The Old Guard 2 on Netflix: Everything we know so far

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If yous want The Sometime Guard 2 and want it right at present, we've got adept news and bad news. Yes, the motion-picture show we've been waiting for ever since we finished watching The One-time Guard is actually happening.

The bad news, though, is you're going to wait a bit for the action-packed comic book adaptation. We've just just recently learned that the script has been written.

While Netflix hasn't released any physical viewership info, The Old Guard received rave reviews from critics, and then information technology seemed probable that the streaming service would order a sequel. Plus, the movie ended in a way that left room for more ... much more. Spoilers ahead!

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The Old Guard saw Charlize Theron'south Andromache (aka Andy) and her team of immortal fighters face off against a nefarious pharma exec who wanted to use them as lab rats and make money off the findings. He was aided by erstwhile CIA amanuensis Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who had nobler intentions as he was grieving his expressionless wife. They captured Joe (Marwan Kenzari) and Nicky (Luca Marinelli), and when Andy went to retrieve them, they captured her, likewise.

In the cease, it was new recruit Nile (KiKi Layne) who rescued her teammates and took down the pharma bro. Nevertheless, Andy'due south wounds stopped automatically healing, which indicated she had lost her immortality. She also banished Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts) for betraying the team by cooperating with Copley.

But Andy remains alive, fifty-fifty if she is not un-killable anymore. Nile is a formidable new part of the group. So, there's enough of storytelling that could exist done in a sequel. In fact, director Gina Prince-Bythewood told Digital Spy that The Old Guard was envisioned equally a trilogy franchise.

"I know that Greg Rucka, who wrote the graphic novel in the script, he always envisioned this as a trilogy," she said. "I know where the story goes, and information technology'south pretty groovy. And then if the audience is eager for it, there's definitely more than stories to tell."

Here'southward everything yous need to know about The Old Baby-sit 2.

The One-time Guard 2 release date speculation

Charlize Theron told Variety that The Old Guard 2 starts shooting in the beginning quarter of 2022. This makes us think the film would exist arriving in theaters by Fall 2022 at the very earliest, and mayhap later given all the post-production work to exist done.

The Old Guard 2 plot possibilities

To speculate on the plot of The Quondam Guard 2, permit'due south first talk virtually the commencement Old Baby-sit movie's ending.

As we mentioned above, The Old Guard ends with the squad having defeated pharma exec Merrick. Copley apologizes for his role in what happened, and equally penance, the team enlists his help in finding new missions and hiding their activities. Think of him every bit a kind of Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. "Permit's become to work," Andy says.

But one fellow member of the immortal team is left behind: Booker. Andy banished him for 100 years for betraying them.

In an end credits scene, we come across Booker six months later. He returns to his Paris flat to find ... Quynh (Van Veronica Ngo). She was Andy's partner-in-immortal arms but was locked in an iron maiden and thrown into the depths of the sea. Andy searched for her for 500 years during which Quynh kept drowning and reviving. Eventually, Andy stopped looking, a heavy burden of guilt that she revealed to Nile.

Well, it seems Quynh got out of that iron maiden and has found Booker. But why? Is she aroused with Andy for not finding her and looking for vengeance?

The Old Guard ending — (Epitome credit: Netflix)

Quynh'south return is office of Rucka'south comic books and Prince-Bythewood felt she had to include that terminate scene in The Old Guard. "The sequence with Qhyn, for me, was really emotional and I cared near this woman defenseless in this horrible existence of drowning for 500 years. The psychology of that alone… I wanted to know what happened," the managing director told Collider. "It's a hint of, ok she'due south alive. It was giving a hint, hopefully not having anyone feeling like they're cheated of what happens adjacent. I want you to want more, but once again it is wholly up to the audience."

So ... what happens next? Nosotros can glean some possible storylines from Rucka'south sequel comic series, Forcefulness Multiplied.

However, there are some differences between Rucka's The Old Baby-sit comics and the motion picture. For case, in the comics, Quynh is named Noriko and she'southward Japanese. Rucka changed the graphic symbol to adapt the actress, Ngo, who is Vietnamese. Also, in the comics, she is swept overboard from a ship during a storm, rather than deliberately locked into an iron maiden. Rucka revealed to Polygon that the change came about due to filming budget constraints.

So keeping in mind that things tin change, here's what happens in Force Multiplied: Quynh returns from her long underwater ordeal with a much darker, twisted view of humanity. And now she wants Andy to join her, both every bit her lover and as her partner in a quest to make humanity suffer. Of form, Andy is now mortal and a regular human being being. Plus, nosotros don't see her going to the dark side. That sets up a spectacular showdown betwixt Andy and Quynh — and we are here for information technology.

The Quondam Guard two bandage

Presuming all of the major players from The Old Guard will be back, here'southward who will be in The Old Guard 2:

Charlize Theron equally Andy aka Andromache of Scythia
KiKi Layne as Nile Freeman, a old Us Marine
Matthias Schoenaerts as Booker aka Sebastian Le Livre, a French soldier who fought under Napoleon
Marwan Kenzari every bit Joe aka Yusuf Al-Kaysani, a Muslim warrior from the Crusades, as well as Nicky'southward lover
Luca Marinelli as Nicky aka Nicoló di Genova, a former Crusader who one time fought Joe and then became his lover
Chiwetel Ejiofor equally James Copley, old CIA agent who is enlisted to aid the immortals with their missions
Van Veronica Ngo every bit Quynh, Andy's immortal partner who was locked in an iron maiden and tortured with repeated drowning for 500 years

The main villain of The Quondam Guard, Steven Merrick (Harry Melling), won't be back, since he's dead.

Nonetheless, there will probably be some new characters in The Former Guard 2. We'll have to wait and see.

The Old Guard prequels and spinoffs

Rucka's comic serial is ready to be a trilogy, and thus, it makes sense for in that location to exist three main Old Guard movies. Still, fans are clamoring for prequels and spinoffs about some of the immortals. Personally, I want to run into Joe and Nicky in the Crusades, contesting confronting one another and killing each other — so waking upwards alive, falling in love. All of information technology. And I'k not alone.

You tin can buy The One-time Baby-sit'due south comic book on Amazon. Its second edition is currently on pre-order, due out in September.

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The Old Guard Book Two: Force Multiplied

Kelly is a senior writer covering streaming media for Tom's Guide, so basically, she watches TV for a living. Previously, she was a freelance entertainment author for Yahoo, Vulture, TV Guide and other outlets. When she's non watching TV and movies for work, she's watching them for fun, seeing live music, writing songs, knitting and gardening.

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The Old Guard 2 on Netflix: Everything we know so far