‘Apex’ Reteam: Charlize Theron, Baltasar Kormákur Reunite for Action Thriller ‘Six Clean Kills’
Baltasar Kormákur will direct and Charlize Theron may star as the project reunites them after Apex drew strong Netflix viewership.
- Charlize Theron and director Baltasar Kormákur are reuniting for the action thriller Six Clean Kills at Universal Pictures, with Kormákur directing and producing while Theron produces with an eye to star.
- The collaboration follows Apex, their survival adventure thriller that hit Netflix on April 24, 2026, and remained number one on the Netflix Top Ten for two straight weeks with 40.8 million viewers.
- Stan Parish is writing the script based on his unreleased novel, after the project began coalescing last year following the pair's completion of Apex production.
- Theron will produce through her Secret Menu first-look deal with Universal alongside AJ Dix and Beth Kono, while Kormákur produces through Blueeyes Productions with studio oversight from Ryan Jones and Christine Sun.
- Universal is familiar territory for both filmmakers; Theron appeared in three Fast and Furious movies while Kormákur previously helmed the studio's survival drama Beast and directed Everest and Jar City.
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Just out of the success of Apex, Charlize Theron and director Baltasar Kormákur will make a new film together. Released on April 24 on Netflix, the film Apex quickly slipped to the top spot in the world ranking of the platform's most popular English-language films the week of its release. In just [...]
Following the successful Netflix release of the action thriller "Summit," director Baltasar Kormákur and lead actress Charlize Theron will renew their collaboration on a feature-length adaptation of the as-yet-unreleased novel "Six Clean Kills." Universal Pictures is overseeing production, so the film based on the novel will be released immediately.
Baltasar Kormákur and Charlize Theron are set to make another film together. He will direct and she will star in Six Clean Kills, and they are both producing it. Deadline reports. The film Six Clean Kills is based on an unpublished novel by author Stan Parish, who will also write the screenplay for the adaptation. Universal Pictures is producing the film. Previous collaboration is very popular Baltasar directed Theron for the film Apex, which ha…
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