Following the success of Chris Hemsworth’s “Extraction,” Netflix is doubling down on action movies, tapping Jessica Alba to lead the next one.
Sources tell Variety that Alba will star in the new Netflix action-thriller “Trigger Warning,” with Mouly Surya directing. Josh Olson and John Brancato penned the script, and Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee are producing. Alba will exec produce.
Alba plays a traumatized veteran who inherits her grandfather’s bar, and is faced with a moral dilemma after discovering the truth behind his untimely death.
Sources consider this a possible franchise starter and have high hopes for its success, considering the reception of the streamer’s other action pics, including “Spenser Confidential” and “Extraction.”
Surya’s profile has been on the rise in the directing circuit after her movie “Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts” premiered as an official Directors’ Fortnight selection at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. It received critical acclaim and was selected as Indonesia’s entry for best foreign-language film at the 91st Academy Awards.
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