Anya Taylor-Joy Officially Returns to Netflix With New Thriller in 3 Days
Netflix is set to release *Sacrifice*, a thriller starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Evans, in the United States and France on 16 October 2026. The film centres on a radical cult’s plan to sacrifice a fading film star to a volcano, bringing together celebrity culture, environmental activism and apocalyptic beliefs.
Evans plays Mike Tyler, whose hoped-for career comeback is interrupted when Joan, played by Taylor-Joy, and her followers abduct him at an exclusive gala. The film also features Vincent Cassel, Salma Hayek Pinault, John Malkovich, Sam Richardson, Ambika Mod, Charli XCX and Yung Lean. Directed by Romain Gavras, it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2025 and has a 37% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
- *Sacrifice* arrives on Netflix in the US and France on 16 October.
- Anya Taylor-Joy leads a cult seeking to sacrifice Chris Evans’s character.
- The thriller received a 37% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Sacrifice is a thriller about a fading film star, Mike Tyler, whose hopes for a career comeback are disrupted by Joan and her followers. The group is a radical cult that plans to sacrifice him to a volcano, linking celebrity culture with environmental activism and beliefs about the end of the world.
Chris Evans plays Mike and Anya Taylor-Joy plays Joan. The film is directed by Romain Gavras and also features actors including Salma Hayek Pinault, Vincent Cassel and John Malkovich.