Gina Prince-Bythewood

Oscar-winner Viola Davis has shown her range before in her roles in both television and film, playing a lawyer, a maid, a housewife, a singer... the list goes on. In Gina Prince-Bythewood's The Woman King, the actor takes on her most physical role yet as the general Nanisca, who leads the elite female warrior squad, the Agojie, to protect the West African kingdom of Dahomey. Under threat from their neighbours, the Oyo, and the slave trade fuelled by the Europeans, Naniisca and her soldier are always on hand to protect…

Hollywood actor Gina Prince-Bythewood is best remembered for romance drama, Love & Basketball, but she is now expanding her horizons and pick themes with cultural specificity. She says stories of people from other cultures opens the bridge for better understanding and learning. The director, a former basketball star, filmography ranges from the romantic film Love & Basketball to the superhero movie The Old Guard to the reflecting reality on the celluloid with The Women King. “I’m so excited to be able to tell the…

Image: NetflixBack in 2020, The Old Guard served as a fun, exciting action movie that put character over spectacle and wound up being one of the better movies of that year. A movie about a group of immortal warriors functioning as an black ops team isn’t a premise you do just the one time, doubly so if it’s incredibly successful with audiences. So it’s no surprise that a sequel is in production, and now we’ve got two new interesting additions to the cast.During their Geeked Week event, Netflix revealed that Old Guard 2 is…