Get caught up in new images of Charlize Theron as hardened climber Sasha and Taron Egerton as sadistic hunter Ben in Apex, courtesy of Empire.
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur (Everest, 2 Guns), the survival thriller streams April 24 on Netflix.
“The environment, the geography where you make the film, it starts to inform the story and vice versa. Space and weather and landscape are a character in films. It’s very important to me to use it,” Kormákur tells Empire. “I try to drag the cast through hell — because they have to experience it!”
“[Kormákur] was always the first one to fucking do the craziest thing that he was asking us to do,” Theron adds. “He knew what I was capable of. You want someone that can push you to a level that you can’t take yourself.”
The film follows a grieving adrenaline junkie who sets out to conquer a menacing river in Australia, only to become ensnared in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a ruthless predator.
Eric Bana rounds out the cast. Jeremy Robbins (“The Purge”) penned the script.
Theron produces alongside Beth Kono and AJ Dix via their newly launched Secret Menu, along with Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, & David Ready for Chernin Entertainment, Ian Bryce for Ian Bryce Productions, and Kormákur for RVK Studios.
Executive producers include Ray Angelic, Will McCance, and Dawn Olmstead for Secret Menu.
Apex is rated R for “some strong violence, grisly images, nudity, and language.”
