Charlize Theron Says ‘Old Guard 2’ Post-Production Got ‘Shut Down’ By Netflix, but the Sequel Will Come Out ‘Soon’: ‘I Really Love This Movie’
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Charlize Theron insists “The Old Guard 2” will be released “soon.” The Oscar winner explains that the action sequel, which wrapped shooting about two years ago, has faced a lengthy delay due in part to a change in Netflix leadership. “Netflix went through quite a changeover,” Theron told me at her Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project Block Party on Saturday. “We got kind of stuck in that and our post-production shut down, I think, five weeks into it.” The actors and writers strikes are also said to have kept the film from being on schedule.
Even so, Theron never worried that the movie could be shelved. “They were going through a lot of changes, and I totally understand it,” she said. “We finally picked it back up and I’m really excited about it.” The first “Old Guard” was released in 2020, with the streamer announcing that it reached 72 million households in its first four weeks.
An adaptation of screenwriter Greg Rucka’s comic book of the same name and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, the movie stars Theron as Andy, the leader of a small army of superhero-esque immortals (Kiki Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari and Luca Marinelli), whose centuries-old secret existence is threatened by a villainous pharmaceutical titan who wants to replicate their DNA.
The second installment was directed by Victoria Mahoney with Uma Thurman and Henry Golding joining returning cast members Theron, Layne, Schoenaerts, Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Veronica Ngo and Chiwetel Ejiofor. “It’s really good,” Theron said. “It’s a really important film to us.
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