Netflix’s next big action movie is The Old Guard, and it’s just dropped a teaser video and first-look images for the science fiction film. The movie is based on Greg Rucka and artist Leandro Fernandez’s comic book of the same name that started publishing in 2017.
They’ve been amongst us all along, living in the shadows. pic.twitter.com/V5XIgs6zLo
— The Old Guard (@oldguardmovie) May 7, 2020
Theron plays an immortal warrior named Andy, who leads a group of other immortals that fight for humanity and their own mysterious reasons. The team is suddenly exposed, however, during a mission, and newcomer Nile (Kiki Layne) must fight against an organization that looks to study them and replicate their immortality for money and other nefarious reasons. The film also stars Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Harry Melling, and Van Veronica Ngo, with Matthias Schoenaerts and Chiwetel Ejiofor, whose sultry voice you hear in the above trailer. Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love and Basketball) directed the action pic.
Netflix describes the film as “gritty, grounded, action-packed” and is probably hoping that the movie will land as big as their last two action films, 6 Underground and Extraction, did. Both those movies generated massive numbers for the streamer, who is chalking up the wins with the rest of Hollywood still shut down and moviegoers having no other place to turn for their big films full of explosions.
The Old Guard will premiere on Netflix on July 10. 2020.
