Taron, meet Theron. Rocketman star Taron Egerton has signed on to star alongside Charlize Theron within the new Netflix thriller Apex. The Hollywood Reporter has the information that Egerton will play the movie’s villain.
Theron will play a thrillseeking rock climber who units out on a harmful wilderness expedition – solely to search out that nature will not be the one factor she’ll be contending in opposition to. Egerton will play her opponent, a harmful psychopath who hunts people for sport. It is going to be helmed by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur (Everest, Beast). Apex would be the newest in a string of initiatives Theron has accomplished for Netflix; the streamer additionally produced her superhero movie The Outdated Guard (and its long-awaited sequel) and The Faculty for Good and Evil. She has additionally produced various Netflix initiatives, together with Girlboss, Mindhunter, Homicide Thriller, and the motorsports actuality collection Hyperdrive
Who Is Taron Egerton?
Welsh actor Egerton broke out enjoying the lead in Matthew Vaughn‘s Kingsman: The Secret Service, and reprised the position in that movie’s sequel. He subsequently starred in Eddie the Eagle, Billionaire Boys Membership, and Otto Bathurst‘s reimagining of Robin Hood. In 2019, he earned widespread acclaim enjoying Elton John within the biopic Rocketman, profitable a Golden Globe for his efficiency. He earned stellar critiques for his efficiency as jail informant Jimmy Keene in Apple TV+’s Black Chook, as nicely. He has lent his voice to the collection The Darkish Crystal: Age of Resistance and Moominvalley, and carried out in each Sing motion pictures. He’s subsequent slated to look within the Netflix motion thriller Carry-On reverse Jason Bateman, which might be launched on the streamer subsequent month. He’s additionally set to star as an ex-con on the run together with his daughter within the crime thriller She Rides Shotgun. He will even star within the upcoming Apple TV+ collection Firebug, which can focus on a police officer and an arson investigator teaming as much as take down a lethal serial arsonist.
Apex was written by Jeremy Robbins (The Purge TV collection); his spec script, which was described as “Free Solo meets Silence of the Lambs“, was picked up by Netflix after a aggressive public sale. It is going to be produced by Theron, Daybreak Olmstead, Beth Kono, and AJ Dix through Secret Menu; Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and David Prepared for Chernin Leisure; and Ian Bryce.
Apex is in growth; no launch date has but been introduced. Keep tuned to Collider for future updates.
