Yeah… I knew this would happen.
On Tuesday, I woke up early, deciding to pull a joke while on stream. I took this lovely letter board sign I received from January’s Owlcrate and made a sign.
I’d planned to change the sign every stream, and make it something I would show off every stream. Because honestly, I was willing to do almost anything to get this film green lit.
Anyway, as I finished off the sign, the Old Guard discord I’m apart of (Immortal Disasters) started blowing up. And for a pretty good reason too.
A small entertainment news site called “The Illuminerdi” was reporting that The Old Guard sequel was confirmed.
Now, after we all celebrated for like ten minutes, someone on the Discord pointed out that the site wasn’t exactly the most reliable. So… it was probably fake. Which we all knew, of course. We’ve just been so desperate to have the sequel green lit that we’ve started celebrating whenever TOG gets a damn mention, forget about lies about the sequel.
After we all calmed down a bit, we all started scouring the internet for a reliable source. In fact, we spent the next 36 hours doing just that. I was even checking during my Tuesday stream, during cutscenes. I showed off my sign during the stream, in the fleeting hope that showing it off would tell the Powers That Be that we would love the damn sequel.
So. Wednesday.
It was mid-afternoon here in California. I was just minding my own business at about 4:30pm, trying to finish the post that went up way late for this blog, when my phone lit up with a message from discord. (I have my notifications set to pop only when it’s on certain channels, or when I’m pinged. Because otherwise, my phone would never stop lighting up.) So I took a five minute break and clicked on it.
Someone happened to be digging through a publication called Production Weekly. Not through the actual pages (which would have cost like $75), but through the summary that is publicly available. Basically, it just lists all projects listed inside the publication. They’d come across the issue dated for yesterday, January 28th.
And there it was, about three quarters of the way down the page. Right after Obi-Wan Kenobi. In plain, capital letters.
The Old Guard Chapter Two: Force Multiplied.
Hey guys, it’s a primary source. We all flipped.
So, yeah, it’s confirmed. And then someone was amazing enough to pay for the issue, so we got more information then just “Hey this exists!”
It is in ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT. By that, it means that all the contracts are signed and we’re in pre-production. Basically, that means that the script is being worked on, casting is commencing, and probably costuming and well, everything but actually shooting the film. Oh, and we got the quick summary (which is as expected). (We all still want the title to be 2 Old 2 Guard, but alas, stupid comic name title we get to deal with.)
The only thing we are honestly waiting for is Netflix or Skydance to post about it. In the industry, the film is confirmed. It’s in black and white. But they haven’t said anything. I figured we’d hear something via Twitter by today, but alas, as of 5PM, nothing. But that’s ok, because it will come.
(And TOG did got nominated for a GLADD award the other day, which Netflix and Gina, our director and new Co-Writer!)
But I am salty about one tiny little thing. Remember that sign idea? Well, I had already done day two’s when we got the word. So I changed it up.
And yes, I’ve shown that off on both Wednesday and Thursday’s streams. Because I’m ridiculous.
Ok, I’m off to make dinner and prep for tonight’s bonus stream to finish off Disneyland Adventures! Pop in if you want to, I promise I won’t bite.
Until next time!
