The Old Guard 2 Renews For Sequel The New Director Comes From Star Wars

The director who will replace the resigning Gina Prince-Bythewood on the set of The Old Guard 2 for Netflix, again with Charlize Theron, has been chosen: it is Victoria Mahoney.

The project of The Old Guard 2 for Netflix begins to move seriously: the director  Gina Prince-Bythewood has however left the field to other commitments, and it was revealed the name of who will replace it. This is  Victoria Mahoney , former director of the second unit of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker , here in his second feature film as a titular. In fact Victoria, before specializing in directing for TV series, had debuted with the unreleased in Italy Yelling to the Sky starring Zoë Kravitz. It was her commitment alongside JJ Abrams on the set of Episode IX that put her on Netflix and Charlize Theron’s radar., who of course will return as Andy, the leader of the group of immortal warriors.

We do not yet know the timing of the processing of The Old Guard 2 , also bearing in mind that Mahoney had the Kill Them All project (story based on action and revenge) at stake, but we know that the script was already completed a few weeks ago. , obviously taken from the comic of the same name written by Greg Rucka and drawn by Leandro Fernandez from 2017 for Image Comics. On the horizon in The Old Guard 2 there is of course the return of most of the cast of the first act, namely Marwan Kenzari and Luca Marinelli as Joe and Nicky, then Matthias Schoenaerts’ Booker and KiKi Layne’s Nile. The Old Guard, upon its release on Netflix in summer 2020, it was among the 10 most popular movies on the service.