officials. The movie can even discover systemic American injustices, systemic racism in particular.

The legit logline for the film is as follows:

“About an ex-marine who takes on a set of grimy law enforcement officials in a high-speed mystery that explores systemic American injustices via bone-breaking movement sequences and darkish humor”

Who changed into forged in Rebel Ridge and who’s now?

Star Wars’ sequel trilogy supermegacelebrity John Boyega changed into to guide the forged of Rebel Ridge. Boyega got here clean off his different upcoming Netflix film, a sci-fi movement flick They Cloned Tyrone which wrapped in January 2021 and premiering in 2022.

Boyega changed into set to be joined via way of means of Golden Globe winner Don Johnson (Miami Vice, Django Unchained), Oscar nominee James Cromwell (The Green Mile, The General’s Daughter), James Badge Dale (The Departed, Iron Man 3), Zsane Jhe (Black Lightning, Watchmen), and Erin Doherty (The Crown). Their roles presently continue to be unknown.

In June 2021, it changed into introduced that John Boyega changed into not a part of the forged as he departed the task mid-shoot because of own circle of relatives motives. Netflix changed into reportedly searching out his substitute.

In October 2021, it changed into pronounced that Netflix had determined its John Boyega substitute withinside the shape of Aaron Pierre who’s acknowledged for The Underground Railroad and M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller horror, Old.

Also becoming a member of the forged are Anna Sophia Robb (Bridge to Terabithia) and Emory Cohen (The OA).

Reportedly getting back from the unique forged:

Don Johnson

James Badge Dale

Zsane Jhe

James Cromwell

What’s the manufacturing popularity of Rebel Ridge?

After an extended improvement procedure and COVID-associated delays, Netflix’s Rebel Ridge changed into reportedly set to go into manufacturing on April 5, 2021 in New Orleans and Louisianna. Filming changed into predicted to remaining till May 29, 2021 furnished there aren’t anyt any similarly hiccups resulting from COVID-19. Those dates have been in the end unrealistic with Variety Insight reporting that filming in the end did get underway on May 3rd, 2021.

A casting name changed into placed out in September 2021 for the task.

On May 10th, 2021 – KALB (an NBC information affiliate) published that filming for the film changed into taking area in Downtown Leesville in Louisiana. They nation that they have been filming withinside the vicinity till May twelfth earlier than transferring to Slidell, Louisiana.

On June 3, 2021 (round a month after starting filming) Netflix introduced that Boyega needed to go out the task because of own circle of relatives motives. That intended all manufacturing at the task ceased.

“Rebel Ridge is pausing briefly as we appearance to re-forged John Boyega who had to depart the task for own circle of relatives motives. We continue to be devoted to Jeremy Saulnier’s top notch movie and look ahead to resuming manufacturing. We look ahead to persevering with our partnership with John Boyega’s UpperRoom Productions, further to our upcoming movie They Cloned Tyrone wherein he additionally stars.”

According to reassets from The Hollywood Reporter, Boyega stop the manufacturing with out telling every person and the alleged motives have been associated with the script and his accommodations. THR additionally shows that even Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos attempted to steer Boyega to return back lower back. His agent, however, defended his customer in a statement:

“I can categorically say that those rumours are absolutely untrue. People will shape their critiques frequently rooted from boredom. As said John regrettably left because of own circle of relatives motives which in fact is none of every person’s commercial enterprise besides his own. John and Netflix have a incredible relation in order to keep growing for years yet to come whether or not that be via his performing or via [Boyega’s production company] UpperRoom.”

After the ones testimonies in June 2021, the entirety went quiet at the task however new manufacturing listings appear to signify symptoms and symptoms of lifestyles withinside the task as soon as once more.

In a brand new ProductionWeekly listing, they nation that filming is about to choose up once more among April 18th to June 24th, 2022.

We reached out to Netflix on the brand new filming dates who declined to remark past what’s already publicly acknowledged.

When will Rebel Ridge be launched on Netflix?

The film with its new manufacturing will not going launch in 2022 (it wasn’t blanketed withinside the 2022 film lineup furnished via way of means of Netflix) so probable will seem on our displays in 2023.