Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorGina Prince-Bythewood has always wanted to direct an action movie.Her dream was finally realized with “The Old Guard,” an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name about a group of immortal mercenaries (Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthew Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari and Luca Marinelli).“I, for a long while, never thought I’d get the opportunity to make one given the way Hollywood loves to work,” Prince-Bythewood, 51, tells Variety. “But then Patty Jenkins did ‘Wonder Woman’ and did such a phenomenal job that, that creaked the door open just a little bit.”Prince-Bythewood explained that Skydance was intent on finding a female director when they bought the rights to the.
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