Netflix‘s new series has added two actors to its series regular cast: May Calamawy (Moon Knight, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy) and Waleed Zuaiter (Gangs of London, Baghdad Central), with Ed Speleers (Star Trek: Picard, You) set as a recurring guest star. They join the previously announced Omar Sy, Boyd Holbrook, and Natalie Dormer.
From showrunner, writer, and executive producer Glen Mazzara and executive-produced by AGBO,
Extraction is set in the world of the action thriller movie franchise of the same name.
The 8-episode first season follows a mercenary (Omar Sy) who 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. Extraction explores the trauma, betrayal, and moral conflicts of characters pushed to the edge.
Sources tell Deadline, Calamawy, Zuaiter and Speelers will play the following roles.
Calamawy will play Priscilla Ragab, an intelligent and empathetic executive who remains calm while under pressure.
Zuaiter will play Hamza Najjar, a former soldier with a profound desire for justice.
Speelers will play Alford Griff, an engineer who is described as unpredictable.
This is the second time Netflix has extended a successful original movie franchise into a TV series. The To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before film trilogy spawned a hit comedy series, XO, Kitty, which was recently renewed for a third season. In the opposite direction, the streamer has a Peaky Blinders movie on the way, based on the popular TV series.
The 2020 action thriller Extraction, directed by Sam Hargrave, was based on the graphic novel Ciudad by Ande Parks, with art by Fernando León González, and co-written by Joe and Anthony Russo. Chris Hemsworth stars as an Australian black ops mercenary who takes on a mission to save an Indian drug lord’s kidnapped son in Dhaka, Bangladesh, but the mission goes awry when he is double-crossed.
A sequel, Extraction 2, was released in 2023, with the main cast reprising their roles. The movie brings back Hemsworth’s Rake, who is tasked with a new mission — rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held.
AGBO produced both films.
In addition to the Russo brothers and Mazzara, executive producers include Angela Russo-Otstot, Scott Nemes, and Chris Castaldi for AGBO, Sam Hargrave, Eric Gitter, and Peter Schwerin, Netflix & AGBO: A Proven Partnership. Ari Costa produces for AGBO.
Calamawy is repped by WME and Range Media Partners.
Zuaiter is repped by Gersh, Echo Lake Entertainment, The Artists Partnership, and Frederick P. Bimbler of Moses & Singer.
Speelers is repped by Paradigm and Independent Talent Group in the UK.
