‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’s Karen Gillan To Lead All-Female Assassin Movie ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’
Karen Gillan, who plays Nebula in Marvel Studios’Guardians of the Galaxyfranchise, is set to play another lethal killer in a new action thriller calledGunpowder Milkshake. She’s set to be the cornerstone of what is envisioned as an all-female cast in a “violent”, “stylish”, and “snappy” new movie. Grab a straw and learn more about it below.The Hollywood ReportersaysAharon KeshalesandNavot Papushadowill direct the movie. They’re the guys who directed the 2013 Israeli horror thrillerBig Bad Wolves, which writer/director and acclaimed cinephile Quentin Tarantino dubbed the best film of that year. Here’s the trailer for that movie to get a sense of their most famous work:
Interestingly enough, THR saysGunpowder Milkshakeis being compared to Tarantino’sKill Billand Edgar Wright’sBaby Driver, so perhaps the duo took some inspiration from Tarantino after he praised their earlier movie. But whew – drawing comparisons at this stage toKill BillandBaby Driversets the barextremelyhigh. Here’s hoping the final product is as good as either of those touchstones.
Plot details for the new film are being kept under wraps, but the movie is said to be “in the assassin genre with a story that spans multiple generations.”
With her role as Nebula, Gillan has proven she can be an intimidating physical presence as a practically indestructible galactic assassin. I imagine this movie will give her a different shade to play in her leading role (assuming, of course, that she’s playing a human being this time around). The formerDoctor Whoactress is also lined up to reprise her role in the sequel toJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which begins filming next month.Gunpowder Milkshake(great title, BTW) will begin shooting after that in the spring in Berlin. Will this be one of the rare movies that actually allows Gillan to use her native Scottish accent? That’d be a nice change.
