After starring in the independent films DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF opposite Richard Dreyfuss and the dark comedy MADNESS IN THE METHOD with Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, Gina had secured a lead role in Jon Favreau's highly reviewed Star Wars TV show THE MANDALORIAN for Disney +. The film grossed over $870 Million dollars at the Box Office. Next up, she co-starred alongside Robert DeNiro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Dave Bautista in Lionsgate's film HEIST followed by the role of 'Angel Dust' in the smash hit MARVEL/FOX film DEADPOOL opposite Ryan Reynolds based on the popular comic book. Hot on the heels came a role in the worldwide hit FAST AND FURIOUS 6 for Universal Pictures opposite Dwayne Johnson furthering her appeal as an Action Star. Gina's authenticity to making the Action look real earned her performance a Critics Choice Award Nomination for Best Actress in an action film. Outside the ring, Carano served as a mentor to aspiring fighters in the 2007 Oxygen reality series Fight Girls and performed as 'Crush' in the revamped television series American Gladiators before her breakout performance in Steven Soderbergh's film HAYWIRE, holding her own against the likes of Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Bill Paxton and Antonio Banderas. Carano compiled a competitive record of 12-1-1 in Muay Thai and a 7-1 in women's MMA. Cyborg, the first time two women headlined a major MMA event and at the time was the highest rated fight in Showtime history. In August 2009, Carano fought Cris Cyborg in Strikeforce: Carano vs. Her popularity led to her being called the "Face of Women's MMA" and she was the fastest-rising search on Google and third-most-searched person on Yahoo and ranked 5th on a list of the "Top 10 Influential Women" of 2008. Carano began her training with Muay Thai to competitive MMA, where she competed in Strikeforce and EliteXC. Star Wars: The Mandalorian #1 is available now wherever comic books are sold.From pioneering women's MMA to blazing a trail in movies, GINA CARANO is one of Hollywood's most unique rising stars. Don’t expect any expanded content or deleted scenes to be included, and I think you’ll be happy to own this comic and continue to read about the adventures of Din Djarin and Grogu, even though you’ve likely seen them already. This extra-long issue in particular was a bit expensive at $6.99, but I’m guessing the middle section of season 2 will return to the series’ regular $4.99 price point. Other than that, there just isn’t a tremendous amount to say here except if you love The Mandalorian enough to want to consume these stories in a different medium (as I do), then I can continue to recommend Marvel’s adaptation. As an artist, Jeanty continues to capture the spirit and energy of the series, though his likeness of Olyphant here isn’t what I would call spot-on (I’m curious if this was intentional) and his collaboration with inker Karl Story and colorist Rachelle Rosenberg is really what brings the illustrations to life. I continue to wonder if Barnes’s job is ridiculously easy or difficult in finding the proper pacing that works on the printed page, but he definitely doesn’t find himself having to come up with a lot of dialogue. I’ve said this before in my The Mandalorian comic review, but it’s pretty tough to review an adaptation that is this faithful to the source material. The Marvel Comics adaptation takes Favreau’s script and his shot list and basically translates it directly to the sequential-art page with little to no embellishment, not that this spectacular outing needed any. To me, this was the episode of The Mandalorian that felt most like a movie, and Favreau definitely exercised some of his more cinematic skills as a filmmaker in bringing it to the small screen. Vanth enlists Djarin– with baby Grogu along for the ride– to eliminate the Krayt Dragon menace that has been plaguing Mos Pelgo, and they have to team up with a tribe of Tusken Raiders in order to make that happen. For those who may not recall, “The Marshal” is the installment that saw bounty hunter Din Djarin return to the planet of Tatooine in search of more members of the Mandalorian creed, only to find the titular marshal of Mos Pelgo, Cobb Vanth (played by actor Timothy Olyphant on-screen) wearing the iconic green armor that fans immediately recognized as belonging to Boba Fett. Star Wars: The Mandalorian – Season 2 #1 reunites writer Rodney Barnes with artist Georges Jeanty to bring us a super-sized (and nearly beat-for-beat and word-for-word) adaptation of what is still probably my favorite episode of the show, which was released on Disney+ in October of 2020. After about a three-and-a-half-month hiatus, Marvel’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian comic book has returned for an adaptation of the smash-hit live-action Disney+ series’ second season, beginning (where else?) with the premiere episode “The Marshal,” which was directed by creator Jon Favreau.
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