‘Old Guard’ Comic Book Movie From Gina Prince-Bythewood Coming Before ‘Silver & Black’
With the future of Sony’s comic book movieSilver & Blackis currently up in the air, directorGina Prince-Bythewoodis looking to helm a different comic book adaptation for a different studio. New reports indicate that Prince-Bythewood (Beyond the Lights, Love and Basketball) has signed on to directThe Old Guard, a movie version of writerGreg Ruckaand artistLeandro Fernandez’s comic about a batch of immortal soldiers.
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In early June, Sony PicturestookSilver & Blackoff of its release calendar. That film, featuring female Marvel Comics characters like Silver Sable (a mercenary) and Black Cat (a thief), was going to be the next entry in Sony’s own Marvel universe separate from the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it was originally set to hit theaters in February of 2019. But now that the studio seems unsure about what to do with it, Prince-Bythewood isn’t just going to wait around.
Omega UndergroundandTHRreport that the director is now attached toThe Old Guardfor Skydance Pictures, and filming could begin this fall for a2019release. Here’s the official synopsis fromImage Comics:
The film will follow this group of immortal soldiers, weary from years of working as hired mercenaries, “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.”
Prince-Bythewood, who recently stepped into the superhero world to direct theCloak & Daggerpilot for Freeform, is still attached to directSilver & Black, though ifThe Old Guarddoes indeed jump ahead of it on the production timeline, it’ll probably be a couple of years until we seeSilver & Blackin theaters. I’m not surprised that Sony has pumped the brakes on it, considering the tepid response to all of theVenommarketing thus far. IfVenomgoes down in flames at the box office, I wouldn’t be surprised to seeSilver & Blackabandoned altogether.
