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Netflix’s Extraction Series Casts Boyd Holbrook as Team Leader

The casting underscores Netflix’s strategy to leverage its Extraction films into an eight-episode action thriller.

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Overview

  • Boyd Holbrook will portray David Ibby, joining Omar Sy’s mercenary character as the leader of the hostage-rescue team.
  • The series spans eight episodes and follows a perilous mission in Libya where a mercenary navigates warring factions and moral conflicts.
  • Glen Mazzara serves as writer and showrunner with executive production by Joe and Anthony Russo’s AGBO alongside Sam Hargrave.
  • The TV project expands the universe established by the 2020 and 2023 Extraction films based on Ande Parks’ graphic novel Ciudad.
  • Production remains in early development with casting still being finalized and no release date announced yet.