It’s been a quiet year for bothJason BatemanandTaron Egerton, who have yet to appear in any projects thus far, but their next team-up endeavor just got an exciting first look.Entertainment Weeklyhas the first images fromCarry On, the upcoming travel thriller set to hit Netflix on December 13. The film follows Ethan (Egerton), a TSA agent who is contacted by a traveler (Bateman), a terrorist who blackmails him into allowing a dangerous package onto a flight that endangers the life of everyone in the airport. The newly-released batch of images shows Egerton’s Ethan embarrassingSofia Carson’s Nora, as well asDanielle Deadwyler’s Elena Cole on the phone in the airport. Egerton and Bateman feature separately in several images from the upcoming film, which also starsTheo RossiandDean Norris.
Carry Onwas written byT.J. Fixman, withJaume Collet-Serradirecting the film. Fixman is primarily a video game writer who has worked on theRatchet & Clankfranchise and will make his feature screenwriting debut on the project. Collet-Serra most recently teamed up withDwayne Johnsonfor bothBlack AdamandJungle Cruise, and he also worked withLiam Neesonseveral times, in 2015 and 2018, onRun All NightandThe Commuter, after previously working with him in 2011 and 2014 onUnknownandNon-Stop.
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Egerton is best known for his role as Eggsy in theKingsmanfranchise, and also for playing Elton John inRocketman. More recently, he received an Emmy nomination for his work inBlack Bird, an Apple TV+ Original Series, which also starsPaul Walter Hauser. Bateman will always be known for his role in the Netflix Original Series,Ozark, but he recently teamed up withMatt DamonandBen AffleckforAir, and he also starred in all five seasons ofArrested Development, the quirky sitcom series that is currently streaming on Netflix.
Carry Onpremieres onNetflixon December 13. Check out the first images from the film above, stay tuned to Collider for future updates and coverage, and watch Egerton inBlack Bird, now streaming on Apple TV+.
Black Bird
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: if he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, he will be freed; completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
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