Actor Eric Bana (Ship Us from Evil) has joined the solid of Netflix’s upcoming survival thriller Apex, described as Free Solo meets Silence of the Lambs, Deadline stories right this moment.
Bana joins beforehand introduced stars Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton (Carry-On).
Written by Jeremy Robbins (“The Purge” tv sequence), Apex “follows a rock climber who finds herself being hunted within the wild.” Robbins’ spec script was chosen as a part of 2021’s The Black Checklist, an annual buzzy compendium of the yr’s most-liked unproduced Hollywood screenplays.
The spec script’s logline provides a greater concept of the Silence of the Lambs comparability: “When an adrenaline junkie units out to overcome a menacing river, she discovers that nature isn’t the one factor out for blood.” It’s the kind of premise that feels designed to get the adrenaline pumping.
There’s no phrase right now as to who Bana can be enjoying within the survival thriller, although. The actor most just lately appeared within the Ridley Scott-produced cult thriller A Sacrifice, costarring Sadie Sink (“Stranger Issues”).
Baltasar Kormákur (Contact) is about to direct Apex. “Netflix execs had been so blown away by the script that they purchased with solely the producers on board. When it got here to an actor and director, Theron and Kormákur had been their first decisions, and in one other uncommon case each dedicated after studying the script,“Deadline beforehand reported on Apex.
Theron will produce the mission together with Daybreak Olmstead, Beth Kono, and AJ Dix by way of their newly launched media firm, in addition to Kormákur by his RVK productions; Ian Bryce; and Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and David Prepared by Chernin Leisure.
Whereas we wait for added particulars on this Netflix thriller, the streamer simply launched a primary take a look at Charlize Theron in the Netflix sequel The Outdated Guard 2.
