Fans of Atomic Blonde will be happy to hear that Charlize Theron is headed back into the action arena for Skydance and Netflix’s Old Guard, playing… an immortal assassin?!
Detailed by THR, Marwan Kenzari (Aladdin‘s Jafar) will star alongside Theron in the film, an adaptation of the comic from author Greg Rucka and artist Leandro Fernandez.
Kiki Layne is also starring.
Old Guard tells of a small group of soldiers, led by a woman named Andy (Theron), who are inexplicably immortal and have been working as mercenaries through the ages.
“The novelty of not dying long gone, the group gets a jolt in their bones when they discover the existence of a new immortal, a black woman serving in the Marines, at the same time as a nefarious organization captures their undying actions on camera.”
Kenzari will play a man who was once a Moor warrior.
Gina Prince-Bythewood is directing Old Guard.