When Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Previous Guard was launched in the summertime of 2020, it scratched an itch that lots of people have been feeling. The COVID-19 pandemic had shut down film theaters all around the globe, however cinephiles with a Netflix subscription have been nonetheless in a position to take a look at some contemporary blockbuster motion that includes Charlize Theron kicking all types of ass as an immortal warrior. The movie made a giant splash when it arrived, and Theron has continued to collaborate with the streaming service – lately signing on to make the brand new thriller Apex with director Baltasar Kormákur… however what nonetheless stays a thriller is the standing of The Previous Guard 2.
The sequel is not theoretical or one thing followers have to launch web campaigns for in the event that they ever wish to see it. Not solely was The Previous Guard 2 given the inexperienced gentle in early 2021, however Victoria Mahoney was employed to direct the characteristic a number of months later, and principal pictures started in the summertime of 2022. There have been studies about reshoots, however Netflix has not but offered an replace concerning their plans for releasing the movie.
Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Vân Veronica Ngô, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Chiwetel Ejiofor are all reprising their roles for The Previous Guard 2, and it has been reported that new additions to the forged embody Uma Thurman and Henry Golding.
Whereas that film is hanging in limbo, Charlize Theron’s upcoming slate of initiatives features a very totally different type of movie in Apex, which is able to see the Oscar-winning actor taking part in a protagonist in harrowing circumstances. Per The Hollywood Reporter, she will probably be taking part in a “rock climber and adrenaline junkie” who goes out on an expedition and finds herself getting hunted by a psychopath. The antagonist within the film will probably be performed by Taron Egerton, who has had his personal latest success with Netflix starring within the new throwback motion film Carry On.
The characteristic relies on a spec script by up-and-coming author Jeremy Robbins, who earlier credit embody The Purge tv sequence, and it is going to be Baltasar Kormákur’s return to the motion films after making the 2024 Icelandic romantic drama Contact (his final contribution to the style was the Idris Elba vs. a lion thriller Beast in 2022)
With Apex nonetheless being in pre-production right here on the finish of 2024, it could not find yourself with a spot on Netflix’s 2025 film and TV present launch calendar, however followers can stay hopeful that The Previous Guard 2 will find yourself with a launch date through the calendar 12 months. To be completely trustworthy, the delays and reshoots do not counsel that the movie is a masterpiece of motion cinema… however there stays pleasure to see the return of the film’s immortal heroes.