Boyd Holbrook (A Complete Unknown, Narcos) has been cast in the new Netflix series , starring opposite Omar Sy.
The show is set in the world of the action thriller movie franchise of the same name, to be helmed by showrunner, writer, and executive producer Glen Mazzara and executive produced by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo’s AGBO.
In the 8-episode action-packed thriller Extraction, a mercenary (Omar Sy) embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue hostages in Libya. Trapped between warring factions and ruthless killers, he must navigate life-or-death choices while confronting deep emotional wounds. Extraction explores the trauma, betrayal, and moral conflicts of characters pushed to the edge.
Holbrook will play Extraction team leader David Ibarra in a series regular role, sources close to production tell Deadline.
This is the second time Netflix has extended a successful original movie franchise into a TV series. It’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before film trilogy spawned a hit comedy series, XO, Kitty, which was recently renewed for a third season. In the opposite direction, the streamer has a Peaky Blinders movie coming up based on the popular TV series.
The 2020 action thriller Extraction, directed by Sam Hargrave, was based on the graphic novel Ciudad by Ande Parks, with art by Fernando León González, and co-written by Joe and Anthony Russo. Chris Hemsworth stars as an Australian black ops mercenary who takes on a mission to save an Indian drug lord’s kidnapped son in Dhaka, Bangladesh, but the mission goes awry when he is double-crossed.
A sequel, Extraction 2, was released in 2023, with the main cast returning. The movie brings back Hemsworth’s Rake, who is tasked with a new mission — rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held.
AGBO produced both films.
In addition to the Russo brothers and Mazzara, executive producers include Angela Russo-Otstot, Scott Nemes, and Chris Castaldi for AGBO, Sam Hargrave, Eric Gitter, and Peter Schwerin, Netflix & AGBO: A Proven Partnership. Ari Costa produces for AGBO.
Holbrook most recently played The Corinthian in Netflix’s The Sandman and Clement Mansell in FX’s Justified: City Primeval. Up next, he will play Brodie in the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show. On the big screen, he starred as Johnny Cash in James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown. He also just completed work on the film Atonement, which follows a troubled Marine who seeks to reconcile with the survivors of an Iraqi family he and his unit fired on back in 2003. Additional credits include the Jeff Nichols feature The Bikeriders and James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny. Holbrook is repped by WME, Range Media Partners, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
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