{"id":145810,"date":"2020-07-16T08:57:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T12:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=145810"},"modified":"2020-07-21T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:41:34","slug":"gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Gina Prince-Bythewood Talks The Old Guard, Her Personal Super Power &#038; Her Dream Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>blackfilm.com correspondent Koku Tona spoke with Gina Prince-Bythewood about her Netflix film <em>The Old Guard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Prince-Bythewood discussed her journey to directing this film, the process of bringing panels from the Graphic Novel to the screen, working with the genius of Chiwetel Ejiofor, seeing the grit and hustle in talents like Lena Waithe and hints at the dream project she&#8217;s planning to develop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EPd6g8T-QAs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-144540 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 203 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The-Old-Guard-poster-203x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s 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 &amp; BASKETBALL, BEYOND THE LIGHTS), THE OLD GUARD is a gritty, grounded, action-packed story that shows living forever is harder than it looks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-145813\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 200'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TOG_20190803_MK_0012_RC-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE OLD GUARD &#8211; (L TO R) Actor KIKI LAYNE and Director GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD on the set of THE OLD GUARD. Cr. MOHAMMED KAMAL\/NETFLIX \u00a9 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145814\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-145814\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 200'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TOG_03359_2019-06-03_AS_R-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE OLD GUARD (L to R) KIKI LAYNE, Director GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD on the set of THE OLD GUARD. Cr. AMY SPINKS\/NETFLIX \u00a9 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145815\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-145815\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 200'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/TOG_20190804_MK_0181_R-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE OLD GUARD (L to R) Director GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD on the set of THE OLD GUARD. Cr. MOHAMMED KAMAL\/NETFLIX \u00a9 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gina discussed her journey to directing this film and hints at the dream project she&#8217;s planning to develop. <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":145811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,18,143,142,23],"tags":[2071,30117,30098,30101,3806,27364,2182,5671,2263,27121,8431,512,29881,26746,30150,30151,17147,16293,30100,29828],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-145810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-interviews","9":"category-read","10":"category-videos","11":"category-watch","12":"tag-black-film","13":"tag-black-film-tv","14":"tag-black-film-and-tv","15":"tag-black-superhero","16":"tag-blackfilm","17":"tag-blackfilmwatch","18":"tag-charlize-theron","19":"tag-chiwetel-ejiofor","20":"tag-comic-book","21":"tag-editorspick","22":"tag-gina-prince-bythewood","23":"tag-graphic-novel","24":"tag-greg-rucka","25":"tag-kiki-layne","26":"tag-koku","27":"tag-koku-tona","28":"tag-lena-waithe","29":"tag-love-basketball","30":"tag-superhero","31":"tag-the-old-guard"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gina Prince-Bythewood Talks The Old Guard, Her Personal Super Power &amp; Her Dream Project - blackfilm.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gina Prince-Bythewood Talks The Old Guard, Her Personal Super Power &amp; Her Dream Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gina discussed her journey to directing this film and hints at the dream project she&#039;s planning to develop. More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"blackfilm.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackfilm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-16T12:57:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-21T15:41:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gina-Prince-Bythewood-Feature.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rob Smith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@blackfilm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@blackfilm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rob Smith &amp; Koku Tona\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rob Smith\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79e7dff231e932fd1030b54385bd09e2\"},\"headline\":\"Gina Prince-Bythewood Talks The Old Guard, Her Personal Super Power &#038; Her Dream Project\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-16T12:57:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-21T15:41:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/Gina-Prince-Bythewood-Feature.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Black film\",\"Black Film &amp; TV\",\"Black Film and TV\",\"Black Superhero\",\"Blackfilm\",\"blackfilmwatch\",\"Charlize Theron\",\"Chiwetel Ejiofor\",\"comic book\",\"editorspick\",\"Gina Prince-Bythewood\",\"Graphic Novel\",\"Greg Rucka\",\"Kiki Layne\",\"Koku\",\"Koku Tona\",\"Lena Waithe\",\"Love &amp; Basketball\",\"Superhero\",\"The Old Guard\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"Interviews\",\"Read\",\"Videos\",\"Watch\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gina Prince-Bythewood Talks The Old Guard, Her Personal Super Power & Her Dream Project - blackfilm.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/Gina-Prince-Bythewood-Feature.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-16T12:57:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-21T15:41:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/Gina-Prince-Bythewood-Feature.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/Gina-Prince-Bythewood-Feature.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gina Prince-Bythewood Talks The Old Guard, Her Personal Super Power &#038; Her Dream Project\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/\",\"name\":\"blackfilm.com\\\/read\",\"description\":\"Movie, Television, and Theatre News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"blackfilm.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"blackfilm.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/B-Stamp-White-Blue-with-Logo-scaled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/B-Stamp-White-Blue-with-Logo-scaled.png\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":612,\"caption\":\"blackfilm.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/blackfilm\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/blackfilm\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/blackfilm\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/blackfilm\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.blackfilm.com\\\/read\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/79e7dff231e932fd1030b54385bd09e2\",\"name\":\"Rob Smith\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dea5a9b4eb09257227a707318629b75cd8f40e02d3cfbef3b5214e0aab144a63?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dea5a9b4eb09257227a707318629b75cd8f40e02d3cfbef3b5214e0aab144a63?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dea5a9b4eb09257227a707318629b75cd8f40e02d3cfbef3b5214e0aab144a63?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Rob Smith\"},\"birthDate\":\"1979-02-17\",\"gender\":\"male\",\"url\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gina Prince-Bythewood Talks The Old Guard, Her Personal Super Power & Her Dream Project - blackfilm.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gina Prince-Bythewood Talks The Old Guard, Her Personal Super Power & Her Dream Project","og_description":"Gina discussed her journey to directing this film and hints at the dream project she's planning to develop. More","og_url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/","og_site_name":"blackfilm.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackfilm","article_published_time":"2020-07-16T12:57:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-07-21T15:41:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gina-Prince-Bythewood-Feature.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Rob Smith","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@blackfilm","twitter_site":"@blackfilm","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rob Smith &amp; Koku Tona","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/"},"author":{"name":"Rob Smith","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#\/schema\/person\/79e7dff231e932fd1030b54385bd09e2"},"headline":"Gina Prince-Bythewood Talks The Old Guard, Her Personal Super Power &#038; Her Dream Project","datePublished":"2020-07-16T12:57:15+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-21T15:41:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/"},"wordCount":288,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gina-Prince-Bythewood-Feature.jpg","keywords":["Black film","Black Film &amp; TV","Black Film and TV","Black Superhero","Blackfilm","blackfilmwatch","Charlize Theron","Chiwetel Ejiofor","comic book","editorspick","Gina Prince-Bythewood","Graphic Novel","Greg Rucka","Kiki Layne","Koku","Koku Tona","Lena Waithe","Love &amp; Basketball","Superhero","The Old Guard"],"articleSection":["Featured","Interviews","Read","Videos","Watch"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/","url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/","name":"Gina Prince-Bythewood Talks The Old Guard, Her Personal Super Power & Her Dream Project - blackfilm.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gina-Prince-Bythewood-Feature.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-16T12:57:15+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-21T15:41:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gina-Prince-Bythewood-Feature.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Gina-Prince-Bythewood-Feature.jpg","width":1600,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gina-prince-bythewood-talks-the-old-guard-her-personal-super-power-her-dream-project\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gina Prince-Bythewood Talks The Old Guard, Her Personal Super Power &#038; Her Dream Project"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/","name":"blackfilm.com\/read","description":"Movie, Television, and Theatre News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#organization"},"alternateName":"blackfilm.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#organization","name":"blackfilm.com","url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/B-Stamp-White-Blue-with-Logo-scaled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/B-Stamp-White-Blue-with-Logo-scaled.png","width":2560,"height":612,"caption":"blackfilm.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackfilm","https:\/\/x.com\/blackfilm","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blackfilm\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/blackfilm"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/#\/schema\/person\/79e7dff231e932fd1030b54385bd09e2","name":"Rob Smith","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dea5a9b4eb09257227a707318629b75cd8f40e02d3cfbef3b5214e0aab144a63?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dea5a9b4eb09257227a707318629b75cd8f40e02d3cfbef3b5214e0aab144a63?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dea5a9b4eb09257227a707318629b75cd8f40e02d3cfbef3b5214e0aab144a63?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Rob Smith"},"birthDate":"1979-02-17","gender":"male","url":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145810"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145872,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145810\/revisions\/145872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145810"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=145810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}