The Old Guard is a 2020 American superhero film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and written by Greg Rucka. The film stars Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Harry Melling, Van Veronica Ngo and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The Old Guard was released on July 10, 2020, on Netflix.
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The Old Guard is a 2020 American superhero film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and written by Greg Rucka, based on his comic book of the same name. The film stars Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Harry Melling, Van Veronica Ngo and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The Old Guard was released on July 10, 2020, on Netflix. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the action sequences and Theron’s performance. In March 2017, Skydance Media picked up the rights to adapt the comic The Old Guards into a film. With a budget of about USD 70 million, the film became the first black woman to direct a big-budget comic book film. In May 2019, Netflix picked up rights to the film and agreed to finance it with SkydANCE’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marc Evans, and A. A. J. Kono producing with Beth Kono, A.J. Avila, Marc Evans, Marc Marc Evans and Dana Goldberg executive producing. In July 2018, they hired Gina Prince thewood to direct with David Ellison to write the screenplay.
The team of immortal mercenaries are hired by former CIA operative Copley to rescue a group of kidnapped children in South Sudan. During the mission, however, they are ambushed and killed. After healing their wounds and killing their attackers, they realize that CopleY set them up and filmed their regeneration. Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, U.S. Marine Nile Freeman has her throat slit while taking down a military target, only to recover without a scratch. Upon waking, she shares a disturbing dream with the other immortals, who are then alerted to her existence. Andy tracks down and takes Nile before military personnel can move her to Germany, where she is due to undergo further testing. Andy brings Nile to France, where Nile meets the rest of their team. The group is ambushed by Merrick’s forces; Joe and Nicky are captured while a deceased Booker is left behind. After Booker regenerates, Andy kills their assailants but discovers that she has lost her immortality as her injuries do not heal.
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