DUBAI: French-Algerian actress Sofia Boutella stunned in a red gown from Italian fashion house Giambattista Valli as she promoted her film “Rebel Moon — Part 1: A Child of Fire” in Los Angeles at the TCL Chinese Theatre recently. For the latest updates, follow us on Instagram @arabnews.lifestyle The actress was joined on the red carpet by the rest of the cast, including Charlie Hunnam, Ed Skrein and Jena Malone, as well as director Zack Snyder and his producer wife Deborah Snyder. In the sci-fi adventure, which will debut on Netflix on Dec. 22, a peaceful colony on the edge of a galaxy finds itself threatened by the armies of a tyrannical ruling force. Kora, played by Boutella, is a woman with a mysterious past living among the villagers who becomes their best hope for survival. Tasked with finding trained fighters who will unite with her in making a stand against the Mother World, Kora assembles a small band of warriors — outsiders, insurgents, peasants and orphans of war from different worlds who share a common need for redemption and revenge. In June, filmmaker Snyder attended Netflix’s Tudum global fan event in Brazil to showcase a behind-the-scenes look into the making of the film, which is a concept he has been developing since college. “I’ve been working on this story for quite a while,” Snyder said on stage, according to Deadline. “It’s about a group of farmers on the edge of the galaxy that get visited by the armies of the Mother World, which are the bad guys. The farmers have to decide to fight or submit.” He continued: “I don’t want to give it all away, but if they had decided to fight, let’s say that was an option, they would have to travel around the galaxy to find warriors to fight with them. And so, it had us traveling quite a bit.” The project will be released in the form of two movies after the writer-director spoke to Netflix about his 72-page-script, which translated to a nearly-three-hour movie. It will not be the first time Algiers-born Boutella has taken on the role of a sword-wielding extraterrestrial. The actress, who at the age of 10 fled to Paris with her family during the Algerian civil war, is known for her breakout performance in the Oscar-nominated film, “Star Trek Beyond,” in which she portrayed the fierce alien warrior, Jaylah.