{"id":197014,"date":"2025-12-17T19:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/197014\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:16:07","slug":"netflix-reveals-first-look-at-extraction-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/197014\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Reveals First-Look At \u2018Extraction\u2019 Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMercenary: An  Series, the TV spinoff of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a>\u2019s Chris Hemsworth-led action thriller movie franchise,\u00a0has wrapped production in Ireland and is now heading to Morocco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBut the streamer is building up some interest in the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/omar-sy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_omar-sy\" data-tag=\"omar-sy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Omar Sy<\/a>-fronted series with its first look, showing the Lupin star in full military garb. (See the photo below.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn the series, Sy\u2019s mercenary 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMercenary comes from Glen Mazzara, who serves as showrunner, and exec produces alongside Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Angela Russo-Otstot, Scott Nemes and Chris Castaldi for AGBO, Sam Hargrave, Eric Gitter and Peter Schwerin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLouise Hooper (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) and Tim Southam (Foundation) will each direct four episodes and exec produce their episodes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBoyd Holbrook, Natalie Dormer, Waleed Zuaiter, Ed Speleers, Sacha Dhawan, Ross McCall, Pip Torrens, Sam Woolf, Michael Zananiri, Riyad Sliman, Muhannad Ben Amor, Aaron Heffernan, Jojo Macari, Theo Ogundipe and Emma Appleton\u00a0also star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe series is an extension of Extraction; the first film, which was written by Joe Russo and directed by Sam Hargrave, came out in 2020 with the sequel coming out in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThere is also going to be a new film, titled Tygo, from South Korea with Blackpink\u2019s Lalisa Manobal starring alongside Don Lee and Lee Jin-uk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAGBO\u2019s Chief Creative Officer Russo-Otstot said the company was \u201cinspired to tell more stories in this global franchise, further exploring heroic yet flawed mercenaries who illuminate universal themes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MERCENARY_105_251118_PR_06295_BW_R.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\u2018\u2018<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mercenary: An Series, the TV spinoff of Netflix\u2019s Chris Hemsworth-led action thriller movie franchise,\u00a0has wrapped production in Ireland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,53910,61,60,104887,1868,104888,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-197014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-extraction","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-mercenary-an-extraction-series","13":"tag-netflix","14":"tag-omar-sy","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}