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Movie Review – The Old Guard (2020)

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The Old Guard, 2020. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Starring Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. SYNOPSIS: A covert team of immortal mercenaries are suddenly exposed and must now fight to keep their identity a secret just as an unexpected new member is discovered. In an age where the vast […]

Charlize Theron admits “it’s a little heartbreaking” being recast as Furiosa

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Director George Miller recently revealed he is developing a Mad Max: Fury Road prequel solely focused on a younger Furiosa which would recast the character previously played by Charlize Theron. Now, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Theron admitted that while the news is a “tough one to swallow” and “a little heartbreaking,” she trusts Miller […]

The Old Guard gets a batch of character posters and promos

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With a little over a week to go until The Old Guard arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released a batch of character posters and promos for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s action fantasy comic book adaptation featuring Andy (Charlize Theron), Nile (Kiki Layne), Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts), Joe (Marwen Kenzari), and Nicky (Luca Marinelli); take a look […]

Charlize Theron would return for Hancock 2 “in a heartbeat”

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Despite the first film being released 12 years ago, Charlize Theron has admitted she would love to return for a sequel to 2008’s superhero movie, Hancock, alongside Will Smith. In a recent interview with ComicBook, while promoting her upcoming film Netflix film The Old Guard, Theron revealed that the cast and crew did talk about a sequel […]

Charlize Theron stars in first trailer for Netflix’s The Old Guard

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Netflix has debuted the first trailer for The Old Guard, the upcoming action fantasy from director Gina Prince-Bythewood. An adaptation of Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez’s acclaimed comic book series, the film sees Charlize Theron lead a cast that includes Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, KiKi Layne, Luca Marinelli, and Chiwetel Ejiofor; watch it here… Led […]

Jodie Comer in contention to replace Charlize Theron as Furiosa in Mad Max spinoff

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Last week, Mad Max creator George Miller confirmed rumours that he plans to move ahead with his Mad Max: Fury Road spinoff centred on a young Furiosa, with Charlize Theron set to make way for a younger actress in a prequel taking place some twenty years prior to the 2015 film. It has previously been […]

Charlize Theron wields an axe in new images from The Old Guard

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Following on from this past week’s first look, another two images have surfaced from Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez’s acclaimed comic book The Old Guard featuring an axe-wielding Charlize Theron along with co-stars Kiki Layne, Luca Marinelli, and Marwan Kenzari; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron […]

Mad Max director confirms Furiosa prequel spinoff, without Charlize Theron

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Having sorted out legal issues with Warner Bros. surrounding 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, director George Miller announced back in December that “there’s certainly another Mad Max [movie] coming down the pike” and now the filmmaker has confirmed the recent rumours that he’s prepping a Fury Road spinoff centred on Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa – […]

Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron open up about their on-set conflicts while shooting Mad Max: Fury Road

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While Mad Max: Fury Road is one of the best action movies of the past decade, the film had a troubled production which included being shut down several times, director George Miller’s sheer ambition, and on-set conflicts between stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. However, in an oral history of the making of Mad Max: Fury Road […]

First images from Netflix’s comic book adaptation The Old Guard starring Charlize Theron

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Netflix has released a batch of images from the upcoming adaptation of Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez’s acclaimed comic book series The Old Guard, which offer a first look at Charlize Theron as Andy, KiKi Layne as Nile, Marwan Kenzari as Joe, Matthias Schoenaerts as Booker, Luca Marinelli as Nicky, and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Copley; […]