Netflix Commercial The Old Guard | From Comics to Screen 2025

VIDEO netflix The Old Guard | From Comics to Screen TV commercial 2020 • Led by a warrior named Andy (Charlize Theron), a covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with a mysterious inability to die have fought to protect the mortal world for centuries. But when the team is recruited to take on an emergency mission and their extraordinary abilities are suddenly exposed, it’s up to Andy and Nile (Kiki Layne), the newest soldier to join their ranks, to help the group eliminate the threat of those who seek to replicate and monetize their power by any means necessary. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Greg Rucka and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (LOVE & BASKETBALL, BEYOND THE LIGHTS), THE OLD GUARD is a gritty, grounded, action-packed story that shows living forever is harder than it looks. 00:02 Motherf-- 00:16 In this first story, 00:18 there are a group of individuals, 00:20 who for reasons that they do not know 00:22 and do not understand, do not die. 00:24 And have moved through the centuries 00:27 becoming the most dangerous soldiers 00:29 you can ever imagine. 00:30 We're all here because of Greg. 00:32 He wrote an incredible story, 00:34 and this graphic novel is really my Bible, 00:36 both in story, but also in tone. 00:40 For the comic, 00:40 it really was always meant to be Andy's journey. 00:43 When it came time to adapt it, it forced me to do 00:47 a lot of character work on Nile, on Nicky, 00:50 on Joe, on Booker. 00:52 There needs to be an equal amount of meat 00:53 on everybody's belt. 01:01 No, not another one. 01:03 I think it was crucial to keep Andy's essence, 01:05 the essence of the person who's so tired 01:09 from living so many lives. 01:11 The emotional exhaustion of losing so many people 01:15 who she's loved. 01:16 Those were the things that I wanted to always 01:18 kind of be the foundation of Andy. 01:21 And then have that foundation 01:22 slowly crumble when the character of Nile 01:25 shows up in her life. 01:26 I think one biggest things we did 01:27 was really elevate the character of Nile 01:29 and really give her some more agency. 01:31 Nile is the baby. Nile is the new one. 01:33 She's a marine who's deployed to Afghanistan. 01:36 She just found out she can't die. 01:38 It's difficult for her to understand 01:41 what is happening now. 01:42 I mean, everything changes. 01:44 So she's the new blood in this. 01:48 -Niccolo. -Quiet. 01:51 -I said-- -I know what you said. 01:52 What're you gonna do, kill me? 01:54 I am really excited to hear what people think 01:57 when they do finally do get to see it, 01:59 because there are changes. There have to be. 02:01 A comic is not a movie. 02:02 But the heart and the soul of what the comic was 02:05 absolutely translates. 02:06 I don't suppose it would be possible 02:08 to get these chains off of us? 02:10 The essence, I feel, stays the same. 02:12 They're doing an incredible job, 02:14 and the crew of actors 02:15 and the technical team is really impressive. 02:19 I'm a big Greg Rucka fan. 02:21 I think he's incredibly talented. 02:23 We wouldn't have been able to make the movie 02:25 that we ended up making without him.- advertisement spot 2020