Heavily-delayed Netflix action sequel The Old Guard 2 finally has a release date, and its first trailer as well.
Remember The Old Guard? It released during those pandemic years and, due in part to the fact that we were all watching more movies back then, garnered a hugely impressive 70 million views in its first month of release.
A follow-up was duly commissioned and shot back in mid-2022 before the film fell into a black hole of development hell, languishing there for several years before emerging today with a shiny new trailer.
Uma Thurman and Henry Golding join Charlize Theron and Kiki Layne for the sequel which will follow Theron and her band of immortal warriors in their ongoing quest to save the world. Victoria Mahoney has replaced Gina Prince-Bythewood in the director’s chair. A Netflix regime change and the Hollywood strikes further delayed things before a first round of reshoots was eventually ordered.
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Here’s a synopsis, if you’re into such things:
Andy leads immortal warriors against a powerful enemy threatening their group. They grapple with the resurfacing of a long-lost immortal, complicating their mission to safeguard humanity.
With Gareth Evans’ Havoc also releasing this year, Netflix is finally getting some of its most delayed film projects out of the door and perhaps signalling that we’re now fully into the Dan Lin era with the streamer’s film division. After five years away, the question remains as to whether the audience will return for the sequel, but Netflix certainly has a few clever ways of making sure that the film will be visible to audiences.
You can catch the trailer below for The Old Guard 2 ahead of the film’s launch on the 2nd July 2025.
