Chris Hemsworth Netflix action movie Extraction is getting a sequel, it was revealed. Joe Russo, who wrote the film's script and produced it with his brother Anthony, made a deal to write the sequel. The hope is that Hemsworth will return to the role of mercenary Tyler Rake, with director Sam Hargrave returning as well. However, these decisions will not be made until the script is finalized. It is also unclear if it will be a sequel or a prequel. This will be determined during the writing process. "We're still not committed to whether this story goes forward or backward in time. We've left a big ending that leaves question marks for the audience," Joe Russo told Deadline, who announced the news. If he's seen the movie (spoilers follow), he'll know that things weren't going well for Hemsworth's Tyler Rake at the end of the extraction. However, the ambiguous ending mentioned by Russo leaves open the possibility that Rake survived his injuries, ready for another mission. The movie is expected to be the biggest Netflix has ever seen in terms of viewership numbers, no doubt helped by an audience unable to go to the theater during the lockdown.
Tyler Rake kicks ass. TREXTRACTION will become the biggest movie opening on Netflix, with 90 million households screened in action in the first 4 weeks. Thanks to everyone who has watched so far! pic.twitter.com/WqZWrW2gBVMay 2, 2020 Hemsworth has enthusiastically tweeted about mining since its release, suggesting a sequel wouldn't be too hard to sell.
< p lang="en" dir="ltr">Making this film was one of the most exhausting but most rewarding experiences I've ever had. We decided to make the craziest and most intense action movie and I am beyond proud of what we have achieved. Thank you to everyone who helped make this film possible. It's tomorrow on @netflix! pic.twitter.com/P6mxaymhdrApril 23, 2020 Hargrave, Hemsworth, and the Russos previously worked together on Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, which set the stage for their collaboration on extraction. If the extraction attracts more than 90 million views in the four weeks since its release on April 24 as Netflix projects, the film will surpass the success of the action comedy Mark Wahlberg Spenser Confidential (85 million) and the action film Ryan Reynolds 6 Underground (83 million). These numbers are based on Netflix's methodology of counting a view based on just two minutes of reading. The Russo brothers believe that the large crowd garnered by Extraction is also due to their decision to shoot in India, which they first visited during media tours for their Avengers movies. "We were shocked that we couldn't think of a major Western action movie that was filmed there, and the cultural elements just supercharged the narrative," said Joe Russo. The excerpt is streaming now, and it's worth checking out.