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UPDATED: Episode 245 – The Old Guard
Immortal Badassery!
This week on the podcast Brian and Darryl geek out about the Netflix Original movie ’The Old Guard’ starring Charlize Theron (and other people, but come on it’s Charlize!). Plus looking at the trailer for Project Power, some Mandalorian news, the Witcher is headed back into productions, and a Bad Batch animated series coming to Duh+ in 2021!
News Bites
The Mandalorian Universe Expands with New Star Wars Books and Comics
The Mandalorian’s Giancarlo Esposito Teases Moff Gideon‘s Darksaber Skills and Force Powers
The Witcher Season 2 Resumes Production In August
Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and all-new animate series, to debut on Disney+ in 2021
‘Project Power‘ Official Trailer on Netflix 8/14/2020
The Old Guard (2020)
Summary
Led by a warrior named Andy (Charlize Theron), a covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with a mysterious inability to die have fought to protect the mortal world for centuries. But when the team is recruited to take on an emergency mission and their extraordinary abilities are suddenly exposed, it’s up to Andy and Nile (KiKi Layne), the newest soldier to join their ranks, to help the group eliminate the threat of those who seek to replicate and monetize their power by any means necessary. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Greg Rucka and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (LOVE & BASKETBALL, BEYOND THE LIGHTS), THE OLD GUARD is a gritty, grounded, action-packed story that shows living forever is harder than it looks.
Cast
Charlize Theron as Andy / Andromache of Scythia
KiKi Layne as Nile Freeman, a former US Marine who served in Afghanistan
Matthias Schoenaerts as Booker / Sebastian Le Livre, once a French soldier who fought under Napoleon
Marwan Kenzari as Joe / Yusuf Al-Kaysani, a Muslim warrior who had participated in the Crusades, as well as Nicky’s lover
Luca Marinelli as Nicky / Nicoló di Genova, a former Crusader. He and Joe started off as enemies but became lovers after discovering their immortality
Chiwetel Ejiofor as James Copley, former CIA agent grieving the loss of his wife from ALS
Harry Melling as Steven Merrick, greedy CEO of a pharmaceutical empire
Van Veronica Ngo as Quynh
Anamaria Marinca as Dr. Meta Kozak
Joey Ansah as Keane
Crew
Directed by
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Produced by
David Ellison
Dana Goldberg
Don Granger
Charlize Theron
AJ Dix
Beth Kono
Marc Evans
Screenplay by
Greg Rucka
Based on The Old Guard by
Greg Rucka
Leandro Fernández
Music by
Volker Bertelmann
Dustin O’Halloran
Cinematography
Tami Reiker
Barry Ackroyd
Edited by
Terilyn A. Shropshire
Production company
Skydance Media
Denver and Delilah Productions
Marc Evans Productions
Distributed by
Netflix
Release date
July 10, 2020 (United States)
Running time
125 minutes
Budget
$70 million
Production
In March 2017, Skydance Media picked up the rights to adapt the comic The Old Guard, written by Greg Rucka and illustrated by Leandro Fernandez, into a film. Rucka’s contract stipulated that a major scene highlighting the romance between the characters
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Immortal Badassery!
This week on the podcast Brian and Darryl geek out about the Netflix Original movie ’The Old Guard’ starring Charlize Theron (and other people, but come on it’s Charlize!). Plus looking at the trailer for Project Power, some Mandalorian news, the Witcher is headed back into productions, and a Bad Batch animated series coming to Duh+ in 2021!
News Bites
The Mandalorian Universe Expands with New Star Wars Books and Comics
The Mandalorian’s Giancarlo Esposito Teases Moff Gideon‘s Darksaber Skills and Force Powers
The Witcher Season 2 Resumes Production In August
Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and all-new animate series, to debut on Disney+ in 2021
‘Project Power‘ Official Trailer on Netflix 8/14/2020
The Old Guard (2020)
Summary
Led by a warrior named Andy (Charlize Theron), a covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with a mysterious inability to die have fought to protect the mortal world for centuries. But when the team is recruited to take on an emergency mission and their extraordinary abilities are suddenly exposed, it’s up to Andy and Nile (KiKi Layne), the newest soldier to join their ranks, to help the group eliminate the threat of those who seek to replicate and monetize their power by any means necessary. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Greg Rucka and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (LOVE & BASKETBALL, BEYOND THE LIGHTS), THE OLD GUARD is a gritty, grounded, action-packed story that shows living forever is harder than it looks.
Cast
Charlize Theron as Andy / Andromache of Scythia
KiKi Layne as Nile Freeman, a former US Marine who served in Afghanistan
Matthias Schoenaerts as Booker / Sebastian Le Livre, once a French soldier who fought under Napoleon
Marwan Kenzari as Joe / Yusuf Al-Kaysani, a Muslim warrior who had participated in the Crusades, as well as Nicky’s lover
Luca Marinelli as Nicky / Nicoló di Genova, a former Crusader. He and Joe started off as enemies but became lovers after discovering their immortality
Chiwetel Ejiofor as James Copley, former CIA agent grieving the loss of his wife from ALS
Harry Melling as Steven Merrick, greedy CEO of a pharmaceutical empire
Van Veronica Ngo as Quynh
Anamaria Marinca as Dr. Meta Kozak
Joey Ansah as Keane
Crew
Directed by
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Produced by
David Ellison
Dana Goldberg
Don Granger
Charlize Theron
AJ Dix
Beth Kono
Marc Evans
Screenplay by
Greg Rucka
Based on The Old Guard by
Greg Rucka
Leandro Fernández
Music by
Volker Bertelmann
Dustin O’Halloran
Cinematography
Tami Reiker
Barry Ackroyd
Edited by
Terilyn A. Shropshire
Production company
Skydance Media
Denver and Delilah Productions
Marc Evans Productions
Distributed by
Netflix
Release date
July 10, 2020 (United States)
Running time
125 minutes
Budget
$70 million
Production
In March 2017, Skydance Media picked up the rights to adapt the comic The Old Guard, written by Greg Rucka and illustrated by Leandro Fernandez, into a film. Rucka’s contract stipulated that a major scene highlighting the romance between the characters