Tag: The Old Guard
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Gal Gadot To Star In International ‘Bond’-Esque Spy Thriller ‘Heart of Stone’
After playing a member of an international team of thieves and car enthusiasts in “The Fast & Furious” franchise, and proving herself a capable superhero in “Wonder Woman,” Gal Gadot is setting her sights on a new high-profile role: the female James Bond, kind of. Gadot has reportedly signed on to star in the original…
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Gal Gadot to Lead Spy Movie ‘Heart of Stone’ for Skydance
Gal Gadot is lining up her own spy series. The actor is teaming with Skydance Media for Heart Of Stone, a potential franchise starter that has The Aeronauts filmmaker Tom Harper attached to direct, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.Heart of Stone has a script from The Old Guard’s Greg Rucka and Hidden Pictures’ Allison Schroeder.…
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‘The Old Guard’ Post-Production Team Was Comprised of 85% Women
Gina Prince-Bythewood‘s new action movie The Old Guard is among the year’s most-watched Netflix original films, and the director made her movie in a way that no other action film of this scale ever has: the film’s post-production team was made up of 85% women. That type of gender ratio, according to Prince-Bythewood, “very rarely…
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Netflix Already Hailing ‘The Old Guard’ a Record-Breaking Success, Projects 70M+ Reach
Netflix is already sharing data and insights to suggest The Old Guard is a massive hit with viewers just one week after its release. The newest original to hit the streaming giant is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and stars Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Adapted from the…
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Netflix Says That ‘The Old Guard’ Was A Record-Breaking Success, And Presents Useless Data To Prove It
Netflix just gave us a peek inside the proverbial chocolate factory by sharing some small amount of data regarding viewership numbers for their original movies. The streaming giant posted a list of their 10 most viewed original movies ever, and Gina Prince-Bythewood‘s “The Old Guard” is among them.Read More: ‘Da 5 Bloods’: More People Watched…
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‘The Old Guard’ Among Top 10 Most Popular Netflix Films, Streamer Says
“The Old Guard,” starring Charlize Theron, has made Netflix’s list of its 10 most popular original films ever and is tracking to reach 72 million households in its first four weeks.Netflix also said Gina Prince-Bythewood is the first Black female director on the top 10 list. The streaming giant, which announced the milestone Friday, only…
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‘The Woman King’, Starring Viola Davis, Will Be Directed by ‘The Old Guard’ Filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood
The Old Guard director Gina Prince-Bythewood has an exciting project on the horizon. Prince-Bythewood will direct Viola Davis in The Woman King, about a female general leading an all-female military unit in Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries. The film is inspired by true events, and at one point, Lupita Nyong’o was attached to…
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Making ‘The Old Guard’: Gina Prince-Bythewood Turned Her Marvel Loss Into Her Own Netflix Franchise
On July 10, opening day for the summer’s first major action flick, “The Old Guard” director Gina Prince-Bythewood took her two sons, who are 16 and 19, up to Sunset Boulevard to see her first Netflix billboard. “The Old Guard” marks the UCLA track star’s biggest budget yet after such modest hits as “Love &…
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‘The Old Guard’ Director Gina Prince-Bythewood on Sequel Possibilities for Netflix Smash
[Editor’s Note: This story contains spoilers for Netflix’s “The Old Guard.”]Is there a future ahead for Netflix’s smash-hit action movie “The Old Guard”? Don’t rule it out, as the film is currently sitting at the top spot in the charts for the United States after just releasing on July 10. But that’s not the only…
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KiKi Layne: ‘It hasn’t hit me yet – I’m going to be Eddie Murphy’s daughter!’
The If Beale Street Could Talk actor on the joy of learning to do stunts and her forthcoming role in Coming 2 AmericaKiKi Layne, 28, made her film debut as the female lead, Tish, in Barry Jenkins’s acclaimed 2018 drama If Beale Street Could Talk, a story of young love and institutional racism in 1970s…