Netflix buys Extinction, another sci-fi thriller the original studio didn’t want

Netflix has purchased Extinction, a Michal Peña and Lizzy Caplan-led sci-fi thriller that Universal recently scratched from its release schedule, Variety reports. Netflix plans to release the movie later this year.
This move is similar to the platform’s pickup of Julius Onah’s The Cloverfield Paradox, which Netflix bought from Paramount and then surprise-released after the Super Bowl on Sunday night. That movie started its life as a project called God Particle, with producer