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

The Old Baby-sit 2 on Netflix: Everything we know then far

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If you want The Old Guard 2 and want it correct now, we've got good news and bad news. Yes, the film nosotros've been waiting for e'er since we finished watching The Old Baby-sit is really happening.

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

While Netflix hasn't released any concrete viewership info, The Onetime Baby-sit received rave reviews from critics, so it seemed likely that the streaming service would order a sequel. Plus, the movie concluded in a way that left room for more ... much more. Spoilers ahead!

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The Quondam Guard saw Charlize Theron'due 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 onetime CIA agent Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who had nobler intentions as he was grieving his dead wife. They captured Joe (Marwan Kenzari) and Nicky (Luca Marinelli), and when Andy went to retrieve them, they captured her, too.

In the end, information technology was new recruit Nile (KiKi Layne) who rescued her teammates and took downward the pharma bro. Even so, Andy'southward wounds stopped automatically healing, which indicated she had lost her immortality. She too banished Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts) for betraying the squad past cooperating with Copley.

Just Andy remains live, even if she is not un-killable anymore. Nile is a formidable new part of the group. So, there's plenty of storytelling that could exist done in a sequel. In fact, manager Gina Prince-Bythewood told Digital Spy that The Old Guard was envisioned every bit 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 it's pretty great. So if the audience is eager for it, there's definitely more than stories to tell."

Here'south everything you demand to know about The Sometime Guard ii.

The Former Baby-sit 2 release date speculation

Charlize Theron told Variety that The Old Guard two starts shooting in the first quarter of 2022. This makes united states think the moving-picture show would be arriving in theaters past Fall 2022 at the very earliest, and possibly subsequently given all the post-product work to be done.

The Old Guard 2 plot possibilities

To speculate on the plot of The Old Guard 2, let's commencement talk about the first One-time Guard movie's ending.

Every bit nosotros mentioned above, The Quondam Guard ends with the team having defeated pharma exec Merrick. Copley apologizes for his part in what happened, and as penance, the team enlists his assistance in finding new missions and hiding their activities. Recollect of him as a kind of Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. "Let's become to piece of work," Andy says.

Simply one member of the immortal squad is left backside: Booker. Andy banished him for 100 years for betraying them.

In an terminate credits scene, we see Booker half-dozen months later on. He returns to his Paris apartment to find ... Quynh (Van Veronica Ngo). She was Andy's partner-in-immortal arms but was locked in an atomic number 26 maiden and thrown into the depths of the body of water. 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 constitute Booker. But why? Is she angry with Andy for not finding her and looking for vengeance?

The Old Guard ending — (Epitome credit: Netflix)

Quynh's return is function of Rucka's comic books and Prince-Bythewood felt she had to include that end scene in The Old Baby-sit. "The sequence with Qhyn, for me, was actually emotional and I cared about this adult female defenseless in this horrible existence of drowning for 500 years. The psychology of that alone… I wanted to know what happened," the director told Collider. "It's a hint of, ok she'southward alive. It was giving a hint, hopefully non having anyone feeling similar they're cheated of what happens adjacent. I want you to want more, only again information technology is wholly up to the audition."

So ... what happens next? We tin can glean some possible storylines from Rucka'due south sequel comic serial, Force Multiplied.

However, there are some differences between Rucka'due south The One-time Guard comics and the movie. For instance, in the comics, Quynh is named Noriko and she's Japanese. Rucka changed the graphic symbol to accommodate 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 can modify, here's what happens in Strength Multiplied: Quynh returns from her long underwater ordeal with a much darker, twisted view of humanity. And now she wants Andy to bring together 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. Plus, we don't see her going to the dark side. That sets upwardly a spectacular showdown between Andy and Quynh — and nosotros are hither for it.

The Old Guard ii bandage

Presuming all of the major players from The Old Guard volition be back, here'due south who volition exist in The Quondam Guard 2:

Charlize Theron equally Andy aka Andromache of Scythia
KiKi Layne as Nile Freeman, a old U.s. Marine
Matthias Schoenaerts as Booker aka Sebastian Le Livre, a French soldier who fought under Napoleon
Marwan Kenzari as Joe aka Yusuf Al-Kaysani, a Muslim warrior from the Crusades, every bit well as Nicky's lover
Luca Marinelli every bit Nicky aka Nicoló di Genova, a quondam Crusader who once fought Joe and and so became his lover
Chiwetel Ejiofor as James Copley, former CIA amanuensis who is enlisted to assistance the immortals with their missions
Van Veronica Ngo as Quynh, Andy's immortal partner who was locked in an atomic number 26 maiden and tortured with repeated drowning for 500 years

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

Even so, there will probably be some new characters in The Quondam Baby-sit 2. We'll have to wait and see.

The Old Guard prequels and spinoffs

Rucka's comic serial is set to be a trilogy, and thus, it makes sense for there to exist three main Quondam Baby-sit movies. However, fans are clamoring for prequels and spinoffs near some of the immortals. Personally, I want to come across Joe and Nicky in the Crusades, battling against one another and killing each other — then waking up alive, falling in love. All of it. And I'm not lone.

You lot can buy The Old Baby-sit'due south comic book on Amazon. Its 2nd edition is currently on pre-order, due out in September.

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Kelly is a senior writer covering streaming media for Tom'southward Guide, then basically, she watches Telly for a living. Previously, she was a freelance entertainment writer for Yahoo, Vulture, TV Guide and other outlets. When she's not watching TV and movies for work, she'southward watching them for fun, seeing live music, writing songs, knitting and gardening.