Taron, meet Theron. Rocketman star Taron Egerton has signed on to star alongside Charlize Theron in the new Netflix thriller Apex. The Hollywood Reporter has the news that Egerton will play the film's villain.

Taron Egerton is joining Charlize Theron in the thriller Apex. Details are being kept under wraps, but the script centers on a rock climber and adrenaline junkie, played by Theron, who finds out that nature isn’t the only dangerous element out to get her when she sets out on an expedition in the wild.

Taron Egerton is set to star opposite Charlize Theron in the Netflix thriller Apex with Baltasar Kormákur in directing. Jeremy Robbins penned the script, which is described as Free Solo meets Silence of the Lambs and follows a rock climber who finds herself being hunted in the wild.