MCU Star Signs On To Extraction TV Series With Two New Cast Members

Netflix is moving its Extraction franchise from big, bruising set pieces into the week-to-week TV grind, and the cast just leveled up. Moon Knight standout May Calamawy is joining the show, along with Waleed Zuaiter and Ed Speleers. It is a smart set of pickups that makes this series feel a lot less hypothetical and a lot more real.

The new recruits

• May Calamawy plays Priscilla Ragab, an intelligent, empathetic executive who keeps her cool when things go sideways. She is a series regular.
• Waleed Zuaiter is Hamza Najjar, a former soldier with a stubborn sense of justice. Also a series regular.
• Ed Speleers shows up as Alford Griff, an unpredictable engineer. He is recurring as a guest.

They join the already-announced trio of Omar Sy, Boyd Holbrook, and Natalie Dormer. If that lineup feels a bit eclectic, that is kind of the point: this is Extraction by way of a team-driven series, not just one guy with a beard and a death wish.

So what is the show actually about?

The TV take follows Omar Sy as a mercenary tasked with rescuing hostages in Libya. Naturally, the job spirals into a mess involving rival factions, and the story digs into trauma, betrayal, and the impossible calls people make under fire. It is Extraction-world ethics, just stretched over eight episodes instead of two hours.

Who is steering this thing

Glen Mazzara created the eight-episode series and is doing triple duty as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. The show is produced by AGBO, the outfit founded by Anthony and Joe Russo, keeping it in the same family as the movies. Executive producers also include Angela Russo-Otstot, Scott Nemes, Chris Castaldi, Sam Hargrave, Eric Gitter, and Peter Schwerin. Trade reports, including Deadline, confirmed the new roles.

Quick franchise refresher

The original Extraction hit Netflix in 2020, adapted from the graphic novel 'Ciudad' by Ande Parks. Chris Hemsworth starred as Tyler Rake, a black ops mercenary who punches, shoots, and occasionally feelings-has his way through a rescue mission. Extraction 2 arrived in 2023, with Hemsworth back to free a gangster's family from a Georgian prison. Both films were produced by AGBO and directed by stunt-legend-turned-filmmaker Sam Hargrave, who is also executive producing the series. This is the part where I point out that keeping Hargrave involved is a big deal if you care about the franchise's bone-crunching identity.

Netflix's playbook is showing (again)

Netflix has been steadily turning its film brands into TV series, and this is only the second time it has extended one of its own original movies into a show. The first was the teen-romance lane: 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before' led to the spinoff series 'XO, Kitty.' Extraction is a very different vibe, but the strategy is the same: build out the world, keep the audience, and see how far a hit can stretch.