Actors and filmmakers often talk about making movies as bonding experiences for the cast and crew alike. And clearly that must’ve been the case for star Charlize Theron and director Baltasar Kormákur as they set about making this year’s cat-and-mouse Netflix streaming sensation Apex out in the Australian Outback, as the duo have already set their next project together. Per Deadline‘s reporting, Kormákur is set to produce and direct an adaptation of Stan Parish’s unpublished novel Six Clean Kills at Universal, with Theron aboard to produce and prospectively star.
According to Deadline, Theron had actually been circling Six Clean Kills for some time before today’s announcement, and having enjoyed the adrenalised experience of working with Kormákur on Apex, this project has provided the perfect opportunity to work together again as soon as possible. Admittedly, we don’t actually know what the source material for Six Clean Kills is about just yet, but it wouldn’t feel like too far of a stretch to suggest the talent involved and the nature of the title suggest this probably isn’t likely to be a rom-com or a nature documentary. What’s more, not only are Kormákur and Theron best known for cerebral films often set within action-thriller territory, but Parish’s last novel, Love And Theft, was itself a full-on international heist thriller.
Now, it’s worth noting that we’re not likely to see Six Clean Kills hitting cinema screens anytime soon — Theron is currently shooting Amazon ‘culinary thriller’ Tyrant with Julia Garner and Demi Moore, while Kormákur is in production on true story inspired Netflix joint The Big Fix with Mark Wahlberg and Riz Ahmed. That being said, after the throwback action movie thrills of Apex (seriously, it’s one of the best Netflix movies we’ve had in a good while), we’re sure that Six Clean Kills will be *ahem* summit worth waiting for.
