‘Extraction’ Director Sam Hargrave To Helm ‘Kill Them All’ For Paramount

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EXCLUSIVE: After blowing audiences way with his hit Extraction films at Netflix, director Sam Hargrave has found his next high-octaine action vehicle as sources tell Deadline, Hargrave is set to direct an adaptation of Kill Them All for Paramount Pictures. Based on the popular graphic novel by Kyle M. Starks, the pic will be produced by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are producing on behalf of Midnight Radio with James Coyne adapting the script.

The graphic novel follows an elite female assassin, who after finding out she is going to be “terminated” by the criminal syndicate she’s been loyal to, decides to take them out first. Joining forces with a hard drinking ex-cop, she embarks on a relentless action-packed assault through the 15 floors of the Syndicate’s Headquarters. Her ultimate target – the Boss, with whom she has a complicated past.

Since making his directing debut with the hit action pic Extraction premiered during the pandemic in 2020, Hargrave has become one of the more in deman directors in town especially when it comes to the action genre. His visceral, one-take action sequences have made him stand out among his peers and audiences clearly were impressed too when Extraction 2 premiered this summer to record numbers for the streamer.

The film immediately became the #1 Movie on Netflix in 90 countries upon its debut, with its predecessor, , Extraction rising back to the top of the list at #2. They held the #1 and #2 positions for two weeks in a row. Upcoming, Hargrave is set to direct the pilot episode, and executive produce, the upcoming Apple TV+ original drama series, The Last Frontier, starring Jason Clarke, and created by Jon Bokenkamp and Richard D’Ovidio.

Coyne’s is currently working on Highlander for lionsgate.

Hargrave is repped by WME and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher. Starks is also repped WME.

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