A number of new solid members have joined Netflix’s Extraction TV present spinoff, together with stars from Physician Who, Andor, and Succession. Netflix tailored Ande Parks’ graphic novel Ciudad for its streaming platform through the 2020 movie starring Chris Hemsworth.
Regardless of a 67% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, viewership was excessive, main the streamer to order a sequel, Extraction 2, that was launched in 2023. In early 2025, a TV present spinoff of Extraction was introduced.
Netflix simply introduced extra Extraction solid members, together with Physician Who‘s Sacha Dhawan, Silo‘s Ross McCall, Succession‘s Pip Torrens, We Had been the Fortunate Ones‘ Sam Woolf and As soon as Upon a Time in Gaza‘s Michael Zananira.
Additionally on board for the spinoff are Ramy‘s Riyad Sliman, Andor‘s Ben Amor, Femme‘s Aaron Heffernan, Intercourse Training‘s Jojo Macari, Mickey 17‘s Theo Ogundipe and The Witcher‘s Emma Appleton.
These solid members be a part of beforehand introduced stars Omar Sy, Natalie Dormer, Boyd Holbrook, Could Calamawy, Waleed Zuaiter and Ed Speleers.
The eight-episode first season of the Extraction TV present will inform the story of a mercenary, performed by Sy, who makes an attempt to rescue hostages in Libya. Alongside the best way, he’ll be examined in methods he by no means thought doable, together with his very life on the road.
From a storytelling perspective, the spinoff present will match proper in with the 2 Extraction motion pictures, with the primary specializing in Hemsworth’s character Tyler Rake as he tries to avoid wasting a drug lord’s son who had been kidnapped, and the sequel centering on Rake occurring a mission to avoid wasting a drug lord’s household.
Glen Mazzara, whose resume consists of The Rookie, The Strolling Lifeless and The Defend, is on board as not solely the showrunner but additionally an government producer and author. Becoming a member of him as government producers are Marvel administrators Anthony and Joe Russo, who’ve been with this franchise because the creation of the graphic novel.
After mediocre opinions for the primary movie, the sequel acquired a a lot better response from critics, so it was inevitable that the franchise would proceed. Extraction 3 is at the moment in growth with Hemsworth, nevertheless it’s not recognized presently if it is going to be launched earlier than or after the TV present.
Whereas Hemsworth will not be starring within the Extraction spinoff, Netflix has nonetheless unveiled a formidable roster of actors, together with stars from vastly profitable tasks like Physician Who, Silo, Succession and Andor.
Sy has appeared in big-budget movies like X-Males: Days of Future Previous and Jurassic World, in addition to the critically acclaimed Netflix collection Lupin, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination.