New Old Guard 2 Trailer Sees Charlize Theron Cross Swords With Uma Thurman

Ahead of Netflix’s Tudum event, the streamer and Skydance released the authoritative trailer for The Old Guard 2, starring Charlize Theron.

For those who whitethorn person forgotten, The Old Guard was a beauteous kick-ass sci-fi enactment movie released connected the streamer successful 2020. Based on  Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández’s Image Comics series, the movie follows a squad of immortal mercenaries-turned-found family, led by Theron’s Andy, battling unseen threats to support humanity. Along the mode they bring a miss named Nile (KiKi Layne) into the fold, person their concealed exposed, and endure betrayal from wrong their tight-knit group.

Now, aft 5 years of diligent anticipation, the recently released trailer sees Andy confronting her erstwhile bestie Quynh (Veronica Ngô), whom she near successful an robust maiden astatine the bottommost of the ocean. Andy besides has her enactment chopped retired with a deadly confrontation with the archetypal immortal being, played by Uma Thurman, who threatens to destruct everything they clasp beloved with a powerfulness “they can’t adjacent imagine.”

Not lone does Thurman’s villain travel equipped with a katana, but she besides has a mysterious bony to prime with Andy, rivaling the fury of the Bride’s warpath successful Kill Bill. Naturally, the trailer hints astatine a last showdown betwixt Thurman and Theron, teasing a powerhouse match-up enactment fans didn’t cognize they wanted to see.

Aside from the enticing tease of seeing Theron and Thurman fight, the trailer besides sprinkles a nugget of accusation that would marque their conflict adjacent much one-sided successful Thurman’s favor. Despite seemingly knowing the Old Guard’s past and relationships, she doesn’t look to recognize that Theron’s Andy is nary longer immortal—though who could blasted her, with each of the death-defying stunts we spot successful the trailer?

As revealed successful the movie’s authoritative description, with Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts) successful exile, Andy, Nile, Joe (Marwan Kenzari), Nicky (Luca Marinelli), and James Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) question retired Tuah (Henry Golding), an aged state who whitethorn clasp the cardinal to unlocking the secrets of their immortality.

Whether this find volition assistance Andy regain her mislaid immortality oregon portion it from Thurman’s quality to level the playing tract for their last confrontation remains to beryllium seen.

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Filming for The Old Guard 2 wrapped up successful 2022, but post-production faced delays owed to shifts astatine Netflix and industry-wide strikes. Because of the film’s vigor silence, fans feared the task had been enactment connected ice. However, successful a 2024 interrogation with Variety, Theron acceptable the grounds straight, reassuring folks the sequel was inactive moving forward—and that she was “really excited astir it.”

“It’s truly good,” Theron told Variety. “It’s a truly important movie to us. I lone wanted to bash it if we could marque it amazing. I truly emotion this movie.”

The Old Guard 2 releases July 2.

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