Heart of Stone (2023, Netflix)
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:03 pm
Is this technically a superheroine movie?
One could argue that it comes close.
After all, it stars Gal Gadot, and is written by Greg Rucka (who actually wrote Wonder Woman for a while, as well as a whole bunch of DC, Marvel and creator-owned titles, as well the film The Old Guard, which definitely was a superhero movie).
It also has a diverse and potentially very hot lineup of actresses of Nigerian, Chinese and Indian ancestry (Sophie Okonedo, Alia Bhatt and Jing Lusi).
Hopefully they are in some tight costumes, if not precisely superheroine ones.
It looks like this is meant to be the start of a Mission Impossible or John Wick style franchise where Gal Gadot (aka Rachel Stone) chases MacGuffins
around the world in a race against time and evil enemies.
Apparently, Red Notice did really well on Netflix, and Mystery on the Nile did decently in theaters, so this has a pretty good shot of keeping Gal's immense cred going long-term in the post-Snyder era.
Comes out on Aug 4 in limited theaters and Aug 11 online. I'll make a point to check it out.
P.S. Apparently, Gal Gadot will get her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce claims that she is the first person of Israeli descent to get a star on the Walk. But when I read the sentence, I knew that had to be a lie, so I played a hunch: apparently Natalie Portman doesn't have one (how is that even possible?) but Haim Saban does! (he got it back in 2017)
Gal Gadot and Alia Bhatt in Heart of Stone.
One could argue that it comes close.
After all, it stars Gal Gadot, and is written by Greg Rucka (who actually wrote Wonder Woman for a while, as well as a whole bunch of DC, Marvel and creator-owned titles, as well the film The Old Guard, which definitely was a superhero movie).
It also has a diverse and potentially very hot lineup of actresses of Nigerian, Chinese and Indian ancestry (Sophie Okonedo, Alia Bhatt and Jing Lusi).
Hopefully they are in some tight costumes, if not precisely superheroine ones.
It looks like this is meant to be the start of a Mission Impossible or John Wick style franchise where Gal Gadot (aka Rachel Stone) chases MacGuffins
around the world in a race against time and evil enemies.
Apparently, Red Notice did really well on Netflix, and Mystery on the Nile did decently in theaters, so this has a pretty good shot of keeping Gal's immense cred going long-term in the post-Snyder era.
Comes out on Aug 4 in limited theaters and Aug 11 online. I'll make a point to check it out.
P.S. Apparently, Gal Gadot will get her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce claims that she is the first person of Israeli descent to get a star on the Walk. But when I read the sentence, I knew that had to be a lie, so I played a hunch: apparently Natalie Portman doesn't have one (how is that even possible?) but Haim Saban does! (he got it back in 2017)
Gal Gadot and Alia Bhatt in Heart of Stone.